Whether your focus is privacy, advertising or both, there is a good chance that you have bumped into some thorny issues involving the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). In general, COPPA prohibits websites or apps from collecting “personal information”
A potato-chip brand once famously boasted, “No one can eat just one.” And of course, no one can. But according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), you aren’t going to eat more than 16 (or 28 grams), because that
Integrated Marketing Promotions: How Do Brand Tie-Ins Work?
I’m a Skipper in a Barbie world. Even if the brunette little sister doesn’t make an appearance, I can’t wait to see the Barbie movie this weekend. Warner Bros. is rolling out
Hello from the other side! For the past 15 years, I’ve been a member of an elite squad: in-house ad law counsel. In-house counsel do it all – from negotiating multimillion-dollar media deals to rush redlining nondisclosure agreements. And they often do it wearing old band tee shirts and using pens from home. Time and resources
Last week, the House Judiciary Committee held an oversight hearing regarding the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or the Commission). FTC Chair Lina Khan was the sole witness appearing at the hearing. The FTC’s written testimony was typical – a detailed
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In light of the historic “SEC Speaks” event being canceled this year and the uptick in the
Sarah La Voi joins BakerHostetler’s Chicago office as a partner in the firm’s Digital Assets and Data Management Practice Group and a member of the Advertising, Marketing and Digital Media team. La Voi joins from WPP, where she served as
It has been just over two years since Lina Khan was appointed FTC Chair, and a hallmark of her tenure on the consumer protection side has been the enormous amount of rulemaking initiated by the agency. For a while, the
When it comes to advertising disputes, there are relatively few substantive decisions to inform best practices. The relevant law boils down to whether a claim constitutes “misleading or deceptive advertising,” which means plaintiffs and defendants typically find it in their
Part 2 in a Series on the FTC, Reviews and Endorsements
A lot of ink has been spilled on many of the pending Federal Trade Commission (FTC) consumer protection rulemakings – commercial surveillance, subscription services and earnings claims, to name