The Advertising Law Blog provides commentary and news on developing legal issues in advertising, promotional marketing, Internet, and privacy law. This blog is sponsored by the Advertising, Marketing & Promotions group at Olshan. The practice is geared to servicing the needs of the advertising, promotional marketing, and digital industries with a commitment to providing personal, efficient and effective legal service.
Andrew Lustigman, head of the firm’s Advertising, Marketing & Promotions Practice Group, was quoted in the article “Under the Influence” published in Contently on April 20th, 2016, following the FTC’s Lord & Taylor settlement focusing on native advertisements and influencers.
Marketers, it's important to dust off your terms and conditions. 2016 has seen a sharp spike in consumer lawsuits alleging violations of New Jersey’s awkwardly named Truth-in-Consumer Contract, Warranty and Notice Act, N.J.S.A. 56:12-14, et seq. (the “TCCWNA”).
Magazine publishers and list managers take note. American Media is the latest magazine publisher to be hit with a class action lawsuit accusing it of violating subscribers’ privacy rights by selling information about them without written consent. The suit is part of a growing trend, following similar allegations in the past year against leading media companies like Conde Nast parent company Advance Magazine Publishers Inc., Hearst Communications Inc. and Reader’s Digest publisher Trusted Media Brands, Inc., to challenge list rental practices under a long-ignored Michigan statute enacted in the wake of the Robert Bork Supreme Court nomination proceedings.
Two largest operators agree to pause New York entries while legislature considers regulation
Andrew Lustigman, head of the firm’s Advertising, Marketing & Promotions Practice Group, was quoted following the FTC’s Lord & Taylor settlement focusing on native advertisements and endorsements in the article, “FTC's Lord & Taylor Action Shows Perils Of New Ad Strategies,” published in Law360 on March 15, 2016.
Olshan Advertising Partner Andrew Lustigman was quoted by Digiday, a New York-based online publication that covers the digital marketing industry, on legalities involved in marketing junk food to kids through McDonald’s new VR Happy Goggles.
The Federal Trade Commission issued its annual list of consumer complaints received by its Consumer Sentinel Network.
Bloomberg BNA Electronic Commerce & Law Report published “Social Media Considerations for Real Estate Companies” authored by Olshan Partners Andrew Lustigman and Mary Grieco.
Luxury retailers Burberry and Coach were the latest retailers to be hit with class action lawsuits involving accusations of deceptive pricing and discount advertising of merchandise sold at their outlet stores. The lawsuits are part of a growing trend focusing on allegations of deceptive outlet and discount store comparative pricing.