1/16/2025 9:49:04 PM What Will the New FTC Do With the Green Guides? By Chris Cole The incoming administration will change the Federal Trade Commission leadership. Chair Lina Khan, whose term has expired, is leaving,...
12/5/2024 6:04:18 PM Plastic Pollution Case Dismissed By Chris Cole In an important decision regarding plastic recycling and disposal, the New York Supreme Court has dismissed the NY Attorney General's...
11/26/2024 6:42:10 PM Penn State Prevails in Retro Logo Infringement Suit By David Halberstadter Jessica Kraver Lauren Eiten The Nittany Lions are used to winning on the football field, but last week they also snagged a decisive victory in the courtroom. On...
11/25/2024 5:46:50 PM What the Evian 'Carbon-Neutral' Ruling Means for Advertisers By Catherine O'Brien In a notable ESG ruling, U.S. District Judge Nelson Roman dismissed a class action lawsuit against Danone Waters of America that had...
10/30/2024 7:15:48 PM Fly Carbon Neutral? Qantas Accused of Greenwashing in New Complaint By Catherine O'Brien Qantas Airways is facing a formal complaint lodged with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) by the Environmental...
10/9/2024 9:07:25 PM Recent hurricanes lend new urgency to carbon emissions reduction. By Chris Cole The "news" about ESG has recently been overwhelmingly that it is dead – killed by some regulators and fatigued consumers. Although,...
8/14/2024 9:24:25 PM FTC Finalizes Rule Banning Fake Reviews By Chris Cole The FTC has finalized its new rule banning fake consumer reviews. The rule, which will become effective in October, prohibits selling or...
8/1/2024 5:43:20 PM ABA Weighs in on Generative AI Use in Legal Practice By Michael Justus Alex Kim The American Bar Association’s (ABA) Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility issued Formal Opinion 512, attempting...
7/15/2024 5:14:07 PM FTC Warning Letters on Right to Repair Suggest Future Enforcement By Chris Cole The FTC has issued warning letters to eight companies, accusing them of possibly imposing restrictions on third-party servicing of...
7/12/2024 10:12:05 PM After Loper Bright, should the FTC's views on advertising interpretation still receive deference? By Chris Cole In 2015, the FTC prevailed in litigation against POM Wonderful, makers of pomegranate juice. POM Wonderful LLC, et al., v. Federal Trade...
6/7/2024 5:41:17 PM State Law Requiring PFAS Disclosure Leads to Class Action Lawsuit By Chris Cole A Maine law that required (at least until recently amended) consumer products companies to disclose the presence of “intentionally added”...
5/28/2024 9:36:33 PM Another Expansion in Climate Change Litigation Risk By Johnjerica Hodge India Williams Andrew Zavaleta For years, climate change has posed a litigation risk for companies. A mere glance at litigation dockets will show a variety of parties...
5/8/2024 3:21:25 PM Joint Democratic Staff Report Fuels New Climate Change Accusations Against Big Oil By Chris Cole On April 30, a Joint Staff Committee comprised of the Democratic staff of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability and the...
4/25/2024 8:31:56 PM 100% Pure, Natural False Advertising Litigation By Michael Justus One of the worst-kept secrets among the plaintiffs’ bar is that claims like “pure” and “natural” on consumer-product labels can lead to...
4/25/2024 3:09:38 PM New Lawsuit Against AdTech's Contribution to Bots By Chris Cole In a New York State Court lawsuit filed on March 11, 2024, a small digital content developer called Nubai sued its former adtech vendor,...
4/22/2024 5:43:42 PM 10 Legal Trends for Brands to Watch When Investing in Sports Marketing By Daniel Render The recent ANA Advertising Law 1-Day Conference, hosted in Katten’s New York office, included a panel about current legal trends in...