Defendant disputes the factual basis for the precedential ruling Read More › Tags: NFT, securities ..read more

Andrew Lustigman, Chair of Olshan's Advertising, Marketing & Promotion's Group and Co-Chair of the firm’s Brand Management & Protection Group, will speak on the panel “Evolution of Food Advertising and Marketing: From Print Ads to Social Media to the Metaverse” as part of ACI’s 7th Annual Summit on Food Law – Regulation, Compliance and Litigation on April 19, 2023, at 10:30am at The Metropolitan Club, Chicago, IL. Read More › Tags: compliance, food law, Social Media Marketing ..read more

Happy New Year! As we begin 2023, Olshan’s Advertising and Branding law groups share their list of hot topics that look to be on the horizon this year and should be of particular interest to you.   Read More › Tags: FTC, TCPA, US Supreme Court ..read more

Starting in 2023, several new privacy laws go into effect in California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, and Utah. These laws apply not only to businesses based in those states but to any business that meets certain thresholds and collects, stores, or processes personal information from any residents in those states. Penalties for non-compliance with these laws can be steep. Read More › Tags: California Consumer Privacy Act, Consumer Privacy, Privacy ..read more

Andrew Lustigman, Chair of Olshan's Advertising, Marketing & Promotion's Group and Co-Chair of the firm’s Brand Management & Protection Group, was quoted in Law360 (subscription required) on the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) consumer protection rulemaking and enforcement efforts in 2023. The agency’s focus on pricing disclosures—specifically its October 2022 proposed rulemaking on addressing “junk fees,” unnecessary, unavoidable, or surprise charges that inflate costs while adding little to no value to consumers—will potentially affect “a wide array of industries,” Andy commented ..read more

Rihanna’s lingerie company, Lavender Lingerie, LLC dba Savage X Fenty (“Savage X Fenty”), has agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle a consumer protection lawsuit brought by members of the California Automatic Renewal Task Force (“CART”) relating to the company’s automatic renewal practices.    Read More › Tags: California Auto-Renewal Task Force ..read more

Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen join Kim Kardashian and Floyd Mayweather as defendants. Read More › Tags: Celebrities, Class Action Lawsuit, Cryptocurrency, Social Media ..read more

* Taylor Lodise is a law clerk in the Litigation practice group. On November 9, 2022, amidst ongoing investigations by the FTC regarding “dark patterns” that Amazon allegedly employed to discourage subscribers from canceling their Amazon Prime memberships, a class-action lawsuit named Amazon as a defendant. The lawsuit was filed in United States District Court for the Western District of Washington and is styled Dorobiala v. Amazon.com, Inc. Read More › Tags: Amazon, Class Action, dark patterns, FTC ..read more

Federal Court rules CFPB funding mechanism is unconstitutional Read More › Tags: CFPB, Consumer Finance Protection Board ..read more

On October 20, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking for a rule that would seek to address so called “junk fees” – unnecessary, unavoidable, or surprise charges that inflate costs while adding little to no value to consumers. Read More › Tags: FTC ..read more