California's Legislature has passed two new climate disclosure bills, SB 253, the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (CCDAA), and SB 261, the Climate-Related Financial Risk Act (CRFRA), which together will require a...more
On September 15, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the filing of a 135-page complaint against major oil producers and their main trade association. The suit alleges generally that the defendants knew about the...more
The fashion industry continues to be a target of activist plaintiffs who allege greenwashing, or in other words, false advertising regarding environmental and/or social aspects of clothing manufacturing and sales. While...more
On September 12, an FDA Advisory Committee unanimously recommended that oral phenylephrine, the active ingredient in numerous popular over-the-counter (OTC) nasal decongestant products, was not effective at its intended...more
The annual legal conference for the National Advertising Division of the Better Business Bureaus National Programs (NAD) took place over two days this week in Philadelphia. The conclave was well-attended by the advertising...more
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Late last week, the United States District Court for the Southern District of California denied a motion to dismiss a putative class action alleging that Nestle had falsely advertised, in part, that its cocoa as "sustainably"...more
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Major media and consultants are noting the increasing trend towards corporate “greenhushing,” that is, adopting a “radio-silence approach to environmental goals.” For example, a survey late last year reported that one in four...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has news for advertisers: for internet and social media disclosures to be effective, they must be “unavoidable.”
On June 29, the FTC released final revised Endorsement Guides, the first...more
As a major post-Brexit milestone, HM Treasury (“HMT”) has announced that the Financial Services and Markets Bill received Royal Assent on 29 June 2023. For more information on the development of the Financial Services and...more
On the heels of its lawsuit against Amazon.com, the FTC filed a complaint yesterday against PCH, the marketer behind the venerable Publishers Clearinghouse organization. The complaint alleges that PCH used various deceptive...more
Between sips of rose at the Cannes Lions Awards in France this week, the ANA revealed a blockbuster report that shames the programmatic advertising industry. It purports to show that of about $88 billion spent each year by...more
The FTC made news yesterday by filing suit against Amazon for allegedly "tricking" consumers into signing up for the company's Prime service and also for allegedly "sabotaging" consumers' efforts to cancel Prime. Prime is...more
Katten ESG Guidepost is a monthly publication highlighting the latest news, legal and regulatory developments involving environmental, social and governance matters....more
Imagine an entity that is currently heavily dependent on fossil fuels pledging to become "net zero" by calendar year 2050. This is not unique, as numerous countries, municipalities and companies have made exactly this public...more
In recent weeks, there has been a groundswell of so-called group "boycott" activity aimed at businesses that have publicly expressed solidarity with historically marginalized and underrepresented groups. Prominent examples...more
The latest hysteria about AI comes in the form of a one-sentence letter signed by a large number of "Notable Personalities" and "AI Scientists" (the letter has a helpful checkbox interface that sorts the two groups for you)....more
The FTC is in the process of updating its venerable Green Guides, which "govern" environmental marketing claims in the United States. A big part of the Guides are its sections on Recycling Claims, which deal with whether and...more
The doom and gloom prognosticators are predicting that AI will "impact" up to 80% of all jobs in the next ten years. However, that's likely not an outcome that regulators can stop. Indeed, other concerns are surfacing that...more
President Biden's New Executive Order on Environmental Justice Broadly Expands Environmental Justice Requirements -
The Biden Administration has issued Executive Order (EO) 14096: Revitalizing Our Nation's Commitment to...more
Most of the breathless hype you hear about artificial intelligence (AI) comes from those who have just used ChatGPT for the first time. ChaptGPT is a large language model developed by OpenAI that produces very plausible...more
The Biden Administration has issued Executive Order (EO) 14096: Revitalizing Our Nation's Commitment to Environmental Justice for All, which markedly expands on the previous EO relating to environmental justice, issued by...more
Consumer protection class defense attorneys are well-acquainted with prolific class action filer, Spencer Sheehan of Sheehan & Associates. This month, Judge Seeger of the Northern District of Illinois issued an extraordinary...more