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The Green Guides are set of marketing guidelines issued by the United States Federal Trade Commission to prevent businesses from making misleading environmental claims in marketing and/or advertising and to... more +
The Green Guides are set of marketing guidelines issued by the United States Federal Trade Commission to prevent businesses from making misleading environmental claims in marketing and/or advertising and to provide businesses with proper standards for making such claims.    less -
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Beef Between Meat Stick Manufacturers Leads to Withdrawn Environmental Benefit Claims, Substantiated Sourcing Claims

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The National Advertising Division (“NAD”) resolved a beef between makers of competing meat stick products, Link Snacks Inc. and We Are The Chompions, LLC (“Chomps”). Link Snacks challenged Chomps’ non-specific carbon neutral...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

What’s Next for the Green Guides? Insights from Commissioner Holyoak’s Remarks at CPG

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Green marketing is very much in vogue, and so is suing companies over their green marketing. If you want to avoid those suits, you should generally start by looking at the FTC’s Green Guides. But a lot has changed since the...more

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California’s Recycling Claims Restrictions Approach, but Some Compliance Obligations are Already in Effect

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The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) has issued its Revised Preliminary Findings Report on the recyclability of various materials under the state’s “Truth in Recycling” law, also known as...more

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What Will the New FTC Do With the Green Guides?

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The incoming administration will change the Federal Trade Commission leadership. Chair Lina Khan, whose term has expired, is leaving, making way for a new majority of three Republican Commissioners. Andrew Ferguson will...more

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