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AAA Updates Consumer Arbitration Rules: What Businesses Need to Know

The American Arbitration Association (AAA) recently rolled out significant updates to its Consumer Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures, which took effect on May 1, 2025. These changes reflect AAA’s continued commitment...more

Venable LLP

Healthy or Not? FDA Explains New Standards in Latest Webinar

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On April 10, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a pre-recorded webinar outlining the updated "healthy" nutrient content claim rule. As we previously discussed, the rule will go into effect on April 28,...more

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New Rule Issued by FTC Focuses on Fake and AI-Generated Reviews, Imposes Heavy Civil Penalties

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a new Final Rule (the “Rule”) on Wednesday, August 14, 2024, targeting unfair and deceptive acts or practices specifically related to consumer reviews and testimonials, allowing the...more

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[Webinar] Avoiding Hidden Traps: Complying with the Federal Trade Commission’s New Junk Fees and CARS Rules and Related State Laws...

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Stay informed about two recent FTC actions on price transparency, the “CARS” and “Unfair or Deceptive Fees” Rules, as well as similar state laws. By understanding regulators’ expectations regarding fee disclosure, add-on...more

Proskauer - Advertising Law

“Born in the USA”?: Place of Origin Claims Take Center Stage in False Advertising Suits and FTC Enforcement

It has been almost forty years since Bruce Springsteen first famously celebrated being “Born in the USA.” From an advertising industry perspective, this song’s lasting popularity is no surprise; as advertisers know, “Made in...more

Williams Mullen

PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Trending Now: An IP Podcast - Brand Awareness: What You Need to Know When Advertising with MADE IN THE...

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In this episode of Trending Now - An IP Podcast, Janet Cho and Ed White discuss what it means when someone puts MADE IN THE USA on their brand and what the connotation is to their brand to consumers....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FTC Cracks Down On Violations of Newly-Codified “Made in USA” Claims Rule

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently settled an enforcement action against an advertiser for $753,000 for deceptive “Assembled in USA” product claims, the first such settlement following the FTC’s recent adoption of...more

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Food and Beverage Law Update: September 2018

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Labor and Employment - Jimmy John's Avoids Joint-Employer Finding in Worker Overtime Litigation - In In re: Jimmy John's Overtime Litigation, 2018 WL 3231273 (N.D. Ill. June 14, 2018), a federal district court ruled that...more

Proskauer - Advertising Law

Snack Bar Class Action is KIND-ly Stayed Pending USDA Regulation on Bioengineered Food

Earlier this month, Judge William H. Pauley III in the Southern District of New York stayed a lawsuit against the snack bar maker KIND LLC, styled as a class action, alleging that KIND falsely marketed its products as “all...more

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