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NAD 2024 is in the books. It was a jam-packed two days. You’ll hear more about the NAD conference on this site in the days to come, but here are a few quick highlights....more
Barry M. Benjamin, managing partner of the New York office and chair of Kilpatrick’s Advertising and Marketing group, was honored to participate recently on a panel at the BBB National Program’s National Advertising...more
On today’s episode of AD Nauseam, Amy and Daniel talk about the age-old issue of when is an advertising claim puffery? Questions & Comments: amudge@bakerlaw.com and dkaufman@bakerlaw.com....more
When it rains, it pours! We just wrote about the National Advertising Division’s (NAD) beef jerky case finding that most claims of “clearly better” were boastful puffs and not comparative claims. But before we fully digested...more
It’s the age-old banter between the marketing team and the marketing lawyers. The song and dance goes something like this...more
Royal Oak sells Super Size charcoal briquets that are 50% bigger than the briquets sold by certain competitors. Royal Oak advertises that “a bigger briquet is a better briquet” and that the briquets provide “the best...more
While the modalities of advertising may change, advertising’s core tenant of claims substantiation remains an unwavering constant. As such, legal and regulatory professionals in marketing and advertising set their calendars...more
FTC Lays Out Some AI Ad Essentials - But specific guidance isn’t here yet, so...let’s be careful out there....more
If you want to advertise that something is the “best,” do you need substantiation? Or can you rely on a puffery argument? Although the answer depends on context, one paragraph in a recent NAD decision seems to conflict with...more
Distilled spirits manufacturers recently find themselves in proverbial hot water when it comes to incomplete or misleading representations on labels. Recent state and federal court cases highlight that while mere "puffery" –...more
False or misleading advertising, also known as commercial disparagement or trade libel, is generally actionable under federal law, state law, and common law. For example, on the federal level, false or misleading advertising...more
Absolute truth in advertising is something of a rarity, but not every untrue statement is false advertising. In this episode, BakerHostetler partner Randy Shaheen is going to ply you with pointers on avoiding puffery’s...more
Kilpatrick Townsend partners Ty Lord and Laura Miller and Jeremy Liebman, Senior Counsel at Krispy Kreme, recently discussed “The Law of Advertising” at an Association of Corporate Counsel CLE (Charlotte Chapter)....more
In a time when the “disruptive” label is far from viewed as pejorative and, in fact, deemed essential for many new business models, existing market participants looking to fight back are turning to powerful federal and state...more