If you look around beauty aisles, chances are you’ll be able to spot the two newest trends in cosmetics: products capitalizing on the CBD craze and cosmetics touting the benefits of their probiotics. Despite widespread popularity and excitement over these two trendy ingredients, their future in Continue Reading
Thomson Reuters Practical Law | Trademark Laws: New York
A Q&A guide to New York laws protecting trademarks. This Q&A addresses state laws governing trademark registration, infringement, dilution, counterfeiting, unfair competition, and deceptive trade practices. Answers to questions can be compared across a number of jurisdictions (see Trademark Continue Reading
Ad Club Insider | As More States Legalize Marijuana, Advertising and Marketing Regulations Come Into Focus
The trend of states legalizing marijuana shows no signs of abating. As states continue to permit medicinal or recreational marijuana use, they are grappling with how to regulate the advertising, promotion, and marketing of marijuana products. California has finalized its own rules in these areas. Continue Reading
AdExchanger | Do Huge FTC Fines Signal a Huge Increase in Enforcement?
If the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) were a private business, it would be having a very good quarter. The FTC recently agreed to a $700 million settlement with Equifax over its massive 2017 data security breach, which exposed the personal information of nearly 150 million people. And now the Continue Reading
New York Law Journal | Tenants Beware: Your Cure Period May Not Be as Long as You Think
Tenants often successfully use a landlord’s failure to comply with notice requirements of a lease to seek dismissal of summary proceedings. See Parkchester Apts. Co. v. Walker, 1995 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 738, at *2 (Civ. Ct. Bronx City. 1995) (dismissing non-payment petition because landlord failed to Continue Reading
International Lawyers Network’s Sexual Harassment in the Workplace | What US: Multi-State Companies Need to Know
In the wake the of the #MeToo movement, lawmakers have acted to ensure that victims of sexual harassment are not silenced. Several states have mandated employee training and policy requirements, as well as passed laws that limit or prohibit non-disclosure provisions in settlement agreements. Continue Reading
Employee Relations Law Journal | Proposed Regulations Provide Employers with More Flexibility in Offering HRAs to Employees
The Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services jointly issued proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) providing employers with greater flexibility in offering health reimbursement arrangements (“HRAs”) to employees. Importantly, if the Proposed Regulations are finalized Continue Reading
Law360 | Combating False Celebrity Endorsements Online
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity surgeon and television host, recently co-authored an op-ed piece for The Wall Street Journal addressing the proliferation of false celebrity ads on Facebook and how these ads are deceiving consumers and harming the reputation of the celebrities involved. Dr. Oz is not Continue Reading
Ad Club Insider | CCPA Update: Blizzard of Bills to Amend Privacy Law Moves Forward in California Assembly
The marketing industry’s head is on a swivel these days, trying to digest and prepare for various new privacy laws. None have gotten more attention than the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The California Assembly’s Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection has approved a host of bills Continue Reading
PR Week | How PR Firms Can Avoid Killing the Attorney-Client Privilege
My prior column discussed how attorney-client privilege is an incredibly important protection that promotes full and open communications between lawyers and their clients. It’s more critical than ever that comms professionals be aware of this privilege and know how to maintain it when helping Continue Reading