Project W contributor and ally, Jeff Sabado, is Davis Wright Tremaine's Director of Knowledge Management and a member of the firm's AI Steering Committee. Jeff explores how Generative Artificial Intelligence – when used responsibly and rooted in …
As a media litigator at Davis Wright Tremaine, Nimra Azmi knows the power of words. Nimra uses words to tell the stories of powerful Muslim women and to share the beauty and complexity of Islamic culture in her debut novel Every Rising Sun. Nimra spoke …
"Honestly, I feel so bad about the advice I gave while running YC." -Sam Altman OpenAI founder and former head of Y Combinator recently made this statement while on a global tour to advance the dialogue on the value of AI. He notes that in …
Through her experience with breast cancer, Project W Alumna Carolyn Treviño Jenkins learned first hand the challenges of getting the resources needed to help her navigate the treatment and recovery process. And Carolyn was among the lucky ones. She had the …
In This Issue: Wonderbelly Antacid's Influencer Marketing Leaves NAD with a Bad Taste The National Advertising Division (NAD) recently addressed a challenge involving Wonderbelly Antacid, an emerging brand in the antacid market, marketing itself as the …
In This Issue: NAD Endorses Compliance With FTC Guide Requirements for Experts Endorsements: Love them or hate them (and social media does love them so), they are subject to ever-increasing regulatory scrutiny, and compliance isn't that cut and dried. …
In This Issue: NAD Melts Away Fenty's Jelly Oil Endorsements, Finding Them Insufficiently Conspicuous In a self-monitoring challenge to skincare brand Fenty and its marketing for its Melt AWF Jelly Oil Makeup-Melting Cleanser, NAD weighed in on the …
In This Issue: Plaintiff Says Splenda 100% Natural Ad Claims Leave a Bitter Taste A class action lawsuit accuses the makers of Splenda Naturals Stevia, a sugar alternative, of misleading consumers with the claim that the product is "100% Natural.…
In This Issue: Lawsuit Alleging Tesla Falsely Advertised Autopilot Drives On Teslas are everywhere these days, including for a while longer at the courthouse defending a class action lawsuit that will proceed for now. Plaintiffs' allegations that Tesla …
In This Issue: Huggies Diaper Evidence Not a Good "Fit" for #1 Claim, NAD Says Huggies claimed its diapers were the #1 Best Fitting, a broad claim requiring broad evidence against the market—evidence that the National Advertising Division (NAD) …
In This Issue: Bissel Takes a Bite Out of SharkNinja's "#1 Brand" Claim at NAD What makes a brand No. 1? Is it sales in dollars or units sold? That was the question in a recent challenge brought by Bissel Homecare, Inc. (Bissel), the leading …
In This Issue: FTC's Two for Two Against Companies Facilitating Illegal Robocalls In its ongoing action focused on robocalls, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is taking steps against two companies that make robocalls possible. It recently announced …
In This Issue: 2nd Circuit Affirms Something's Off With Plaintiffs' Suit Against Nature's Bounty for its Fish Oil Claims The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit refused to revive a class action lawsuit alleging that Nature's Bounty …
In This Issue: U.K.'s Competition Authority Sees Red on Unilever "Green" Claims, Launches Investigation Consumer goods giant Unilever seeks to "mak[e] sustainable living commonplace." Now those aspirations are under review as the U. …
In This Issue: Kardashian Kopycat? Energy Drink Company Claims Competitor Stole Kim's Copyrighted Look The Instagram posts look nearly identical, in a blink-and-you'll-miss-the-difference kind of way—or so says the complaint filed by Alani …
In This Issue: Setting Its Sights on Eye Health Supplement, NAD Finds Health Claims Insufficiently Supported Despite Peer-Reviewed Evidence The National Advertising Division (NAD) recommended that an eye health supplement maker, MacuHealth, discontinue or …
In This Issue: Unlimited Plan, Limited Time? NAD SWIFT Finds Mint Mobile Disclosures Stale and Insufficient Was Mint Mobile's $15 "Unlimited" plan campaign transparent about its limited time offer? The National Advertising Division (NAD) …
In This Issue: Suit Alleging Madison Reed Hair Color Claims Are Deceptive Will Live to "Dye" Another Day Allegations that Madison Reed misrepresented the safety and quality of its at-home hair dying products survived a motion to dismiss, with the …
In This Issue: In This Case, What You Can't See in Fact Is Not There: FTC Takes Down the Makers of the Invisible COVID Mask After what has seemed like a lull in both diagnosed COVID cases and the enforcement variety—both the virus and the FTC are back. …
In This Issue: FTC Warns Influencers That Disclosures Miss the Sweet Spot The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) continues to be very clear that policing the failure to disclose material connections by influencers when posting social media endorsements remains …
