Is the New Cool a Smokeless Smoke?

All the cool kids are doing it, but are e-cigs a less harmful alternative or just a new way to get addicted to nicotine?

Facebook Privacy Settlement Terms in Dispute

FTC reviewing changes to policy on ads featuring users.

Mall Girl

The Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU, or the Children’s Advertising Review Unit, keeps tabs on advertising directed at children, and issues recommendations to advertisers when ads are deceptive or target…

“SpongeBob” Splashpants Sweepstakes

Nickelodeon ran ads for its “SpongeBob” Splashpants Sweepstakes, which directed children to a website where they could enter a sweepstake with the grand prize of a Nickelodeon Cruise featuring SpongeBob…

FTC Backs Do Not Track for Apps

Agency recommends ways to give consumers more control over their data on mobile devices.

Big Mickey is Watching You

MyMagic+ at Disney may mean shorter lines but more direct marketing to guests.

Are Tobacco Ad Regulations Doing Enough to Deter Smoking?

How tobacco companies can advertise is heavily regulated.  For example, ads for tobacco products are banned from TV and radio, and all advertising for cigarettes and packaging of the product are…

Facebook’s “Sponsored Stories”

So, by now, we hope that you have taken our advice on how to block pop-ups ads and limit the amount of spam filling up your inbox.  But though you…

Motion Picture Association of America

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is a trade association comprised of six well-known Hollywood studios – Walt Disney, Sony, Paramount, 20th Century Fox, Universal, and Warner Brothers.  Like…

Are ‘Kidfluencers’ Making Our Kids Fat?

Anahad O’Connor, New York Times

CVS Health Infants’ Pain & Fever

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing the infants’ product as specifically formulated for infants when it has the same concentration of acetaminophen as the children’s version

Walgreens’ Infants’ Pain & Fever Acetaminophen

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing its infants’ product as specifically formulated for infants and different from its Children’s Pain & Fever Acetaminophen Oral Suspension when both medications contain the same amount and…

Up & Up Acetaminophen

Allegations: Marketing the product as a safe pain reliever for pregnant women without warning consumers that scientific evidence shows prenatal exposure to it increases the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in…

Delsym Cough Relief Products

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing certain products as being for children and others as being for adults when the products contain the same amounts of the same ingredients

Several Store Brand Acetaminophen Products

Allegations: Marketing products as safe pain relievers for pregnant women without warning consumers that scientific evidence shows prenatal exposure to APAP can cause neurodevelopmental disorders in children

Nutrient Content Claims on Sprout Baby Foods

Allegations: Misleadingly representing the amount of certain nutrients in products when the FDA prohibits such claims on foods for children under two years of age

Ghost Kid-Friendly Marketing

LesserEvil’s Lil Puffs

Allegations: Making misleading marketing claims on Lil Puffs

Spark Toys

Allegations: Marketing that toys are appropriate for children under the age of three when the toys contain dangerous levels of a toxic substance

PRIME Energy and Hydration Drinks

Allegations: Marketing drinks to children and teens when they contain more caffeine than the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends they should consume in one day and failing to adequately disclose…