Red Bull Settlement: It’s NOT about the Wings

This proposed agreement is not as absurd as media coverage may have led you to believe.

Lanham Act Gets A Makeover

It took more than 12 years of litigation between Lexmark International and Static Control Components over toner and toner cartridges for the U.S. Supreme Court to quote these profound words…

FDA Proposes Food Labeling Changes

Agency seeks to account for portions Americans really eat.

Where the Super Bowl Ads Really Are

Super Bowl commercials appear in places you might not think of.

The Super Bowl of Advertising

Where else are the ads?

Jimmy John’s Sandwiches

In August 2014, a state judge preliminarily approved a settlement of a false advertising class-action lawsuit against Jimmy John’s Restaurants. The complaint, which was originally filed in 2013, alleges that…

This Hotel Charges You to Put Drinks in the Fridge

Keeping your drinks cool will cost you at this Las Vegas hotel.

Nescafe Decaf Instant Coffees

In March 2014, the parties agreed to dismiss a lawsuit against Nestlé USA, Inc. The complaint – which was filed in February 2014 – alleged that the company misbrands several…

Which Super Bowl Advertisers Have Run Afoul of Ad Laws?

A majority have faced false-ad challenges within past five years.

Product Placement

Products that pop up in movies and television shows are often there for specific advertising reasons.

7Up Agrees to Stop Making Antioxidant Claims

Company agrees to stop adding vitamins to drinks.

Coca Cola 139 Happy Calories

Who’s Throwing Flags on Super Bowl Advertisers?

More than 70 percent of advertisers who announced they are running commercials in this year’s Super Bowl have been accused of false or deceptive advertising.

Judge approves Final Vitaminwater Settlement Despite Objections

Settlement scorecard: Lawyers, a cool million; consumers, nothing.

Pyrex Glassware Products

Allegations: Marketing glassware as “versatile” and safe without disclosing that they are made of a glass that is prone to crack, break, shatter, or explode when temperatures change rapidly

The food industry pays ‘influencer’ dietitians to shape your eating habits

Sasha Chavkin, Caitlin Gilbertand Anahad O’Connor, The Examination

What Happens When Human Marketers Are Replaced, But Human Viewers Are Not

And why the problem is even worse when those human viewers are kids.

Vitaminwater Settlement Scorecard: Consumers $0, Class-Action Lawyers $1.2 Million

Ad Watchdog TINA.org Rallying Consumers to Object MADISON, CONN., October 21, 2014 — A proposed vitaminwater class-action settlement is of little benefit to consumers who have been deceived by Coca-Cola’s…

Santa Cruz Natural, Inc.

May 2017: After the FDA issued guidance regarding the use of the term “evaporated cane juice” and a federal judge dismissed some of the claims, this case was voluntarily dismissed…

Proposed Vitaminwater Settlement Leaves Sour Aftertaste

TINA.org files a friend of the court brief opposing proposed settlement.