MLB, Formula 1 Face Fraud Suits for Promoting FTX Cryptocurrency November 28, 2023 By Jef Feeley FTX investors suing the cryptocurrency exchange’s celebrity promoters for allegedly helping to facilitate an $11 billion fraud have some new...
McDonald’s, Wendy’s Defeat Lawsuit Over Size of Burgers October 3, 2023 By Jonathan Stempel McDonald’s and Wendy’s have defeated a lawsuit accusing them of deceiving hungry diners by exaggerating the size of their burgers....
‘Stoneos’ Cannabis Cookies Look Too Much Like Oreos, Says FTC July 10, 2023 By Diane Bartz Six companies that make snacks with the active ingredient of cannabis have been sent cease and desist letters because the...
Google, YouTube Content Providers Must Face U.S. Children’s Privacy Lawsuit December 29, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday revived a lawsuit accusing Alphabet Inc’s Google and several other companies of violating the...
450 Scientists Accuse Major Ad/PR Firms of Spreading Climate Disinformation January 21, 2022 By Valerie Volcovici More than 450 scientists on Wednesday called on the executives of major advertising and public relations firms to drop their...
This Corn Syrup Ad Lawsuit from MillerCoors Is For You, Bud Light March 25, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson MillerCoors, maker of Miller Lite and Coors Lite beers, has sued Anheuser-Busch InBev, maker of Bud Light, claiming that Bud...
Facing Bias Claims, Facebook Will Revamp Its Platform for Housing, Jobs, Credit Ads March 20, 2019 By Katie Paul Facebook Inc has agreed to change its paid advertising platform as part of a wide-ranging settlement to prevent discriminatory and...
Phone Giant AT&T Sued by California Yellow Pages Firm March 7, 2014 By Scott Smith A California Yellow Pages company has filed a lawsuit against AT&T in a dispute over phone book advertising. The lawsuit...
San Francisco Paper Sues Rival Over Low Ad Rates June 28, 2013 By Andrew Dalton The San Francisco Examiner has filed a lawsuit alleging that the city’s dominant daily newspaper, the San Francisco Chronicle, has...
ThinkRisk Launches Comprehensive Content, Data Security, Privacy Program June 13, 2013 Ryan Specialty Group’s Think Risk has launched [in]TELLIGENCE to address evolving and often overlooked operational exposures coming from technology and...