417 ABA Journal Advertising Law articles.
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Jul 1, 2019 12:05 AM CDT
A federal appeals court has ruled that federal law protects online search engines from liability when they translate information from sham websites into pinpoints on a map.
The U.S. Court…
Jun 12, 2019 7:00 AM CDT
A federal judge in Madison, Wisconsin, is barring Anheuser-Busch, the maker of Bud Light, from running advertisements that fail to give context to its ad claims about rival MillerCoors’ Miller…
May 29, 2019 3:08 PM CDT
Vacation ownership company Diamond Resorts International has settled a lawsuit against an Orlando lawyer and his firm that claimed their website marketing to potential clients interfered with the company’s timeshare…
May 13, 2019 7:00 AM CDT
Can targeted cellphone ads by a lawsuit defendant constitute jury tampering? That was an issue earlier this month when lawyers for plaintiffs in a case against the makers of Roundup asked a judge to block the company from running ads about its safety.
Apr 15, 2019 3:03 PM CDT
MillerCoors is asking a court to order the maker of Bud Light to stop running ads implying that Miller Lite and Coors Light have corn syrup in their beers.
In…
Mar 22, 2019 2:27 PM CDT
The maker of the Bushmaster semi-automatic rifle can be sued over alleged marketing practices that violate the state’s unfair trade practices law, the Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled in a…
Mar 15, 2019 7:00 AM CDT
“Big Mac-ish but Flame-Grilled of Course” is one of many new menu options at Burger King in Sweden less than a month after McDonald’s Corp. lost its rights to the…
Feb 7, 2019 4:40 PM CST
Feb 1, 2019 9:00 AM CST
A former judge in Galveston County, Texas, has been sentenced to six years in prison for posting fake ads for sex using photos and phone numbers of two former girlfriends.
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A federal judge in Manhattan has tossed a would-be class action lawsuit that claimed Avvo gave better ratings and promotional benefits to lawyers who paid for ads.
U.S. District Judge…
Dec 20, 2018 4:25 PM CST
A federal judge in Little Rock has refused an Arkansas justice’s request to halt attack ads by a conservative Washington, D.C., group that supports her election opponent.
In a…
Nov 2, 2018 12:20 PM CDT The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has unreasonably delayed enforcing a 2009 law calling for graphic warnings on cigarette packages, a Massachusetts federal judge ruled Wednesday. “The court must compel…
Sep 7, 2018 1:24 PM CDT A federal judge in Chicago has dismissed an amended lawsuit that claims Zillow engages in deceptive and unfair business practices by using its sometimes inaccurate “Zestimates” of property value as…
May 17, 2018 3:48 PM CDT A lawsuit alleging Morgan & Morgan was running misleading ads has apparently settled. U.S. District Judge Mark Kearney of Philadelphia issued an order last Friday that dismissed the case based…
May 11, 2018 12:14 PM CDTFDA has ‘unreasonably delayed’ graphic warnings on cigarette packs, Mass. federal court rules
Judge tosses lawsuit claiming Zillow uses Zestimates to funnel website visitors to advertisers
Morgan & Morgan apparently settles suit alleging its ads are misleading
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