5/22/2025 5:38:50 PM Are You Monitoring Your Influencers? Huda Beauty's NAD Case Is a Reminder By Shannon Turner Kimberly Culp The National Advertising Division (NAD) recently reviewed marketing claims tied to Huda Beauty's Easy Bake Setting Spray. At issue was a...
5/2/2025 6:36:20 PM Diagnosing the Digital Divide in Women's Health By Jennifer Yoo Last year saw growing investment in digital health startups addressing women+ health needs—but women still lag behind men when it comes...
4/24/2025 8:22:00 PM Blurred Lines, Big Lawsuits: The Cost of Missing Disclosures By Shannon Turner Revolve is facing a $50 million putative class action over allegedly failing to enforce disclosure rules in its influencer campaigns. The...
4/23/2025 6:40:02 PM Familiar Tactics, New Targets: Non-Practicing Entities Move Into Life Sciences and Consumer Tech By Jon McMichael High-volume patent monetization entities have long focused on targets in the information technology and software sectors. But that trend...
4/8/2025 9:36:09 PM Tariff Turbulence: Legal Risks Rising as Counterfeits and Dupes Surge By Shannon Turner Recent tariff increases are not only disrupting beauty brands’ supply chains and pricing strategies—they're also amplifying legal risks...
3/26/2025 2:11:20 PM As AI Colors Fashion, Copyright Remains a Gray Area By Shannon Turner A U.S. federal appeals court recently ruled that works generated solely by artificial intelligence are not eligible for copyright...
3/21/2025 1:54:31 PM Dupe or Deception? What e.l.f.’s Win Over Benefit Means for Beauty Brands By Shannon Turner The battle over beauty “dupes” just got more interesting. In a major win for e.l.f. Cosmetics, a California federal judge ruled that its...
1/15/2025 5:40:35 PM Tilbury Battles Beauty Dupes with Marketing Savvy—But IP Still Matters By Shannon Turner Charlotte Tilbury is responding to the growing trend of beauty copycats, or dupes, with a sharp focus on marketing. Last month,...
10/16/2024 3:22:18 PM FTC Announces the Final 'Click-to-Cancel' Rule for Subscriptions By Kimberly Culp The Federal Trade Commission has announced the final "click-to-cancel" rule, which is designed to ensure that consumers can cancel...
7/31/2024 4:07:27 PM Unveiling the Impact of Drip Pricing in Online Ticket Sales By Kimberly Culp Taylor Muentener Drip pricing, the practice of revealing hidden fees after a consumer has begun the purchasing process, has come under scrutiny. The...
6/13/2024 3:32:16 PM The FTC's Five Don'ts for Companies Using AI Chatbots By Zach Harned The Federal Trade Commission has posted a new Business Blog highlighting five important don'ts for companies employing AI-powered...
6/11/2024 9:59:14 PM Leveraging AI Generators for Consumer Engagement: Considerations for Brands By Kimberly Culp A survey by Billion Dollar Boy revealed that brands experienced more positive consumer engagement with generative AI content than...