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Free Speech, Advertising, and Me
Published on September 30th, 2013 by Fran Silverman
Does free speech protect deceptive advertising? ... Read More →
Published on September 30th, 2013 by Fran Silverman
Does free speech protect deceptive advertising? ... Read More →
Published on September 25th, 2013 by Orawan Gardner
Someone won $5,000 with a card from this very store!? It seems logical (in a really flawed, not-actually-logical-at-all kind of way) that because this store had one $5,000 winner, your chances of being a winner are ... Read More →
Published on September 25th, 2013 by Patrick Flood
Perfect Polly, the $18 plastic bird with a great informercial. ... Read More →
Published on September 20th, 2013 by Roger Kimball
If I ordered the book on a Friday with one-day shipping, what day would you expect it to arrive?... Read More →
Published on August 7th, 2013 by Bonnie Patten
Ads can legally lie to you as long as the lie is so obvious an exaggeration that you know not to take it seriously. ... Read More →
Published on July 9th, 2013 by Bonnie Patten
Something amazing happened at our dinner table. My daughter got into a fight with her brother (that’s not the amazing part) about who could eat the last of the – are you ready for it? – ... Read More →
Published on June 7th, 2013 by Bonnie Patten
I was surprised when I learned that there are no specific rules or regulations governing alcohol advertising on television. While tobacco products are prohibited from advertising on TV altogether, it’s really anything goes for wine, liquor, ... Read More →
Published on May 30th, 2013 by Fran Silverman
What happens when a giveaway cap costs more than just a ticket? ... Read More →
Published on May 2nd, 2013 by Bonnie Patten
In today’s world it is getting tougher all the time to distinguish between marketing materials and art or entertainment. ... Read More →
Published on April 25th, 2013 by Patrick Flood
Craigslist, an online classified section with ads for jobs, love, severely over- and under-priced furniture, and apartments, among other things, can be a font of opportunity for the Internet savvy. As a young and sometimes Internet-savvy ... Read More →
Published on April 9th, 2013 by Orawan Gardner
The beef and pork industries are renaming 350 cuts of meat. What do these new meat monikers make us think of? ... Read More →
Published on April 9th, 2013 by Patrick Flood
Sometimes you just can't watch the Mets in Roswell, New Mexico. ... Read More →
Published on March 5th, 2013 by Fran Silverman
Not all girls like to play with dolls. What's a race car girl to do when her favorite toys are marketed towards boys? ... Read More →
Published on March 1st, 2013 by Bonnie Patten
Oil, heating pads, rugs, razors, and drinks – no, this isn’t about preparing for a romantic interlude, but rather the products featured in the I-think-you’re-lying-to-me category during the week of February 18, 2013. I’LL SEE YOU ... Read More →
Published on March 1st, 2013 by Patrick Flood
Plenty of furniture is labeled as leather, but not everything called leather is exactly that. What are you really sitting on? ... Read More →
Published on February 27th, 2013 by Bonnie Patten
By the time Paul Gauguin left his wife and five kids to pursue a painting career in Tahiti, Polynesian women were not wandering around the island half naked. In fact, the women depicted in Gauguin’s paintings ... Read More →
Published on February 25th, 2013 by Orawan Gardner
The Oscars: merit award or money maker? ... Read More →
Published on February 21st, 2013 by Bonnie Patten
Diamonds, energy supplements and cholesterol reducing drugs made legal headlines in the I-think-you’re-lying-to-me category during the week of February 11, 2013. Two new false advertising actions were filed: It’s a fella’s fantasy: going to Costco to ... Read More →
Published on February 13th, 2013 by Bonnie Patten
During the week of February 4, 2013, digestion, food, and make-up bubbled to the top of the legal I-think-you’re-lying-to-me landscape. Three new false advertising class actions were filed: Maybelline was hit with a lawsuit claiming that ... Read More →
Published on February 8th, 2013 by Orawan Gardner
There are understandable reasons for lip-syncing—sound quality, predictability, choreography—but in the end, lip-syncing is a kind of lie. ... Read More →