Lauren Bass

Oct 14, 2024 | mondaq.com | Lauren Bass

The topic of material disclosures was a running theme at this year's NAD Conference. Following the one-year anniversary of the FTC's updates to the Endorsement Guides (Guides), NAD staff shared how they were applying and adjudicating the new guidance. As the title of one of the panels on influencers and disclosures suggested, not much has changed with the updates.

Oct 10, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Lauren Bass

The topic of material disclosures was a running theme at this year’s NAD Conference. Following the one-year anniversary of the FTC’s updates to the Endorsement Guides (Guides), NAD staff shared how they were applying and adjudicating the new guidance. Disclosure, Disclosure, DisclosureAs the title of one of the panels on influencers and disclosures suggested, not much has changed with the updates.

Oct 10, 2024 | lexology.com | Lauren Bass

The topic of material disclosures was a running theme at this year’s NAD Conference. Following the one-year anniversary of the FTC’s updates to the Endorsement Guides (Guides), NAD staff shared how they were applying and adjudicating the new guidance. Disclosure, Disclosure, DisclosureAs the title of one of the panels on influencers and disclosures suggested, not much has changed with the updates.

Aug 28, 2024 | lexology.com | Lauren Bass

It was late summer in 1921, and Roscoe Arbuckle – known familiarly to movie audiences as Fatty Arbuckle – had just signed a three-year deal with Paramount Pictures under which he would earn an unheard-of $1 million a year. To celebrate, his friends planned a Labor Day weekend party at San Francisco’s St. Francis Hotel. Unfortunately, the party didn’t go exactly as planned, and by the end of the week, Arbuckle had been arrested and was in jail, accused of murdering one of the party’s female guests.

Jul 15, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Christopher Lamb |Lauren Bass |Isabelle Corbett Sterling

US Stablecoin Companies Achieve Licenses, Avoid SEC Enforcement ActionBy Christopher LambAccording to a recent press release, Circle, the issuer of USDC and EURC, announced that it is now the “first global stablecoin issuer to achieve compliance with the European Union’s landmark Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulatory framework.” This achievement “was enabled by the company’s attainment of an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license” from a French banking regulatory authority.