Advocacy News
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ANA Opposes Mandatory Price Disclosures for DTC Ads
Government Relations News December 17, 2018WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) has joined with other industry groups in strong opposition to a proposed rule from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to require price disclosures in all television ads for DTC pharmaceutical products.
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Data Breach Bill Moving in Massachusetts Legislature
Government Relations News December 4, 2018A significant data breach bill is moving quickly through the Massachusetts Senate which could have very serious negative consequences for advertisers and marketers.
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Legal Watch Bulletin - December 2018
For Lawyers Legal Bulletin December 3, 2018December Legal Bulletin for lawyers and clients providing up to date legal and business summaries with links to cases, laws and regulations.
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ANA Kills California Email Bill Supported by Plaintiffs Attorneys
Government Relations News September 4, 2018ANA members won a significant victory in the waning days of the California legislative session when AB 2546, a bill aimed at gutting federal preemption for commercial email advertisements, was killed for the year.
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Senate Approves Requirement for Price Disclosures in DTC Ads
Government Relations News August 24, 2018The U.S. Senate has approved an appropriations bill which would require that the price for pharmaceutical products appear in all DTC ads for those products.
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Advertising Trade Association Responds to U.S. Census Citizenship Question
Government Relations News August 7, 2018In a joint statement, the CEO's of ANA, ARF, 4A's and AAF expressed their opposition to a new question in the 2020 U.S. census that asks "is this person a citizen of the United States?"
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Sweeping New Privacy Bill Adopted in California
Government Relations News June 29, 2018California Governor Jerry Brown signed sweeping new privacy/data security legislation yesterday. The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, AB375, breezed through the state legislature in just one week and passed unanimously in both houses. The new law will have a substantial impact on all companies that do business in California.
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Sweeping New Privacy Bill on Fast Track in California State Legislature
Government Relations News June 26, 2018Broad new privacy legislation is on a fast track to passage in California.
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Sweeping New Privacy Bill in California Could Replace Ballot Initiative
Government Relations News June 22, 2018Two key lawmakers in the California State Legislature have introduced new privacy legislation that is intended to supplant a broad privacy ballot initiative that has been proposed for the November election.
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California Ad Tax Bill Gets a Hearing
Government Relations News May 14, 2018The California Senate Governance and Finance Committee will hold a hearing on Wednesday (May 16th) on a bill to impose a new tax on advertising and other business services.
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ANA Urges ICANN to Avoid Overreaction to GDPR
Government Relations News May 10, 2018Today, ANA called on the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to urge the organization not to move forward with proposed changes to the WHOIS system.
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Final Tax Bill Passes Without Restricting Advertising
Government Relations News January 3, 2018The Association of National Advertisers released the following statement on the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
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