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ANA Joins Opposition to HHS Prescription Drug Price Disclosure Rule

Posted: Jun 14, 2019 3:45pm ET

ANA has joined with Merck, Eli Lilly, and Amgen to bring a lawsuit to enjoin a HHS rule concerning prescription drugs that would otherwise blow significant holes in advertisers First Amendment protections.

Happy Birthday GDPR

Posted: May 21, 2019 10:15am ET

This week marks the first anniversary of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). When it was launched on May 25, 2018 the GDPR was clearly the most significant privacy experiment to that point in history.

ANA Strongly Opposes New HHS Ad Disclosure Rule

Posted: May 9, 2019 11:40am ET

Yesterday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized a new rule which would require “direct-to-consumer television advertisements for prescription pharmaceuticals covered by Medicare or Medicaid to include the list price … if that price is equal to or greater than $35.” ANA strongly opposes this government requirement which is highly likely to be unconstitutional.

Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Advocate for Meaningful Federal Privacy Protections

Posted: May 8, 2019 11:40am ET

The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) has been a strong advocate calling for Congress to pass broad national data privacy legislation. All Americans, regardless of where they live, deserve the same high level of data privacy protections.

Ad Associations Send Detailed Letter to Texas House on HB 4390

Posted: Apr 10, 2019 9:45am ET

Yesterday the Association of National Advertisers filed a joint letter with other leading ad trade associations in opposition to Texas HB 4390.

ANA Government Relations and Legal Podcast: Cassidy Sehgal, L'Oréal USA

Posted: Apr 3, 2019 12:00am ET

The second ANA Government Relations and Legal Podcast features Cassidy Sehgal, Data Protection Officer and Associate Counsel at L'Oréal USA talking to host Doug Wood about the privacy issues confronting the industry, challenges in measurement and viewability, as well as her experience as an in-house counsel at a major advertiser.

Utah Abandons Effort to Tax Advertising

Posted: Mar 8, 2019 12:30pm ET

Governor Gary Herbert and Utah legislative leaders abandoned their efforts to pass a sweeping new tax on services, including advertising, by sending House Bill 441 to an interim study committee yesterday, effectively killing the proposal for this legislative session.