Regulatory Rumblings
“Adolescent Creep” is Edging too Far
Posted: Aug 24, 2017 11:45am ETIn our last blog post, we discussed an overly restrictive proposal in Canada that is aimed at severely curtailing advertising of certain types of food and beverages to children. While the problems with this proposal range from the definition of “unhealthy” to the vast amount of media for which advertising would be banned, the most worrisome to the ad community is that the age limit for “chil ...
READ MORECanada, U.K. Take Aim at Legitimate Food Marketing
Posted: Aug 21, 2017 9:15am ETEven though all varieties of truthful and non-deceptive food advertising have long received commercial speech protections under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, this is not the case in other countries – even our next-door neighbors.
READ MOREAdvertisers Welcome New FCC Commissioners
Posted: Aug 3, 2017 4:00pm ETToday, the Senate approved the nominations for Brendan Carr and Jessica Rosenworcel to fill the two vacant Commissioner seats at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Carr, a Republican, and Rosenworcel, a Democrat, will both bring many years of experience and expertise in telecommunications to the FCC regulatory arena and will serve as fair and thoughtful Commissioners.
READ MOREAdvertising Tax Deduction at Serious Risk
Posted: Jul 28, 2017 11:00am ETHouse Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, issued a Joint Statement on Tax Reform yesterday.
READ MOREConnected Devices are Connecting Data and Privacy
Posted: Jul 18, 2017 9:15am ETCurrently, there are about 8.4 billion connected devices worldwide, up 31 percent from 2016 according to Gartner’s estimates. The consumer segment is the largest user base of these devices with 5.2 billion units being utilized in 2017.
READ MOREFull Slate of Commissioners Coming to the FCC
Posted: Jun 29, 2017 3:00pm ETPresident Donald Trump has just nominated Federal Communications Commission (FCC) General Counsel Brendan Carr to fill the open Republican seat on the Commission.
READ MOREEt tu, California? ISP Privacy Bill Moving through the Legislature.
Posted: Jun 21, 2017 12:45pm ETWhile the advertising community has been successful over the past several months in defeating or mitigating all internet service provider (ISP) privacy bills at the state level, California is now seriously considering enacting substantial legislation that would completely change the way advertisers operate in the state.
READ MOREANA Welcomes Jessica Rosenworcel’s Renomination to the FCC
Posted: Jun 16, 2017 12:15pm ETANA is very pleased to see the President moving forward on filling open Commissioner slots at the FCC. Jessica Rosenworcel would bring to her new FCC term a great deal of background and experience in telecommunications matters, acquired during her many years of public service.
READ MOREAdvertising Should Remain Fully Deductible Under the Tax Code
Posted: Jun 5, 2017 9:30am ETThe House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee have recently held hearings on reforming the corporate tax code as tax reform efforts are starting to ramp up. There still, however, is no clear consensus on how Congress will or should proceed.
READ MOREBROWSER Act Privacy Bill Goes Too Far
Posted: May 24, 2017 2:15pm ETLast week, Tennessee Congressman Marsha Blackburn, Chair of the Communications and Technology Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, introduced the first major online privacy bill of the 115th Congress.
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