Government Relations News

The 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.

Today, 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.

An onerous data broker bill is pending in the Vermont Senate which could have very serious negative consequences for all marketers.

The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to accept and review a critically important case involving government-imposed warnings – an ordinance of the City of Berkeley, California which mandates wireless producers and sellers to provide a point of sale public notice regarding radio frequency safety.

California is off to a troubling start regarding overly restrictive tax and privacy legislation in 2018.

Today, ANA sent a letter to every member of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives telling them about the important work of the #SeeHer initiative.

The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) today expressed serious concerns to the sponsors of bills moving through the legislature that would make substantial revisions in the current statutory right of publicity as embodied in New York Civil Rights Law.

The Association of National Advertisers released the following statement on the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee is holding a hearing on December 12 to examine a report recently published by the National Academy of Sciences that recommends ending the tax deduction for DTC advertising.

Earlier this week, Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) filed an amendment to the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act that would eliminate the advertising costs deduction for pharmaceutical companies. We believe this sort of advertising restriction faces serious First Amendment challenges as it threatens the commercial speech rights of companies to reach their consumers in a truthful way.

ANA has long advocated for common-sense tax reform that lowers corporate rates and guarantees U.S. competitiveness on a global playing field,” said Dan Jaffe, Group Executive Vice President of Government Relations for the ANA.

The long-awaited tax reform blueprint from the Republican “Big Six” has been released.

In a key victory for the ad community, a three judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit imposed a preliminary injunction on a San Francisco ordinance requiring health warnings on ads for certain sugar sweetened beverages.

ANA and our partners across the advertising industry are fighting to stop an onerous, counterproductive broadband privacy bill which is pending in the California State Legislature.

The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) today strongly urged members of the California Senate to oppose an onerous broadband privacy bill that is pending there.

The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) today strongly urged members of the New York State Senate to oppose bills moving through the legislature that would make substantial revisions in the current statutory right of publicity as embodied in New York Civil Rights Law

The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) today restated its strong opposition to the City of Berkeley’s mandate to force wireless producers and sellers to provide a point of sale public notice regarding radio frequency safety. Berkeley’s required notice contradicts federal findings that cell phones are safe.

The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) yesterday strongly urged the members of the Connecticut General Assembly to oppose a proposal to extend the state sales tax to cover advertising.

Connecticut, facing a potential multi-billion budget shortfall, is considering increasing the state sales tax and imposing the tax on advertising, public relations, and other services.

ANA is extremely pleased that President Trump has now signed the Congressional Joint Resolution to repeal the FCC’s misguided and highly overly restrictive broadband privacy rule.