The Ad Watchers

The Ad Watchers


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Influencer Marketing Consumer Insights: What can lead to distrust?
August 06, 2025

In 2024, 82% of U.S. marketers used influencer partnerships in ad campaigns at a value of a whopping $24 billion. Influencer marketing is a key cornerstone of marketing campaigns, but how much do cons

Time for a Health Claims Checkup?
July 16, 2025

Health-related advertising claims are held to a higher standard of proof than other claims. For health-related claims, a reasonable basis requires advertisers to provide competent and reliable scien

Expanding Knowledge of Soft Law – What is CISR?
June 03, 2025

The U.S. advertising industry founded the National Advertising Division (NAD) to build consumer trust in advertising and support fair competition in the marketplace. Through this soft law model, respo

5 Years of SWIFT – Does it meet the need for speed?
May 06, 2025

A single-issue ad law case does not mean it is not an important issue. For the last 5 years, the Fast-Track SWIFT filing track has addressed the increasing speed of online campaigns and the demand for

The Ad Law Trend Report – What were 2024’s hot topics and trends?
April 09, 2025

The National Advertising Division (NAD) Annual Report provides a comprehensive look at the years ad law trends and hot topics, from influencers to AI to reviews and rankings. To kick off a new seaso

A Chat with ICAS: What Are Ad Law’s Global Hot Topics?
October 10, 2024

In the final episode of the season, Ad Watchers hosts Annie Ugurlayan and Eric Unis go global. They are joined by Sibylle Stanciu-Loeckx, the executive director of the International Council for Advert

AI is Everywhere: What about advertising?
August 07, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) is top-of-mind for most businesses and on the radar of the National Advertising Division (NAD). In this episode of The Ad Watchers, NAD attorneys Eric Unis and Annie Ugurl

Clear and Conspicuous Disclosures: Can You Read the Fine Print?
July 10, 2024

For this episode of Ad Watchers, our hosts Eric Unis and Annie Ugurlayan, attorneys at the National Advertising Division (NAD), dive into the fine print to discuss disclosures the what, when, where,

The Best Subject In Advertising Law: Is It Puffery?
June 05, 2024

For this episode of Ad Watchers, join us for Erics favorite ad law topic: puffery, an exaggerated, blustering, or boastful statement or general claim that could only be understood to be an expression

Revisiting Consumer Reviews: Incentivized, Inflated, or Authentic?
May 08, 2024

In this episode of Ad Watchers, the hosts discuss the topic of consumer reviews and the actions taken by the National Advertising Division (NAD) to ensure their accuracy. They highlight several recent