Tagged: alcohol advertising

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Aviation Gin ad subject of DISCUS code complaint and finding is a good reminder that industry advertising guidelines are sometimes at odds with inventiveness, humor, and parody… but a law or regulation would have to acknowledge those things.

An Aviation Gin advertising complaint illustrates tension between industry responsibility codes, parody, humor, and First Amendment protections.

Beertwitter FTC asks for public comment on endorsement guides

FTC waits for #beertwitter to chime in: Public comment solicited for endorsement guides (the ones that require you tell me you got that beer or wine for free with the expectation you were going to post about it).

The FTC’s 2020 review of its Endorsement Guides asked about disclosures for products supplied to reviewers and social media influencers.

What questions should you ask about your advertising and labels before making them public?

Here’s the argument audio from the 8th Circuit’s alcoholic beverage advertising case. Advertisers won this by a mile. Oh, and did I mention there’s evidence in the record that 3-tier is useless and doesn’t protect the public?

Listen to the Eighth Circuit’s 2019 argument on Missouri alcohol-advertising restrictions and the evidence supporting their First Amendment defense.

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Here’s the audio of the 7th Circuit corn syrup argument between MillerCoors and Anheuser – Anheuser references a document MillerCoors wants kept sealed discussing what’s in Miller Lite.

The 2019 Seventh Circuit argument raises Rule 65 questions and discussion of sealed evidence in the MillerCoors–Anheuser advertising dispute.

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8th Circuit sets argument in 1st Amendment challenge to Missouri’s alcohol advertising statutes and advertisers file brief challenging lazy arguments about reasons for restrictions on alcohol advertising.

A 2019 Missouri Broadcasters update links the reply brief and previews arguments about restrictions on truthful alcohol advertising.