A case involving Yelp and a “default judgment” against someone (defendant Bird) who wrote a critical Yelp review about a San Francisco...

The series is designed for advertisers who feel overwhelmed by government ad regulations and want tips on avoiding costly lawsuits. In...

The Federal Trade Commission disclosure laws are increasingly becoming a point of frustration and confusion for affiliates, bloggers and...

You’d think that US brands and companies would know by now that if they pay “influencers” to promote a product and don’t disclose that...

According to Reuters, the Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Alphabet/Google concerning an advertiser class action. The...

The European Commission, Facebook, Google (YouTube), Twitter and Microsoft have announced a “Code of Conduct” governing “illegal hate...

Google’s offices in Paris were “raided” today by 100 tax officials, according to the BBC. The company is accused of owing France nearly...

Recently, the chancellor of the University of California, Davis was placed on leave following reports that the institution had hired...

Last September, the FTC settled charges against YouTube-based gaming network Machinima over failure to disclose payments to YouTube...

It may come from left field; it may be a very atypical experience for your company. And you may discover you weren’t ready for it. It...

The FBI has been trying unsuccessfully to access Syed Farook’s iPhone. Farook and his wife killed 14 people in December in San...

Ad fraud is a major problem in digital advertising that results in billions of dollars in annual losses to marketers. While marketers are...

As so-called “native ads” have become increasingly popular critics have argued they’re effective because consumers can’t tell them apart...

Good morning from Las Vegas! Day one of Marketing Land’s SocialPro conference is about to begin, and we’re starting with a real treat: a...

Amazon has filed a lawsuit accusing more than 1,100 members of the freelance marketplace Fiverr of offering to post phony product reviews...

The Interactive Advertising Bureau opened a new front in its battle against ad-blocking companies Tuesday, announcing the creation of a...

It may be premature to call ad blocking a “crisis” for the industry, but it’s obviously an area of significant concern for publishers and...

On Wednesday, Google took legal action against a search marketing firm for allegedly making illegal automated calls to small businesses...

For those with online reputation crises, the internet is a hostile and damaging place. When one is attacked online, it can negatively...

A recent study by Carnegie Mellon University, initially conceived to test how online user behaviors and interaction with Google’s Ad...