Advertising Law

You’ve got a great product or service to sell, and you’re anxious to begin promoting it to potential customers. To make sure the claims you make about your offerings are truthful and to protect consumers, all businesses have to comply with advertising and marketing laws. This section will help you understand the basic rules when it comes to advertising, labeling your products, and marketing online or over the phone.

  • Advertising laws are aimed at protecting consumers by requiring advertisers to be truthful about their products and to be able to substantiate their claims. All businesses must comply with advertising and marketing laws, and ...
  • Did you realize that the label and packaging on products you create or sell are forms of advertising? Because of this, the claims that you make on product packaging must comply with some basic truth-in-packaging and labeling ...
  • The federal government regulates the advertising and labeling of a number of consumer products. If you manufacture or distribute one of the products below, you will need to comply with some specific requirements. Alcohol ...

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