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March 15, 2019 | 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM EDT

Nestle Waters North America, 900 Long Ridge Rd., Stamford, CT

(just Off Exit 34 of the Merritt Parkway)

Overview (Program Summary)

A program hosted by:

ACC Westchester/Southern CT

Advertising Claim Substantiation Topics

Superiority vs. parity comparisons

· #1 sales/leading product ;

· establishment ("tests prove")

· "up to" claims

· general comparative advertising do's and don'ts

· use of disclaimers/asterisked qualifying language

· visual product demonstrations

· puffery

· humor and disparagement

· numerical/statistical claims

· "line" claims (ad claims applying to a whole product line, not just one model)

· use of competitor trademarks/logos in advertising

· absolute language – 100%, prevents, completely, zero, "______free"

Social Media Topics

· Disclosures of material connections

o Influencer disclosures

o Employee/Ad Agency disclosures

o Where and how to disclose on different platforms

· Reposting third-party content

· Hashtags

· Memes

· Interacting with celebrities on social media

Promotions

Sweepstakes v. Contests v. Illegal Lotteries

· Consideration

· Alternative Means of Entry

· Official Rules & Winner's Release

· Registration and Bonding

· Promotional Hashtags

· 1099s

· Advertising Promotions

DIGITAL PLATFORMS

CLAIMS & PUFFERY

SWEEPSTAKES and PUFFERY

More Details to come


Speakers

From Whitney Dorsey: SANDRA EDELMAN & FARA SUNDERJI

KIM DICKSON, General Counsel BIC Corporation

LEE SOFFER, Nestle Waters North America

with Group Chairs: ANNA MARCIANO, Nestle Waters NA, DeANNA PACE, Conair, MAEVE ROTHMAN, BIC Corporation

Notes

Share this inviation with your Marketing and Advertising Professionals (same pricing)

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