What the SEC’s Fourth Marketing Rule Alert Flagged on Testimonials, Endorsements, and Ratings
The fourth Marketing Rule Risk Alert rests on whether disclosure is present and prominent, and whether the firm can prove it.
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The fourth Marketing Rule Risk Alert rests on whether disclosure is present and prominent, and whether the firm can prove it.
When an advertiser claims a level of proof it cannot support, the claim itself is the violation, whatever the disclosures say. What the FTC substantiation standard requires before you publish, and why pointing to a study is not the same as holding the evidence.
Hidden ads and undisclosed reviews now breach four regulators' rules: ASA, CMA, FCA and FTC. What health marketers must disclose before they publish.
California's AI Transparency Act (SB 942) is operative from 2 August 2026. It settles AI-content provenance, not whether that content is compliant.
FINRA proposes to replace mandatory pre-use approval under Rule 2210 with firm-run, risk-based review of retail communications. How to prepare.
In a single day the ASA upheld findings in three sectors. Each firm had assumed its audience, channel, or format sat outside the rules.
FINRA named it a priority, but six regulators across five jurisdictions had already regulated it. Same conclusion, different frameworks.
FINRA's 2026 report gives generative AI a standalone section for the first time — governance, testing, and oversight expectations included.
Every asset an agency delivers to a regulated client carries the client's regulatory requirements. Three structural challenges to understand.
Content production soared while compliance stayed manual. Nobody had built the infrastructure between the two — so we did.