Feb. 15, 2021 – The Maryland House and Senate voted last week to override Gov. Larry Hogan’s May 2020 veto and enact the nation’s first tax on digital advertising, a move that other states are in the process of considering in light of a backlash against big tech companies and significant budget shortfalls as the […]
Read more May 11, 2020 – A bill that proposed a Maryland tax on “digital advertising services” that was approved by the state legislature in March was vetoed on May 7 by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R), stopping, at least for now, the nation’s first tax on digital advertising. In his veto letter, Hogan stated that the […]
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April 20, 2020 – With additional changes to the regulations still in administrative review and businesses grappling with pressing COVID-19 issues, a group of nearly 100 advertising trade associations, organizations and companies asked California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D) to delay the July 1 enforcement date for the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA). But it […]
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Nov. 18, 2019 – Amgen, Eli Lilly, Merck & Co. and the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) are once again striking back at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) effort to mandate drug prices in direct-to-consumer (DTC) television ads. Although the four entities sued HHS over its recent regulation calling for the […]
Read more June 17, 2019 – The Trump administration’s final rule mandating that drug companies include the wholesale acquisition cost (WAC) in direct-to-consumer (DTC) television ads for many drugs “exceeds [the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS’)] statutory authority, violates the First Amendment, and should therefore be set aside,” according to a lawsuit filed Friday, less […]
Read moreMarch 9, 2017 – Four major advertising and media industry groups have issued a joint letter opposing an Oregon bill (S.B. 792) that would require manufacturers to disclose prescription drug wholesale prices in any ads run in the state or face potential civil penalties of up to $5,000 per ad publication or broadcast. According to […]
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