Simone Roach
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 4
- Latest publication
- Aug 31, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for Mondaq
- Top 500K sites
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- Jul 22, 2026
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Court Distinguishes Between Mandatory And Optional Fees In CA Honest Pricing Law Suit (Podcast) (opens the original)
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What makes a fee part of the advertised price, and when can it be treated as optional? In this episode, we unpack a California court’s recent decision interpreting the state’s Honest Pricing Law and its distinction between mandatory fees that must be included in an advertised price and optional charges that consumers can avoid. The case offers important guidance for businesses navigating California’s increasingly strict rules on pricing transparency, particularly when offering add-ons, service f
Safeway’s Tempest Over Wine Discounts Survives Motion To Dismiss (Podcast) (opens the original)
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When does a wine discount become too good to be true? In this episode, we unpack a court’s decision allowing a lawsuit against Safeway over its wine pricing practices to move forward, after plaintiffs challenged whether the retailer’s advertised discounts were based on genuine former prices. The case highlights a familiar risk in promotional advertising: a “sale” price can create legal exposure if the reference price used to show the discount does not reflect the price consumers actually paid f
Summer Edition #3 - Looking Back At July (Podcast) (opens the original)
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What did July reveal about the future of advertising law and consumer protection? In this Summer Edition of the Ad Law Access Podcast, we take a step back from the month’s individual developments to explore the bigger trends shaping the legal landscape, from the application of traditional advertising principles to AI claims and growing scrutiny of data-driven and comparative pricing, to the expanding role of state attorneys general in privacy, child safety, affordability, and multistate enforcem
Court Considers Whether Growth Claims Were Tall Tales (Podcast) (opens the original)
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Can a claim be literally true and still mislead consumers? In this episode, we unpack a New York federal court’s decision allowing a class action against Abbott Laboratories over PediaSure Grow & Gain’s “Clinically Proven to Help Kids Grow” claims to move forward. The court found that a jury could reasonably conclude consumers interpreted the advertising to mean the product helps typical children grow taller—even though the supporting studies involved children at risk of malnutrition and the pa
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