Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 22, 2013

The Federal Trade Commission will begin to ramp up enforcement of deceptive environmental claims, according to Jessica Rich, director of the commission’s consumer protection bureau. “A growing number of consumers are looking to buy green products and companies respond with green marketing.

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

But the legal implications for green marketing claims call for caution. The Federal Trade Commission’s Green Guides set forth the Commission’s current views on environmental marketing to help business avoid making unfair or deceptive claims. had deceptively advertised their paint products as “zero VOC.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

The Federal Trade Commission announced six enforcement actions last week, including against companies that marketed supposedly biodegradable plastic rebar cap covers, plastic golf tees, and plastic shopping bags, as part of the agency’s ramped up crackdown on environmental claims.

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