Ad Law Access

Updates on advertising law and privacy law trends, issues, and developments

The Pink Tax: A Litigation and Legislation Update

We previously reported on an emerging legislative and litigation trend relating to the “pink tax” – a gender-based pricing phenomenon that allegedly results in higher prices for goods and services marketed towards…

What’s Next Following Enactment of Maryland’s Advertising Tax?

On February 12, 2021, the General Assembly of the State of Maryland enacted legislation imposing the Digital Advertising Gross Revenues Tax, overriding a prior veto of the legislation by Maryland Governor Larry Hogan.…

The Pink Tax: Discrimination or Actual Differentiation?

At the end of 2019, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo released the 10 th proposal of his 2020 State of the State Agenda, which aims to eliminate the so-called “pink tax,” a gender-based pricing phenomenon that allegedly…

Selling Products Online? U.S. Supreme Court Ruling May Affect Whether or Not You Must Pay State Sales or Use Taxes

On Thursday, June 21, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court paved the way for states to collect sales or use taxes from sellers with no physical presence in the taxing state by declaring constitutional a South Dakota law…