British Council’s Schools Now! conference 2023 gathers over 2,000+ delegates from 30 countries across the world to explore the future of international education

Posted on March 2, 2023 by Operations Team

Dubai, UAE: The British Council held its annual Schools Now! conference, in Dubai on 1 and 2 March 2023, which brought together over 2,000 education leaders and professionals from British Council’s Partner Schools around the world, to discuss the latest innovations in teaching and learning across international education.

Schools Now! 2023, themed ‘Transforming Schools: Leadership at all levels’, explored effective leadership across school communities through keynote presentations, panel discussions and workshops. Delegates learned about the importance of developing student leaders, as well as professional pathways to leadership.

Douglas Woods, Global Head of Education Services, British Council, spoke of promoting leadership at all levels in schools to enable an inclusive culture, that nurtures talents and distributes leadership effectively across staff. Through this approach a safe and enriching environment is enabled where students will have the confidence to step up and develop their own leadership skills that will support them in schools and throughout their lives. He also touched upon how effective leadership is more important for schools than at any time in the past as we emerge from the pandemic.

Sir Mark Grundy, CEO of Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust, who delivered the first keynote, explored the topic of retaining our best staff and achieve the highest and most specific levels of achievement for our young people. Professor Eman Gaad, Dean of the Faculty of Education and a Professor of Special and Inclusive Education, British University in Dubai (BUiD) spoke about the perceptions of educational leadership for inclusivity. Other keynotes focused on developing 21st century student leaders and leadership development at multiple levels in the school community.

Simon Higgins, Global Head of School Exams, British Council said, ‘We were delighted to host our eighth annual flagship event Schools Now! global conference in Dubai. This year’s theme, ‘Leadership at all levels’ helped school leaders to reflect on the challenges they continue to face daily in a post pandemic world, and also explored ways to develop leadership throughout their school to better support staff, students, and the wider community.’

Mark Walker, Director English & Exams, British Council highlighted the importance of bringing together education leaders from around the world to share ideas, best practices, and perspectives, ‘At the British Council, we are passionate about changing lives. We work hand-in-hand with individuals to help them gain the skills, confidence, and connections they need to transform their lives and shape a better world. From learning English to gaining internationally recognized qualifications, we are dedicated to helping our partners build networks, explore creative ideas, and access high-quality education.’

Globally, British Council Partner Schools work with more than 2,000 schools, support over 100,000 teachers and touch the lives of about one million students. With attendees from the Americas, Europe Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East & North Africa, South Asia and East Asia, the truly global event helps to support the mission of the British Council in building connections, understanding and trust through education.

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CounselLink Introduces Contract Lifecycle Management and Enhanced Work Intake Features to its Leading Enterprise Legal Management Solution

Posted on March 1, 2023 by Operations Team

New capabilities deliver seamless connected workflows, improved collaboration and data-driven insights, enabling corporate legal departments to be more strategic, efficient and cost-effective

Raleigh, NC, March 1, 2023 – LexisNexis^{^®} CounselLink^{^®} today announced it has added new Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) capabilities and an enhanced work intake system into its cloud-based Enterprise Legal Management (ELM) solution. The new capabilities will enable corporate law departments to better optimize and prioritize legal requests, collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, streamline the entire contracts process, and enhance strategic resource planning and decision-making – all from one centralized platform.

Designed specifically for corporate legal departments, CounselLink CLM enables customers to expedite authoring, streamline negotiation and analyze executed contracts. Building upon LexisNexis’ acquisition of Parley Pro, CounselLink’s CLM has real-time collaboration, workflow automation, and integrated data streams that improve contracting efficiency, save time and money, and deliver actionable analytics. Its centralized platform makes it easy to search, share, view and edit documents and contracts while improving security and regulatory compliance. With these updates, corporate legal professionals have greater visibility, enabling them to efficiently manage their department’s legal operations from one application with a single sign-on.

“For many legal departments, managing contracts means spending countless hours switching between CLM and ELM applications to manage resources and workloads, or manually compiling and analyzing contracts data to gain the insights they need to make decisions and run efficient legal operations,” said Aaron Pierce, CounselLink’s Vice President of Product Management. “The addition of CounselLink CLM provides a comprehensive, transparent platform for managing the entire contracts process while helping legal departments control costs, maximize productivity and deliver better outcomes.”

“Our acquisition of Parley Pro and ongoing integration of its CLM capabilities into CounselLink have laid the foundation for an entirely new legal solutions ecosystem aimed at improving the knowledge, capabilities and performance of corporate legal professionals,” said Sean Fitzpatrick, CEO of LexisNexis North America, UK and Ireland. “CounselLink’s integrated approach to CLM and ELM demonstrates our vision and commitment to creating a ‘connected world’ for corporate legal, delivering significant workflow and cost efficiencies and impactful insights through the thoughtful application of our data, content, and technology.”

In addition, CounselLink’s enhanced work intake system provides a central location for legal departments to collect, organize, manage, track progress, audit, and report on internal and external work requests – including contracts – from inception to completion. The accompanying Intake Analytics Dashboard gives corporate legal leaders a holistic view of department workload, requests, and resources, enabling them to make more informed business and legal decisions – such as whether to use outside counsel or escalate a request to a matter. The automated system is fully configurable based on request type, required tasks or other criteria, and gives users the tools they need to collaborate, request information and documents, and ensure task completion.

“The ever-increasing volume of legal requests, and evolving types of requests coming from both internal and external sources, underscores the need for a robust system to help corporate legal departments support their organization’s legal needs and demonstrate their value as a business partner,” said Pierce. “CounselLink’s enhanced work intake system gives legal departments unprecedented visibility and control of this critical process while streamlining workflows for more efficient operations. With these new features, CounselLink becomes the ultimate legal productivity solution for corporate legal departments.”

CounselLink’s advanced legal work management capabilities – including rich collaboration, effective workflow management and automation tools, and robust analytics and reporting capabilities optimize corporate legal operations and provide data-driven insights that can save organizations an average of 8-10% on legal costs each year. For more information, please visit www.counsellink.com.

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National Advertising Division Recommends that Verizon Modify Disclosures in Connection with Pricing Claim of “$25 a Line Guaranteed for Three Years”

Posted on February 28, 2023 by Operations Team

New York, NY – February 28, 2023 – In a Fast-Track SWIFT challenge brought by AT&T Services, Inc., the National Advertising Division (NAD) of BBB National Programs recommended that Verizon Communications, Inc. modify disclosures used in connection with its claim that consumers who switch to Verizon will get service “for just $25 a line guaranteed for three years.”

Fast-Track SWIFT is an expedited challenge process designed for single-issue advertising cases brought to NAD.

AT&T challenged a pricing claim made by Verizon in a television commercial featuring actress Cecily Strong and actor Paul Giamatti, who portrays Albert Einstein. The commercial promotes Verizon’s “Welcome Unlimited” plan where consumers who switch to Verizon can get service “for just $25 a line guaranteed for three years.”

In this challenge, NAD considered whether the challenged Verizon television commercial accurately and effectively conveyed the message that the “guaranteed” monthly $25 per line price is exclusive of taxes and fees.

NAD noted that in advertising the price of a product or service, the total price the consumer will pay is material to the purchasing decision, especially in advertisements for monthly services. As a result, it is material that the advertised price of $25 per line excludes taxes and fees and this material limitation on the advertised prices must be clearly and conspicuously disclosed.

To inform consumers of the material limitation of the price guarantee (it excludes taxes and fees), NAD recommended that Verizon modify its disclosures to make them clear and conspicuous and easy for consumers to notice, read, and understand:

For example, the advertiser should keep the taxes and fees disclosure on screen at all times the actors are discussing the offer and separate it from the long block text disclosure at the bottom of the screen.
Additionally, the fee disclosure should be incorporated in the main claim or in similar size text and font in close proximity to the main claim or disclosed in the audio.

NAD determined that the AT&T challenge was appropriate for Fast-Track SWIFT as NAD’s review did not require the review of complex evidence or substantiation related to the advertiser’s pricing claim.

In its advertiser statement, Verizon stated that it will comply with NAD’s recommendation that it make its disclosure even more proximate to the claim even though reasonable consumers understand taxes and fees are separate from the advertised rate and two disclosures appeared on screen twice.

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National Advertising Division Recommends Pier 1 Imports Clearly and Conspicuously Disclose Material Terms of Pier 1 Rewards Membership

Posted on February 27, 2023 by Operations Team

New York, NY – February 27, 2023 – The National Advertising Division (NAD) of BBB National Programs recommended that Pier 1 Imports Online, Inc., a global importer of decorative home furnishings and gifts that owns and operates the e-commerce website www.pier1.com, clearly and conspicuously disclose the material terms of the Pier 1 Rewards customer loyalty program at the time a consumer adds an item to their cart.

Pier 1 offers Pier 1 Rewards, a subscription-based customer loyalty program for $9.99 that is available to US residents only. The Pier 1 Rewards provides a 10 percent discount on purchases with free shipping included billed on a monthly or annual basis.

When a consumer added an item to their cart, Pier 1 Rewards was automatically added to their cart as a pre-checked button that appeared immediately next to the Pier 1 Rewards logo. The price of the product with the 10 percent discount appeared below the item. Details about the Pier 1 Rewards membership program appeared below the pre-checked box. A consumer had to affirmatively uncheck the pre-checked button to remove the Pier 1 Rewards membership that was added to the cart and not incur the additional membership fee.

Through its routine monitoring program, NAD challenged the accuracy of a listed product price where the advertiser automatically added a Pier 1 Rewards Membership of $9.99/month to the customer’s purchase at checkout. At issue for NAD was whether advertising a reduced price for a product is misleading if it reflects a 10 percent discount that was only available with a subscription to Pier 1 Rewards and whether the material terms and conditions of the Pier 1 Rewards subscription were clearly and conspicuously disclosed before the consumer made a purchase decision.

NAD found that one of the material terms of the rewards program – namely, the autorenewal nature of the Pier 1 Rewards subscription and how to cancel it – was not displayed when the consumer saw the discounted price in their cart.

NAD noted that adding an item to a shopping cart without the consumer affirmatively consenting to purchase the item can be problematic particularly where, as here, the material terms related to the purchase of the item (autorenewal membership and cancelation) were not disclosed when the item was added to the cart.

For these reasons, NAD recommended that Pier 1 clearly and conspicuously disclose the material terms of Pier 1 Rewards at the time the item is added to a cart.

In its advertiser statement, Pier 1 stated that it “agrees to comply with NAD’s recommendation” although it “respectfully disagrees with NAD’s analysis and conclusion” regarding its discount price advertising. The advertiser further stated that “for reasons independent of NAD’s inquiry, Pier 1, even prior to receiving NAD’s decision, modified its advertising in ways that effectively address NAD’s concerns.”

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Azienda tecnologica di Chicago annuncia il lancio di un’app per l’automazione dell’importazione di prodotti alimentari negli USA

Posted on February 23, 2023 by Operations Team

Chicago, Illinois: RudiCoder LLC, azienda di logistica per l’e-commerce di Chicago, è lieta di annunciare il lancio di PriorNotify, la prima applicazione basata sul cloud per l’automazione della procedura di notifica di preavviso, chiamata “Prior Notice”, che è richiesta dalla Food and Drug Administration (FDA) americana per la vendita e la spedizione di generi alimentari e bevande a clienti negli Stati Uniti.

“PriorNotify è rivoluzionaria”, ha dichiarato Holly Urban, AD e co-fondatrice di RudiCoder. “Chi vende cibi e bevande non americani a clienti negli USA, sa quant’è complesso e quanto tempo richieda espletare la procedura obbligatoria di Prior Notice della FDA. Grazie a PriorNotify di RudiCoder, la procedura viene semplificata e automatizzata, permettendo di completare l’operazione in pochi secondi”, ha spiegato Urban.

PriorNotify è stata progettata per i produttori di generi alimentari e bevande, ma anche per i rivenditori, i distributori, gli spedizionieri e chiunque fornisca servizi di evasione ordini e trasporto. Le aziende internazionali potranno ora vendere e inviare con estrema facilità prodotti alimentari a rivenditori, distributori e consumatori negli Stati Uniti.

PriorNotify offre un’integrazione perfetta con Shopify, WordPress (WooCommerce), Magento e altre diffuse piattaforme di e-commerce, generando automaticamente le notifiche di Prior Notice richieste dalla Food and Drug Administration non appena il prodotto viene acquistato.

L’app funziona inoltre in modo molto semplice con qualsiasi sistema di gestione degli ordini, oltre che con marketplace online come Amazon. Le informazioni relative agli ordini possono essere facilmente caricate al suo interno, permettendo ai rivenditori di grossi volumi di operare in modo rapido ed efficiente.

PriorNotify è stata progettata per l’e-commerce e permette a produttori internazionali, aziende di trasporto e spedizione, dropshipper e altri esercenti di collaborare in modo efficace.

Ad esempio, i produttori di alimenti e bevande possono ottenere automaticamente le Prior Notice per la FDA non appena i prodotti vengono acquistati dalle aziende che rivendono i loro prodotti. Similmente, PriorNotify permette ai dropshipper di inviare notifiche automatiche ai produttori, fornendo le Prior Notice non appena i prodotti vengono acquistati. PriorNotify permette anche alle aziende di trasporto e spedizione di ottenere automaticamente le Prior Notice per la FDA non appena i prodotti vengono acquistati dai loro clienti.

Inoltre, PriorNotify permette di creare in tutta semplicità delle fatture commerciali. Infine, tutte le pagine dell’app PriorNotify possono venire tradotte automaticamente in decine di lingue diverse.

“PriorNotify permette alle aziende di aumentare progressivamente le loro offerte di prodotti, ampliare le loro vendite e la base dei loro clienti negli Stati Uniti, riducendo considerevolmente le spese generali del processo”, ha aggiunto Urban.

Il prezzo proposto è molto competitivo, con sconti che permettono di arrivare fino a soli 0,10 $ per Prior Notice, senza tariffe di attivazione, minimi forfettari mensili, costi di utilizzo per utente e addebiti extra per assortimenti predefiniti di prodotti. Sono inoltre disponibili versioni di prova gratuite di PriorNotify.

RudiCoder LLC è un’azienda di automazione dell’e-commerce specializzata nel settore alimentare e delle bevande, con sede a Chicago, Illinois, negli Stati Uniti. Per ulteriori informazioni su RudiCoder, visitare RudiCoder.com e, per saperne di più su PriorNotify, visitare PriorNotify.com.

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Verizon Appeals National Advertising Division Recommendation to Discontinue “You Need a Better Network” Claim for its Wireless Service

Posted on February 22, 2023 by Operations Team

New York, NY – February 22, 2023 – In a challenge brought by AT&T Services, Inc., the National Advertising Division (NAD) of BBB National Programs recommended that Verizon Communications, Inc. discontinue the claim “you need a better network,” as well as several implied claims, used in connection with its wireless service.

The challenged claims appear in a thirty-second holiday-themed commercial promoting Verizon’s wireless network and includes well-known actors Paul Giamatti, as the Dickens character Scrooge, and Cecily Strong. In the commercial Giamatti as Scrooge holds up his mobile phone, scowls, and complains that he can “barely get reception…” In response, Strong recommends that he “need[s] a better network. Tis the season to switch to Verizon.”

At issue for NAD was whether the claim “You need a better network” in the context of the commercial conveys an objective claim that requires substantiation or whether it falls into the realm of puffery. NAD found that although the commercial includes elements that are fanciful, it also conveys an objective comparative superiority message that Verizon’s network is better than its competitors, which requires substantiation. Because there was no support for this claim, NAD recommended that it be discontinued.

Further, NAD determined that use of the term “better” in the context of the commercial is expressly comparative because it links “better” to the specific performance attribute of cell phone reception.

In the absence of support for Verizon’s claim that it offers better reception than its competitors, NAD recommended Verizon modify the advertising to avoid conveying the implied messages that Verizon provides customers with superior reception, that Verizon has a “better network” than its competitors, and that Verizon offers superior reception due to its “better network”.

In its advertiser statement, Verizon stated that it “will appeal NAD’s decision in its entirety” based on its belief that the “challenged claim does not reference AT&T or any other carriers and was nothing more than a playful, spendthrift-themed vignette that builds up to Verizon’s ‘Free 5G Phone’ offer.”

Appeals of NAD decisions are made to BBB National Programs’ National Advertising Review Board (NARB), the appellate-level truth-in-advertising body of BBB National Programs.

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National Advertising Division Recommends Oral Essentials Discontinue Certain Comparative Claims for Lumineux Whitening Strips and Pen

Posted on February 16, 2023 by Operations Team

New York, NY – February 16, 2023 – The National Advertising Division (NAD) of BBB National Programs recommended that Oral Essentials, Inc. discontinue claims that its Lumineux Whitening Strips and Pen are “clinically proven to whiten teeth as well as the leading brand” and that it does so “without the harm associated with bleaches.” NAD was acting on a challenge brought by the Procter & Gamble Company (P&G).

Both parties market and sell teeth whitening strips and pens: Oral Essentials under its Lumineux brand and P&G under its Crest and ARC brands. P&G’s challenge focused on Lumineux marketing, which sought to highlight a key point of differentiation between the whitening products – that P&G’s products use hydrogen peroxide as the tooth bleaching agent, whereas Oral Essentials’ products do not.

Whitening Claim

NAD found that the claim that the Lumineux product is “clinically proven to whiten teeth as well as the leading brand” conveys the comparative message that Lumineux whitening strips whiten teeth as well as Crest Whitestrips, and that the Lumineux whitening pen whitens teeth as well as the leading whitening pen brand, and that this parity of product efficacy is clinically proven.

NAD noted that Oral Essentials has made substantial investments in over 60 clinical and laboratory studies in support of its products, and after reviewing the evidence NAD concluded that the clinically proven claim was not substantiated and recommended that it be discontinued.

NAD noted that nothing in its decision precludes Oral Essentials from making monadic claims about the teeth whitening efficacy of Lumineux whitening strips and pens for which it has adequate support.

Harm Claim

Though an advertiser has a right to make truthful and accurate advertising claims that may be at the expense of its competitors, such claims must be accurate and narrowly drawn. This obligation is especially important for claims that a competitor’s product causes harm, since “harm” has a powerful effect on consumers.

NAD determined that the claim that Lumineux products whiten teeth as well as the leading brand but “without the harm associated with bleaches” reasonably conveys:

The message that tooth sensitivity that can be experienced with peroxide-based tooth whiteners and that tooth sensitivity, as a harm, is an unsafe or damaging condition; and
A stronger message that Lumineux whitening strips and pens are safer than other teeth whitening products because they do not damage tooth enamel (and that whitening products that use peroxide bleaching agents, such as Crest Whitestrips, do).

NAD determined that Oral Essentials did not provide a reasonable basis of support for either of these messages conveyed by the challenged claim and recommended that they be discontinued.

NAD noted that nothing in its decision precludes Oral Essentials from making claims about tooth sensitivity or gum irritation for which it has adequate support.

In its advertiser statement, Oral Essentials stated that although it “respectfully disagrees with NAD’s decision . . . as a strong supporter of the self-regulatory process, Oral Essentials, Inc. will modify its advertising in accordance with NAD’s recommendations.”

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JBS Appeals National Advertising Division Recommendation to Discontinue “Net Zero” Emissions Claims

Posted on February 15, 2023 by Operations Team

New York, NY – February 15, 2023 – In a challenge brought by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), a not-for-profit organization with the stated mission of working for fair and sustainable food and farm systems, the National Advertising Division (NAD) of BBB National Programs recommended that JBS USA Holdings, Inc., discontinue claims relating to its goal of achieving “net zero” emissions by 2040.

JBS is the second-largest food company and the largest animal protein producer in the world, with products that include boxed beef, ground beef, fresh pork, bacon, poultry, lamb, seafood, meat-based snack foods, and plant-based protein.

Aspirational environmental benefit claims create reasonable expectations on the part of consumers and, as a result, they require substantiation. When aspirational claims are tied to measurable outcomes an advertiser must be able to demonstrate that its goals and aspirations are not merely illusory and to provide evidence of the steps it is taking to reach its stated goal.

The challenged claims include:

“JBS is committing to be net zero by 2040”;
“Global Commitment to Achieve Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2040”;
“Bacon, chicken wings and steak with net zero emissions. It’s possible;” and
“Leading change across the food industry and achieving our goal of net zero by 2040 will be a challenge. Anything less is not an option.”

NAD determined that JBS’ “net zero” claims reasonably create consumer expectations that the advertiser’s efforts are providing environmental benefits, specifically “net zero” emissions by 2040 a measurable outcome. Net-Zero is a recognized standard that guides companies in defining and establishing short and long-term science-based greenhouse gas emission reduction goals aligned with the legally binding 2015 Paris Agreement.

JBS provided evidence of a significant preliminary investment toward reducing emissions by 2040, including steps towards each of the stated “net zero” commitments, however, NAD concluded that the record did not support the broad message conveyed that JBS has a plan that it is implementing today to achieve net zero operational impact by 2040. Therefore, NAD recommended that JBS discontinue each of the challenged “net zero” claims.

NAD noted that nothing in its decision precludes JBS from making narrower truthful and not misleading claims regarding its efforts at researching potential methods for reducing emissions and any efforts it is undertaking to reduce emissions.

Further, regarding the claim “the SBTi recognized the Net Zero Commitment of JBS,” NAD found that the record demonstrates JBS’ notable, but preliminary efforts to establish SBTi-approved science-based greenhouse gas emission targets, but not an approved strategy to allow it to achieve net-zero climate impact by 2040. Therefore, NAD recommended that the claim be discontinued, but noted that nothing in its decision precludes JBS from making narrower truthful and not misleading claims regarding the steps it is taking to align its activities with SBTi criteria and its engagement with the SBTi process.

During the proceeding, JBS voluntarily permanently discontinued one challenged “net zero” claim, therefore, NAD did not review this claim on the merits.

In its advertiser statement, JBS stated that it “will appeal NAD’s decision” based on its disagreement that “the challenged aspirational claims communicate a message that it has a detailed plan in place today to achieve net-zero by 2040—17 years from now” and JBS’ belief that its claim are substantiated by “the foundational work” it has done to date.

Appeals of NAD decisions are made to the National Advertising Review Board (NARB), the appellate-level truth-in-advertising body of BBB National Programs.

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National Advertising Review Board Recommends Genexa Discontinue or Modify Pediatrician Preference and Ingredient Claims for “Kids’ Pain & Fever” Medicine

Posted on February 14, 2023 by Operations Team

National Advertising Review Board Recommends Genexa Discontinue or Modify Pediatrician Preference and Ingredient Claims for “Kids’ Pain & Fever” Medicine

New York, NY – February 14, 2023 – A panel of the National Advertising Review Board (NARB), the appellate advertising law body of BBB National Programs, recommended that Genexa Inc. discontinue certain pediatrician preference claims and ingredient claims for its acetaminophen-based children’s analgesic sold over the counter as “Kids’ Pain & Fever.”

The advertising at issue had been challenged before the National Advertising Division (NAD) by Johnson & Johnson Consumer, Inc., McNeil Healthcare Division. Following NAD’s decision (Case No. 7108), Genexa appealed NAD’s findings and recommendations.

While the active ingredient in both parties’ medications (acetaminophen) is the same, Genexa has disseminated superiority claims for Kids’ Pain & Fever compared to competing brands based on asserted advantages attributable to its product’s inactive ingredients.

Pediatrician Preference Claims

Johnson & Johnson challenged the following pediatrician preference claims:

“Pediatricians prefer Genexa’s Kids’ Pain & Fever over Children’s Tylenol Pain + Fever liquid products for their own children based upon comparing the ingredients”; and
“The doctors have spoken.”

In agreement with NAD, the NARB panel concluded that one message conveyed by the “pediatricians prefer” claim is that pediatricians prefer the Genexa product for use by their own children. Further, the NARB panel concluded that the “doctors have spoken” claim communicates to reasonable consumers that pediatricians prefer Genexa’s medication to competitive products on the market, including recommending the Genexa medicine in their practice.

Finding no support for either of these messages, the NARB panel recommended that the claims be discontinued or modified to make clear that the surveyed pediatricians expressed a preference only as to “ingredients,” and avoid stating or implying that pediatricians prefer or use the advertiser’s product over the challenger’s product in their practices or for their own children.

Ingredient Claims

In the underlying decision, NAD found that the challenged claims convey the message that there are inactive ingredients in competitors’ products, including Johnson & Johnson’s, that are dangerous and unsafe. NAD recommended that these claims be discontinued for lack of support.

The NARB panel affirmed NAD’s conclusions and recommendations concerning the challenged ingredient claims. Among the claims the panel recommended be discontinued was the claim “PARABENS is stuff you’ll find in ALL PURPOSE CLEANER. And, for some reason, in kids’ fever medicine.”

The NARB panel also recommended that the advertiser discontinue the “MADE WITH REAL INGREDIENTS” claim in the context presented in the now-discontinued challenged video advertisement and avoid conveying the message that competing products with different inactive ingredients are generally unsafe, harmful, or dangerous. The panel noted that nothing in its decision prevents the advertiser from highlighting the “real ingredients” in its product, provided, that the advertising does not otherwise convey the message that competing products contain inactive ingredients that are generally unsafe, harmful, or dangerous.

Genexa stated that it “is deeply troubled by the implications of NARB’s decision on both Genexa and the industry more broadly, but Genexa will comply with NARB’s recommendations.”

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LexisNexis Canada Launches the Lexis+ Canada Legal News Hub and Rebrands The Lawyer’s Daily as Law360 Canada

Posted on February 8, 2023 by Operations Team

Powered by Law360 Canada, the Legal News Hub delivers industry-leading news directly into the Lexis+ workflow to keep Canadian legal professionals better informed

Toronto – February 8, 2023 – LexisNexis^®Legal & Professional, a leading global provider of legal information and analytics, simultaneously announced the launch of the Lexis+^™Canada Legal News Hub and the rebranding of their Canadian news service, The Lawyer’s Daily, as Law360^™Canada. The Lexis+ Canada Legal News Hub will ensure legal professionals keep up to date on the latest news, trends and changes that impact the business and practice of law – intuitively accessible within their established Lexis+ workflow.

Located within the Lexis+ Canada Experience Dock, the Legal News Hub adds current awareness functionality to Lexis+, enabling users to stay informed on breaking news and developments that impact the legal profession. All Lexis+ Canada users can browse news headlines and summaries from Law360 Canada, and those with an existing legal news subscription can drill deeper into the news stories and content from within the familiar Lexis+ environment.

“With the launch of the Legal News Hub, LexisNexis has extended the functionality of the Lexis+ ecosystem,” said Sean Fitzpatrick, CEO, LexisNexis North America, UK and Ireland. “Bringing the latest stories from our news service into Lexis+ Canada allows legal professionals to stay current on the news that matters to them, and seamlessly link to other content within the Lexis+ ecosystem.”

Powered by award-winning journalism and content from Law360 Canada, the Lexis+ Legal News Hub experience includes the following sections:

• Top Stories: A continuously updated, editorially curated list of the most important recent legal headlines and summaries delivered via an image-rich, visually stimulating interface.

• Trending Articles: Stories trending on Law360 Canada will be highlighted on the main page, giving users quick insights into what their industry peers consider relevant.

• Practice Areas: All current content from the 14 practice areas and legal topics covered.

• Integrated Search: Users can search current news from Law360 Canada within Legal News Hub then expand their search to all news and legal news sources available on the Lexis+ Legal Research tab with a single click.

Future iterations of the Lexis+ Canada Legal News Hub will bring new features, additional news and practice-specific content, and personalization tools to maximize the reader experience.

“Keeping current on the latest developments in the law, the legal industry or a particular practice is a natural part of every legal professional’s daily workflow and is essential for providing timely and informative client counsel and effective business development initiatives,” said Eric Wright, CEO LexisNexis Canada. “Law360 provides legal practitioners with the single best source for all of their legal news needs, and Lexis+ delivers it when, where, and how they need it most.”

With the rebrand, Law360 Canada becomes the third edition of the global legal news authority, joining the United States and United Kingdom editions in reaching a global audience of more than 2.5 million readers daily. With nearly 40 years of prestige publishing experience, the new Law360 Canada will serve as a local platform to report on the country’s critical legal news and coverage as it happens across 14 practice areas.

“The decision to rebrand The Lawyer’s Daily as Law360 Canada reflects our commitment to expand our premium legal news offering world-wide while still maintaining the local, on-the-ground reporting and expert analysis that our readers in each market expect,” said Rachel Travers, Vice President and General Manager, Law360. “Law360 Canada strengthens our position in legal news in North America and serves as an exciting addition to our expanding global network.”

Existing The Lawyer’s Daily subscribers will continue to receive uninterrupted access to the same trusted content they have relied on for nearly 40 years, either at www.law360.ca or via the Lexis+ Canada Legal News Hub.

For more information about Law360, Lexis+ Canada and the Legal News Hub, please visit https://www.lexisnexis.ca/en-ca/products/lexis-plus/legal-news-hub.page.

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