Program Details
2025-11-06 14:00:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2025-11-06 14:00:00
1h CLE Credits
Intermediate
1
2:00 pm - 2:10 pm ESTThis session defines greenwashing and explores why companies engage in misleading environmental marketing, driven by consumer demand for sustainable products. Participants will learn to identify common greenwashing tactics including vague claims, unsubstantiated statements, hidden trade-offs, false certifications, and outright fabrication.
Sheila Niaz
Felicia Boyd 2:10 pm - 2:25 pm ESTThis session examines the key legal frameworks for environmental marketing, including Section 5 of the FTC Act, the FTC Green Guides, the Lanham Act, and state UDAP statutes. Participants will explore core principles of substantiation, specificity, and clarity, along with anticipated regulatory updates and global perspectives from the EU, UK, and other jurisdictions.
Sheila NiazFelicia Boyd 2:25 pm - 2:40 pm ESTThis session analyzes landmark cases including City of New York v. ExxonMobil, JBS, Allbirds, Coca-Cola, Delta Airlines, and Evian to identify judicial trends in greenwashing litigation. Participants will learn how courts distinguish actionable misrepresentations from non-actionable puffery and understand the importance of contextual analysis and careful pleading.
Sheila NiazFelicia Boyd 2:40 pm - 2:50 pm ESTThis session provides strategies for minimizing greenwashing liability through proper substantiation, clear disclaimers, and precise messaging. Participants will learn best practices for documenting environmental claims, using credible third-party certifications, and avoiding vague terminology that invites legal challenge.
Sheila NiazFelicia Boyd 2:50 pm - 3:00 pm ESTThis session offers actionable tips for in-house counsel and outside advisors evaluating environmental marketing claims. Participants will explore cross-departmental coordination strategies, evidence requirements, and frameworks for ensuring consistency between corporate sustainability reports and product-level messaging.
Sheila NiazFelicia BoydSheila Niaz’s practice spans intellectual property law and product liability and consumer disputes, with a dual focus that enables her to provide comprehensive counsel to clients, particularly in cases where product liability intersects with intellectual property concerns. She leverages her background as a former software engineer to handle cutting-edge technologies including machine learning, IoT devices, blockchain and fintech.
Felicia Boyd is a Chambers ranked litigator with extensive experience as a leader in complex IP disputes involving patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade dress spanning a diverse array of industries, including financial and investment services, medical devices, software, music, pharmaceuticals and manufactured goods.
Sheila Niaz’s practice spans intellectual property law and product liability and consumer disputes, with a dual focus that enables her to provide comprehensive counsel to clients, particularly in cases where product liability intersects with intellectual property concerns. She leverages her background as a former software engineer to handle cutting-edge technologies including machine learning, IoT devices, blockchain and fintech.
Felicia Boyd is a Chambers ranked litigator with extensive experience as a leader in complex IP disputes involving patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade dress spanning a diverse array of industries, including financial and investment services, medical devices, software, music, pharmaceuticals and manufactured goods.
Requirements
The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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