Lanham Act False Advertising Claims At Issue In 2nd Circuit Building Codes Dispute

(July 16, 2021, 9:53 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — In a July 15 reply brief, an organization that develops building codes for the construction industry tells the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that a trial court incorrectly found certain incorrect claims by a competing company over the accuracy and completeness of code information on its website to be harmless puffery, asserting that such statements are actionable false advertising statements under the Lanham Act....