Adonis E. Hoffman, Esq.
Strategic Counsel on
Communication | Corporate Responsibility | Public Policy
Strategic Counsel on
Communication | Corporate Responsibility | Public Policy
In the News
Adonis Hoffman is a frequent commentator in the print and broadcast media on emerging business,
legal and public policy issues. His commentary includes remarks on late-breaking developments affecting
the marketing, advertising and communications sectors, and issues relating to corporate responsibility and
the role of corporations in society. Below are selected statements and interviews:
Business, Marketing and Public Policy
TV Writers Want FCC to Expand Definition of Kids Programming--Eye Embedded Advertising Guidelines in Digital Age
FTC Toughens Endorsement Guidelines
Web Privacy Bill Coming
Big Pharma May Lose Tax Breaks
Concern About Consumer Financial Protection Agency Spreads
Internet Privacy Bill Prospects in Congress
How the Drug Industry May Lose the Right to Advertise
FDA: Cheerios Claims Could Make it a Drug: Agency Says Cholesterol-Reducing Claims Could Lead to an Injunction Against General Mills
Warning: TV Content Controls on the Table
Media Lobbying: The New Era
Business Need Not Fear Obama
Like Obama, Companies Sell Own Brand of Change
2008 Media and Advertising Outlook
Product Placement: Who's Fooled
Product Placement
FCC Taking on Product Placement: Minnesota Public Radio
2007 Media Conference and Trade Show
Respect for the Advertising Industry
Corporate Counsel Interview
Media and Advertising Challenges
Curbs on Prescription Drug Advertising
How the Drug Industry Might Lose the Right to Advertise
Ad Groups Challenge FTC Guidelines
Food Marketing Debate Heats Up
U.K. Bans Some Food Ads on Kids Shows
USA Today: Pediatricians Call for Less Television
10 Things You Need to Know About Regulation
NY Times: Proposed Changes to Advertising Rules
Bill Would Allow FDA to Fine Over-the-Counter Drug Advertisers
TV Week: Waxman and Dingell Duel for Congressional Panel
Minorities on Television
L.A. Times: Through an Accurate Prism
Advertising and Diversity
Children and Responsible Advertising
CSPI Suing Viacom, Kellogg for $2 Billion
Rep Eshoo Calling for CALM in TV Commercials
Communications and the FCC
TV Writers Want FCC to Expand Definition of Kids' Programming--Eye Embedded Advertising Guidelines in the Digital Age
ABC News: Ads in TV Shows Come Under Attack from FCC
The Hill: FCC Rule Seeks to Block No Urban, No Hispanic Dictates
Loud Commercials: Bill Seeks to Turn Down Sound on Loud Commercials
Minnesota Public Radio: FCC Taking on Product Placement
Court Says Profanity Remarks Can be Televised
Congress Wants Loud Commercials Regulated by FCC
Boston Public Radio: The FCC and Product Placement on Television
FCC Weighs in on Internet Based Communications
Martin Proposes New Rules on Product Placement
Foreign Policy and World Affairs
CNN World Affairs-Foreign Policy: Democracy in Africa
L.A. Times: President Clinton's Foreign Policy
L.A. Times: President Clinton and Race Relations
Promoting U.S. Economic Relations With Africa