Adam Z. Solomon

Of Counsel
"Marketing evolves in real time. The right legal guidance keeps innovation on track and risk in check."

Adam Solomon advises marketers, digital agencies, and tech-driven businesses on advertising, marketing, and promotions law to minimize legal exposure while enabling smart, strategic growth.

His counsel spans online and interactive advertising, programmatic media buying, mobile campaigns, affiliate networks, lead generation, data-driven marketing, and social media initiatives. Adam’s work includes negotiating complex marketing and licensing agreements, ensuring compliance with consumer protection laws, and advising on cutting-edge marketing strategies and technologies.

In addition, Adam helps clients structure sweepstakes, contests, and games, from drafting official rules to handling state registrations and releases. He also represents businesses facing regulatory inquiries, initiates and defends challenges before the Better Business Bureau’s National Advertising Division, and litigates false advertising, unfair competition, and intellectual property disputes.

A key part of Adam’s practice involves reviewing marketing campaigns and advertising materials for adherence to substantiation standards so companies can avoid regulatory pitfalls while maximizing their market reach.

Associated Industries

Advertising & Digital Media

Technology

Associated Practice Areas

Corporate & Securities

Representative Matters

  • Application: Represented App developer in drafting Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, and compliance with developer terms.
  • Contest, Sweepstakes and Promotions: Represented many leading advertising, promotion and digital agencies in all aspects of contest, sweepstakes and promotions. Developed structure for promotions, draft rules and facilitates registration and bonding. Works on approximately 100 unique promotions annually.
  • Digital Media Holding Company: Represented leading digital media company in contract negotiation, business development and disputes with third parties.
  • Ecommerce: Represented online marketer to ensure proper disclosures were provided and billing consent was obtained.
  • Email Marketing: Represented online newsletter in creating email marketing compliance program.
  • FTC Defense Regarding Telemarketing Violations: Represented telemarketing service provider accused of making millions of deceptive calls to consumers.
  • FTC Defense Regarding Unauthorized Billing: Represented corporate and individual defendants in Operation Tele-PHONEY alleging deceptive telemarketing and unauthorized billing.
  • FTC Defense Regarding Unsubstantiated Claims: Represented marketer whose weight loss claims were challenged by the FTC as false and unsubstantiated.
  • International Promotion Compliance: Coordinated with an extensive network of foreign attorneys to ensure promotions comply with local laws and regulations. Worked on a contest for an internationally recognized singer that involved coordinating legal counsel in 12 international markets.
  • Marketing Practices: Represented Fortune 100 company to ensure marketing and business practices for its retail stores comply with federal and state laws.
  • Privacy: Advised marketer regarding data collection and sharing polices as well as draft privacy policy.
  • Programmatic Marketer: Represented programmatic marketing place that connected buyer and sellers and digital media.
  • Social Media: Represented numerous companies in structuring multi-platform social media campaigns to promote their products. As part of these projects, drafted social media policies and advised on how to comply with relevant FTC regulations.
  • Sponsorship Agreement: Represented global fashion company in sponsorship agreement with major financial institution.
  • State Attorney General Defense: Represented marketers in response to investigations and actions brought by Attorneys General. Specifically defended an Internet service provider, in connection with “Operation Clean Turf” which was a high-profile investigation brought by the New York Attorney General.
  • TCPA Compliance: Provided advice to advertiser on how to obtain consent to comply with TCPA’s requirement.

Credentials

Bar & Court Admissions
  • New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of New York
Professional Affiliations
  • American Bar Association, Consumer Protection Committee
  • American Bar Association, Vice Chair of Committee on Promotion & Marketing Law
  • New York State Bar Association
Education
  • DePaul University College of Law, J.D.
  • The Ohio State University, B.S.
Recognition
  • Notable Practitioner, Chambers USA (Advertising: Transactional & Regulatory)
  • Recommended by The Legal 500 along with M&R’s Advertising & Digital Media Industry Group (2018)
  • Best Lawyers of America, Best Lawyers (2018-2020)
  • Rising Star, New York Super Lawyers (2013-2015)
  • Super Lawyer, New York-Metro Super Lawyers (2019-2024)