2/11/2025 4:55:35 PM What Can You Buy For $53,088? By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission just announced the new civil penalty amounts for violations of the laws that the agency enforces, as...
2/11/2025 4:14:38 PM Now Available: Venable’s Advertising Law Tool Kit – 13th Edition By Len Gordon New year, new Tool Kit! The 13th edition of Venable’s popular Advertising Law Tool Kit is now available for download. This annual...
2/10/2025 9:51:42 PM FTC Chair Announces Senior Staff Appointments By Jeff Greenbaum Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson announced that he has appointed Christopher Mufarrige as Director of the FTC's...
2/10/2025 3:38:56 PM Shaadi.com’s 30-Day Money Back Guarantee Ad Blocked by Indian High Court By Sharad Vadehra Kanu Priya Aakriti Vadehra Introduction The age-old adage, "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is," seems fitting for the recent legal tussle between...
2/9/2025 1:32:22 PM CFPB (Apparently) Shuts Down Operations By Jeff Greenbaum According to media reports, Russell Vought, the Director of the Office and Management and Budget, who is also serving as the Acting...
2/7/2025 1:49:44 PM Yrefy Enters Into $750K Settlement With Massachusetts Over Use of Celebrity Endorsers By Jeff Greenbaum The Securities Division of the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts just entered into a settlement with Yrefy, a...
2/4/2025 7:38:56 PM Welcome to the New Federal Trade Commission! But First, a Look Back at FTC Rulemaking By Len Gordon Jay Prapaisilp By Leonard L. Gordon, Jay Prapaisilp & Ellis McKennie With the Biden-Harris administration and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina...
2/4/2025 12:49:23 AM FTC Closes Two "Made in USA" Inquiries By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission recently closed two investigations into marketers' “Made in USA” claims. Here's a quick recap. The FTC...
2/3/2025 1:48:29 PM Data Protection in Advertisements By Baran Güney The Advertisement Board (“Board”), at the meeting dated 12 March 2024 and numbered 343, examined websites that require membership as a...
2/2/2025 3:07:53 PM Big Ass Fans Settles With California DAs Over "Clean Air" Claims By Jeff Greenbaum A group of District Attorneys in California reached a settlement with Big Ass Fans, resolving allegations that the company misled...
1/29/2025 10:22:17 PM FTC Issues Proposed Rulemakings Related to Deceptive Earnings Claims By Len Gordon By Leonard L. Gordon & Nicole Yapp As part of a flurry of activity before the change in its leadership, the Federal Trade Commission...
1/29/2025 10:21:13 PM FTC and New York Attorney General Settle with Handy for Deceptive Practices By Len Gordon By Leonard L. Gordon & Micah Wallen The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the New York attorney general announced a settlement with...
1/28/2025 7:33:18 PM FTC and Illinois Attorney General Settle with Grubhub for Deceptive Practices By Len Gordon By Leonard L. Gordon & Ellis McKennie The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Illinois attorney general announced a settlement with...
1/28/2025 7:27:08 PM FTC Issues Scaled-Back Final Fee Rule Targeting Live-Event Tickets and Short-Term Lodging By Len Gordon Ellen Berge Shahin Rothermel Jay Prapaisilp +1 more... Show less In December, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its long-awaited Final Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Fees. When the FTC released the...
1/28/2025 1:40:52 AM TikTok is Banned! Or Is It? Confusion Reigns as Supreme Court Rules By James Johnston Today, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision in TikTok v. Garland, upholding the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary...
1/28/2025 1:36:41 AM The FTC Finalizes Amendments to the COPPA Rule By Allison Fitzpatrick Gary A. Kibel Zachary Klein The FTC finally issued its Final Rule amending the requirements of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The...