04 Nov, 2024 Hungarian Energy Drinks Association Faces Scrutiny: Misleading Health Claims Spark Competition Authority Probe By Aniko Keller Dorottya Moldovan The Hungarian Competition Authority (HCA) has found that since October 2023, the Hungarian Energy Drinks Association (EDA) has been using...
05 Oct, 2024 The Hungarian Competition Authority Has Imposed the Highest Ever Fine on Booking.com in a Follow-up Investigation By Aniko Keller Dorottya Moldovan In 2018, the Hungarian Competition Authority (HCA) launched a competition investigation against Booking.com B.V. for engaging in unfair...
27 Sep, 2024 Federal Agencies Increase Focus on Pricing Enforcement By Melissa Steinman By Melissa Landau Steinman, Shannon Sansom & Ellis McKennie Last month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Department of Justice...
06 Aug, 2024 Company Ordered to Stop Making Misleading Claims on Health Benefits of Filtered or Alkaline Water By Denise Mirandah The Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) ordered the water dispenser company, Purexygen, to stop making misleading...
05 Jul, 2024 The UK has a new government: so what kind of regulatory changes are on the agenda? By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor Fleur Chenevix-Trench Alex Meloy Now that we know the result of the 2024 General Election, it's worth having a look at Labour's plans for updating regulatory rules in its...
25 Jun, 2024 Enhancing Consumer Protection: Thailand's New Advertising Notification on Guidelines for Advertising Statements By Denise Mirandah Thailand has introduced comprehensive regulations aimed at bolstering consumer rights and ensuring transparent advertising practices....
17 Apr, 2024 The Power of Customer Calls: Maryland Supreme Court Upholds Public Service Commission’s Interpretation of the Maryland Telephone Solicitations Act By Michael Munoz By Liz Clark Rinehart, Michael A. Munoz & Miriam Weinstock Last month, the Supreme Court of Maryland delivered a pivotal ruling defining...
15 Apr, 2024 Not Strict Enough: California Proposes Further Amendments to Automatic Renewal Law By Paavana Kumar Jeremy Merkel Operating a subscription-based company in 2024 continues to be a constantly moving target of compliance. California, which already had...
19 Jan, 2024 Now That Carnivals Are Coming By Triana Uribe & Michelsen Ltda In Colombia, there is a general warning to the consumer public concerning the risk of suffocation and asphyxia due to the use of masks...
01 Oct, 2023 FTC Signs Agreement With Four Latin American Countries to Combat Fraud By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it signed a cooperation agreement with Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru to combat...
02 May, 2023 New era for UK consumer protection By GALA The new Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill will, according to the government, “crack down on rip-offs, protect consumer cash...
29 Mar, 2023 From Record Clubs to Retail Subscriptions: FTC Proposes Significant Expansion of Negative Option Rule By Paavana Kumar Alexa Meera Singh Ashley Haripal Negative option offers – such as prenotification plans, continuity programs, automatic renewals and free-to-pay conversions – allow a...
31 Aug, 2022 Deceptive Design Pattern (aka “dark patterns”) By Denise Mirandah A deceptive design pattern or dark pattern is a method employed by companies to make consumers do unintended things or to make it harder...
10 May, 2022 Latest CFPB Lawsuit Sheds Light on Digital Dark Patterns By Alexandra Megaris Len Gordon A lawsuit filed by the CFPB last week against a national credit reporting agency provides some insight into the types of website features...
29 Mar, 2022 Utah Consumer Privacy Act Joins the Growing List of Comprehensive State Privacy Laws By Gary A. Kibel Zachary Klein Following in the footsteps of California, Virginia and Colorado, Utah has become the fourth state in the United States to enact a...
22 Feb, 2022 State Automatic Renewal Laws Are Starting to Look Like a Patchwork Quilt as the FTC Expands Enforcement of ROSCA By Ellen Berge Shahin Rothermel With several new state laws effective in 2022, it is becoming increasingly difficult for businesses to develop baseline compliance...