2/16/2025 5:18:15 PM The Fifth Circuit Slams the Brakes and Vacates FTC CARS Rule By Len Gordon Jay Prapaisilp By Leonard L. Gordon, Jay Prapaisilp & Eden Caliendo This week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the Federal Trade...
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...
11/4/2024 3:01:48 PM 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...
10/5/2024 11:31:50 PM 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...
9/27/2024 7:55:28 PM 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...
8/6/2024 2:06:21 PM 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...
7/5/2024 7:13:15 AM 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...
6/25/2024 4:24:42 PM 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....
4/17/2024 5:18:26 PM 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...
4/15/2024 7:39:50 PM 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...
1/19/2024 3:46:39 PM Now That Carnivals Are Coming By Sandra Ávila-González In Colombia, there is a general warning to the consumer public concerning the risk of suffocation and asphyxia due to the use of masks...
10/1/2023 6:18:30 AM 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...
5/2/2023 12:56:32 PM 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...
3/29/2023 7:12:08 PM 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...