7/7/2025 10:09:19 PM Happy “Made in USA” Month! By Ronald Urbach Alexa Meera Singh FTC Chairman Ferguson has declared July as “Made in the USA” month, in honor of Independence Day. This is a clear indication that these...
6/26/2025 6:11:26 PM The Rise of Class Actions in Influencer Marketing: What Brands Need to Know To Protect Themselves By Allison Fitzpatrick Paavana Kumar Jordan Thompson Amy Marcus +1 more... Show less Class actions targeting prominent brands using influencers to advertise their products on social media are on the rise, accusing brands...
6/26/2025 6:01:47 PM Are Your Subscriptions Compliant? What Every Business Needs to Know About Auto-Renewal Laws to Survive in 2025 By Paavana Kumar Amy Marcus If you’re in the business of selling subscription services to your customers in 2025, compliance is about to get a lot trickier. Tune in...
6/18/2025 7:06:17 PM Marketing in Sensitive Sectors: The FTC Prescribes a $1.9 Million Lesson to Evoke Wellness By Len Gordon By Leonard L. Gordon & Micah Wallen Federal Trade Commission (FTC) chairman Andrew Ferguson has promised vigorous law enforcement under...
5/12/2025 1:42:41 PM FTC Extends Deadline for Compliance With Updates to the Negative Option Rule By Jeff Greenbaum On Friday, the Federal Trade Commission voted to extend the deadline for compliance with the updated Negative Option Rule for 60 days. ...
5/5/2025 8:18:45 PM FTC Reaches Settlement Over Generative AI Detection Claims By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission just announced that it reached a settlement with Workado, LLC, resolving allegations that the company misled...
4/21/2025 9:14:05 PM Negative Option and Continuity Marketing By Len Gordon Join us as we spotlight select chapters of Venable’s popular Advertising Law Tool Kit, which helps marketing teams navigate their...
4/16/2025 3:59:06 PM Do You Know Who You’re Paying? FTC Lawsuit Against an Online Bill Pay Platform to Proceed By Len Gordon Ellis McKennie III On March 21, a federal judge in Washington state denied Doxo Inc.’s motion to dismiss a complaint brought by the Federal Trade Commission...
4/16/2025 3:51:09 PM Cleo AI Settles with FTC for $17 Million for Alleged Misleading Practices and Autorenewal Violations By Len Gordon Ari Rothman Shahin Rothermel Jay Prapaisilp +1 more... Show less In one of the first settlements since the new administration took office, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a $17 million...
4/12/2025 3:41:26 PM With Tariffs Looming, Are You Planning on Making "Made in USA" Claims? By Jeff Greenbaum With tariffs – and fears about rising prices – on everyone's mind right now, companies that make their products in the United States are...
4/10/2025 8:55:22 PM Meador Confirmed as FTC Commissioner By Jeff Greenbaum Mark R. Meador was confirmed by the U.S. Senate today as an FTC Commissioner. He becomes the third member of the Commission, joining...
4/7/2025 10:55:01 AM FTC Highlights its Work Enforcing the (Relatively New) Impersonation Rule By Jeff Greenbaum About a year ago, the Federal Trade Commission's Rule on Impersonation of Government and Businesses went into effect. Essentially, the...
3/25/2025 2:06:16 PM FTC Files Brief Defending “Click to Cancel” Negative Option Rule By Len Gordon Ellen Berge Shahin Rothermel Jay Prapaisilp +1 more... Show less Ending speculation and uncertainty about whether new leadership at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) would repeal or continue to defend...
3/25/2025 2:03:00 PM Trump Fires Democratic FTC Commissioners, Setting Up a Direct Challenge to Humphrey’s Executor By Len Gordon By Leonard L. Gordon & Megan Barbero On March 18, President Trump fired the two Democratic commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission...
3/20/2025 2:55:49 PM Trump Dismisses Democratic FTC Commissioners By Ronald Urbach Alexa Meera Singh On Tuesday March 18, President Donald Trump fired the two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Rebecca Kelly...
3/19/2025 10:09:54 PM DOJ Dismisses Lawsuit Over COVID Nasal Spray False Advertising By Len Gordon Todd Harrison By Leonard L. Gordon, Todd A. Harrison & Nicole Yapp On March 10, the Department of Justice (DOJ) moved to drop a lawsuit filed on behalf...