11/21/2025 8:43:45 PM FTC’s Melissa Holyoak Outlines Consumer Protection Focus at ANA Advertising Law Conference By Len Gordon Jay Prapaisilp In her remarks at this year’s ANA Masters of Advertising Law Conference, Commissioner Melissa Holyoak of the Federal Trade Commission...
10/27/2025 2:22:23 PM FTC and Nevada AG Crack Down on Deceptive Tax Debt Relief Scams Mimicking the IRS By Len Gordon Micah Wallen Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Nevada Attorney General’s Office jointly filed suit against a group of tax debt...
10/23/2025 3:19:22 PM Dun & Bradstreet Faces $5.7M FTC Penalty for Violating Compliance Order and Misleading Small Businesses By Len Gordon Micah Wallen On September 30, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a $5.7 million settlement with Dun & Bradstreet, resolving allegations that...
10/9/2025 3:44:02 PM Supreme Court Stay Sets Stage for Reconsidering Humphrey’s Executor By Len Gordon By Leonard L. Gordon & Eden Caliendo The Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump may remove Democratic Federal Trade Commission...
10/9/2025 3:41:11 PM FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection Director on Privacy Rules and AI Regulation By Len Gordon Shahin Rothermel Jay Prapaisilp Chris Mufarrige, the director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, spoke last month at the National Advertising Division’s Annual...
10/8/2025 4:10:42 PM National Advertising Division 2025 Annual Conference: Highlights and Takeaways By Len Gordon Shahin Rothermel Jay Prapaisilp This year’s National Advertising Division’s (NAD) Annual Conference demonstrated that the self-regulatory process remains an active venue...
10/6/2025 2:50:08 PM FTC Commissioner Mark Meador Highlights Consumer Protection Priorities at NAD Conference By Len Gordon FTC Commissioner Mark Meador spoke at the National Advertising Division’s Annual Conference this week in Washington and provided some...
10/3/2025 2:18:10 PM Legal Ping-Pong: D.C. Circuit Restores, Then Supreme Court Removes, Rebecca Slaughter as FTC Commissioner By Len Gordon Jay Prapaisilp In September the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled President Trump’s removal of Democrat commissioners from the...
10/3/2025 2:13:13 PM FTC Probes AI Companion Chatbots for Risks to Minors By Allison Fitzpatrick Gary A. Kibel Robert J. Chappell Jr. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced an inquiry into seven major providers of consumer-facing AI companion chatbots that simulate...
10/3/2025 1:52:53 PM An Amazonian-Sized Settlement: FTC Secures $2.5 Billion Against Amazon for Use of “Dark Patterns” In Prime Enrollment Scheme By Paavana Kumar Ashley Haripal In 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint against Amazon alleging that the company engaged in a variety of “dark...
9/25/2025 1:00:31 PM FTC Lessons Learned: Chegg’s $7.5 Million ROSCA Settlement By Paavana Kumar The FTC is reinvigorating its focus on fraudulent practices in e-commerce — and subscription services are in the spotlight. On September...
9/25/2025 12:58:19 PM Inside NAD 2025: Trends, Takeaways and What’s Next By Ronald Urbach Alexa Meera Singh The National Advertising Division (NAD) is the self-regulatory adjudicative body for the advertising industry. We attended and...
8/26/2025 3:35:00 PM FTC’s Ever-Expanding Remedies Toolkit: GLBA and Impersonation Rule Applied to Debt Relief Scheme By Len Gordon Micah Wallen On July 14, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona against a group...
8/20/2025 1:17:14 PM FTC Settles with NextMed Over Deceptive Pricing, Hidden Material Terms, and Fake Reviews and Testimonials in Telehealth Membership Programs By Len Gordon By Leonard L. Gordon & Eden Caliendo The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a settlement with NextMed parent company Southern...
7/31/2025 7:22:02 PM Eighth Circuit Cancels FTC Negative Option Rule: What Does It Mean? By Ellen Berge Shahin Rothermel Len Gordon The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s Rule Concerning Subscriptions and Other Negative...
7/31/2025 7:14:05 PM Lead Generation Scams in Healthcare: FTC Files Case Against Impersonator Ads By Len Gordon Micah Wallen On June 24, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland against Mercury...