Nov 18, 2024 Foul! SEC Faults Investment Adviser for Inadequate Disclosures on Professional Athlete Endorsements By Len Gordon Jay Prapaisilp The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) isn’t the only regulator in town when it comes to endorsements and testimonials. The Securities and...
Oct 16, 2024 Democrats Raise Possibility of Federal Price Gouging Ban With FTC By Jeff Greenbaum Asserting that “[p]rice gouging laws are a widely used, important tool to protect consumers from corporate wrongdoing,” a group of...
Oct 01, 2024 FTC Announces AI Sweep By Hannah Taylor The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently initiated a law enforcement sweep, Operation AI Comply, against multiple companies that the...
Sep 27, 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...
Sep 27, 2024 Handle Autorenewal Programs with Care: Federal Trade Commission Targets Care.com for Alleged Dark Patterns and Earnings Claims By Shahin Rothermel Jay Prapaisilp By Shahin O. Rothermel, Jay Prapaisilp & Glen Hisani Companies that care about avoiding Federal Trade Commission (FTC) action should take...
Sep 18, 2024 FTC Commissioner Claims Agency Creates Favorable Precedent Through Venue Selection By Len Gordon Jay Prapaisilp During the dog days of August, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) brought two complaints against auto companies involving alleged...
Sep 15, 2024 Court Rules FTC’s Non-Compete Rule Is Unenforceable Nationwide By Len Gordon Jay Prapaisilp By Leonard L. Gordon, Liz Clark Rinehart & Jay Prapaisilp The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) rulemaking crusade suffered a serious blow...
Sep 13, 2024 Pencils, Dog Training Products, and Drywall Hanging Tools -- Made in USA? By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission continues to aggressively enforce its “Made in USA” standards. In August, the FTC closed three...
Sep 12, 2024 Federal Court Narrowly Construes FTC Jurisdiction Over Nonprofit Institutions By Len Gordon Jay Prapaisilp In a surprising ruling, a federal district court in Arizona has held that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) cannot prosecute claims...
Sep 03, 2024 Façade, Fraud: FTC Final Rule Banning Fake Reviews By Len Gordon By Leonard L. Gordon, Shannon Sansom & Ellis McKennie On August 14, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a final rule aimed at...
Aug 26, 2024 FTC Fines Car Companies $10 Million Calling Out Influencers and Endorsers By Len Gordon Jay Prapaisilp This summer the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has turned up the heat on two companies that provide extended car repair coverage,...
Aug 14, 2024 FTC Finalizes Rule Prohibiting Fake Reviews and Testimonials By Hannah Taylor Today, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published its final Trade Regulation Rule on the Use of Consumer Reviews and Testimonials (16...
Aug 06, 2024 FTC Issues Guides for Made in USA Claims By Len Gordon By Leonard L. Gordon & Kaelyne Yumul Wietelman In early July the Staff of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued new guidance on how...
Aug 06, 2024 The Loper Bright Impact: Agency Action Likely to Face More Scrutiny in Light of the Supreme Court’s Disposal of Chevron Deference By Len Gordon Shahin Rothermel Michael Munoz These days, it seems like there are three guarantees in life—death, taxes, and monumental Supreme Court administrative law opinions in...
Jul 28, 2024 Cameo Enters Into Multistate Settlement Over Endorsement Practices By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a 30-state settlement with Cameo, the celebrity video app, resolving...
Jul 11, 2024 FCC and FTC to Cooperate in Enforcing Reinstated Net Neutrality Rules By Craig Gilley Laura Stefani Len Gordon The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) agreed this week to cooperate and coordinate consumer...