On May 9, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted unanimously to delay enforcement of most portions of its amended Negative Option Rule (rule) by 60 days, shifting the compliance deadline for these portions from May 14 to...more
On December 17, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule requiring live-event ticketing and short-term lodging marketers to disclose mandatory fees as part of the total advertised price for these services....more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released its long-anticipated Negative Option Rule. The rule defines a negative option feature as “a provision of a contract under which the consumer’s silence or failure to take...more
In June 2024, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice jointly filed a complaint under the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act (ROSCA) in the US District Court for the Northern District of...more
On February 27, 2023, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published new Business Blog guidance from Division of Advertising Practices staff about marketing claims for artificial intelligence products. While prior FTC AI...more
In December 2022, the Federal Trade Commission released its Health Product Compliance Guidance, updating and replacing its 1998 industry advertising guidelines on dietary supplements. Unlike the 1998 guidelines, the new guide...more
On November 3, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a $100 million settlement with Vonage, a provider of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services to residences and small businesses. The FTC alleges that...more
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On August 11, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission announced an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) to initiate a process that would allow it to develop and enforce rules on what the FTC has termed...more
On Thursday, May 19, 2022, the five Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioners unanimously approved a Policy Statement on the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). President Joe Biden issued a statement of...more
On May 16, 2022, eight months after President Joe Biden announced his intention to nominate Alvaro Bedoya to serve as a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, Bedoya was sworn in. The FTC includes five commissioners –...more
Nearly a year after the Supreme Court stripped the FTC of its ability to obtain equitable monetary relief under Section 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTCA) in AMG Capital Management LLC v. FTC, the Commission...more
On March 22, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that it has issued guidance designed to dissuade financial institutions from curbing consumers’ rights to post online reviews. Specifically, the CFPB put...more
The FTC announced that it had issued Notices of Penalty Offense to for-profit colleges and was cracking down on unfair and deceptive conduct in the education marketplace.
During a closed press conference last week, the...more
The US Supreme Court ruled last week that the Federal Trade Commission doesn’t have the authority to seek equitable monetary relief in federal court under Section 13(b) of the FTC Act in AMG Capital Management LLC v. FTC....more
The Federal Trade Commission has recently updated guidance on the use of endorsements in The FTC's Endorsement Guides: What People Are Asking, which address the use of social media and paid influencers to promote companies...more
On July 29, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) announced its long-awaited decision in its LabMD enforcement action. The Commissioners reversed the decision of an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) and held...more
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On June 22, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") announced that it would settle its first-ever enforcement action against a mobile advertising company, InMobi. InMobi agreed, subject to court approval of the settlement, to...more
Less than three months after the Federal Trade Commission issued new guidelines on native advertising, the agency announced an enforcement action against national retailer Lord & Taylor.
The FTC alleged on March 16, 2016...more
Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") charges against the cancer-screening laboratory LabMD, stemming from two data breaches involving sensitive personal information of thousands of consumers were dismissed in a decision made...more
On Friday, October 30, 2015, the Federal Trade Commission conducted a workshop in Washington, DC on lead generation practices, with a specific consumer protection focus on activities in the higher education sector including...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has brought over 50 cases against companies that put consumer data at unreasonable risk. On June 30, 2015, the FTC released a guide titled Start with Security that summarizes 10 lessons the...more
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") yesterday announced that the agency will consider making revisions to the FCC's rules implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA") to "crack down on...more
In its August 1st report entitled "What's the Deal — An FTC Study on Mobile Shopping Apps," the FTC provides guidance on various disclosures that should be made by mobile apps along with reinforcing a number of prior...more