In July, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) brought a complaint against Career Step LLC for targeting servicemembers with misrepresentations concerning Career Step’s ability to match its customers with jobs in the healthcare...more
Last month, in a joint effort with the Department of Labor (DOL), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) settled an action against Arise Virtual Solutions, Inc. related to charges that the company regularly used misleading...more
8/2/2024
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Business Opportunity Laws ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Advertising ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Gig Economy ,
Independent Contractors ,
Job Ads ,
Misleading Statements ,
Section 5 ,
Statutory Violations
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission issued a Notice of Penalty Offense regarding substantiation for product claims to 670 companies in the health-related marketing space. This new Notice is yet another signal from the FTC...more
In his 1992 sci-fi thriller Snow Crash, author Neal Stephenson allowed his characters to escape from a dystopian Los Angeles into a completely virtual realm he called the metaverse. Thirty years later, in the age of...more
8/29/2022
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Brand ,
Corporate Branding ,
FTC Act ,
Global Market ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Lanham Act ,
Metaverse ,
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
Popular ,
Virtual Reality