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FTC Consumer Protection and Privacy Enforcement Series: Practical Tips for When Your Company Gets an FTC CID

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Welcome to our new series on Federal Trade Commission (FTC) enforcement, where we will provide practical insights into emerging FTC priority areas for consumer protection and data privacy enforcement. Overall, the current FTC...more

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Daily Compliance News: July 28, 2025, The Where is Grasshopper when you need him Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the Daily Compliance News....more

Cozen O'Connor

Latest Texas AG Food Probe Puts Mars in a Sticky Situation

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Texas AG Ken Paxton announced that he is investigating Mars, Inc., the maker of products like M&M’s and Skittles, for allegedly engaging in deceptive trade practices in violation of state consumer protection laws when...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

A Prescription for Caution: Senators Release Investigative Report on Direct-To-Consumer Telehealth Models

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On July 17, the offices of Senators Durbin (D. IL.), Warren (D. MA.), Sanders (I. VT.), and Welch (D. VT.) (collectively, “Senators”) released a report summarizing the results of a nine month investigation into...more

Hinch Newman LLP

New York Attorney General James Freezes $300,000 in Cryptocurrency Linked to Alleged Scammers Targeting New Yorkers

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On June 18, 2025, the New York State Attorney General announced that her office stopped an allegedly fraudulent cryptocurrency investment scam that targeted hundreds of Russian-speaking New Yorkers in Brooklyn and across the...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

California Announces Investigative Sweep of Location Data Industry

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On March 10, 2025, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced an investigative sweep targeting the location data industry, emphasizing compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). This announcement follows...more

Cozen O'Connor

Texas AG Has No Taste for Kellogg’s Alleged Misrepresentations about Artificial Dyes

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Texas AG Ken Paxton has opened an investigation into WK Kellogg Co. in connection with allegations that the company misrepresented whether its products contained artificial dyes and preservatives in violation of state...more

Hinch Newman LLP

Did Your Company Receive an FTC Warning Letter or Notice of Penalty Offense?

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Has your company received an FTC warning letter or a penalty offense notice? If so, such correspondence should not be ignored because there is a high likelihood that the FTC is in the process of actively and quickly seeking...more

Venable LLP

Ad Law Tool Kit Show – Episode 11 – State Attorney General Investigations

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Listen to Episode 11 of our podcast, the Ad Law Tool Kit Show. In this episode, former Venable partner Alexandra Megaris talks to host Len Gordon about state attorney general investigations. Check out the episode....more

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Surviving an FTC Investigation: An Excerpt from the Advertising Law Tool Kit

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If your advertising or marketing practices have triggered a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation and you have received a civil investigative demand (CID) (i.e., administrative subpoena) or access letter, what’s next?...more

ArentFox Schiff

Leaked FTC Civil Investigative Demand to OpenAI Provides a Rare Preliminary View of the Future of AI Enforcement

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On July 13, 2023, The Washington Post broke the news that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) had issued a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) — a sort of a pre-litigation subpoena as part of what is supposed to be a nonpublic...more

Hinch Newman LLP

FTC Updates Endorsement Guides and FAQ Guidance Document While Proposing Rule That Will Impact Influencer Marketing and Digital...

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The Federal Trade Commission’s Endorsement Guides were first enacted in 1980 and amended in 2009. The Guides provide guidance to businesses and others to ensure that advertising using endorsements or testimonials is...more

Oberheiden P.C.

The FDA’s Scrutiny of Novo Nordisk is Likely to Trigger Additional Semaglutide Investigations

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Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed that it is investigating allegations that a 60 Minutes segment on the popular body weight loss drug Wegovy was actually an advertisement promoting the...more

Dickinson Wright

FTC Bans BetterHelp, Inc. From Revealing Consumers’ Sensitive Health Data to Third Parties for Advertising

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The practice of turning over our personal data to online platforms is nothing new and, some may argue, a routine practice of using the Internet today. A survey by the Pew Research Internet Project reveals that roughly...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - January 2023

In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we analyze recent fines against Meta and their impact on the future of behavioral advertising, the timeline for the California Privacy Rights Act’s regulations to become...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Is that ‘Possible Misconduct’ in Cryptocurrency Advertising? FTC Investigates

There is more news of recent investigations and charges involving people in the cryptocurrency world. The FTX cryptocurrency exchange recently collapsed. Its CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried, has been arrested in the Bahamas and...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Competition Bulletin V PARIS │ July ● August ● September 2022

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1. LITIGATION CUMULATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE SANCTIONS AGAINST THE SAME PARTY FOR SIMULTANEOUS BREACHES ARE CONSTITUTIONALLY PERMISSIBLE - In a judgment dated June 23, 2022, the Paris Administrative Court fully upheld the...more

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The Art of Responding to an FTC CID by an FTC CID Lawyer

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A Federal Trade Commission Civil Investigative Demand is an administrative subpoena utilized by the Federal Trade Commission (and other regulatory agencies, such as a state Attorney General) to obtain documentary materials...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

AGG Food & Drug Newsletter - February 2021

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP's Food & Drug Newsletter is a monthly update of legal and regulatory issues that affect the FDA-regulated community and highlights articles from members of our Food & Drug practice, as well as from...more

Foster Garvey PC

OTA & Travel Distribution Update: Expedia gets tough with United amidst ticket-distribution costs battle; Trivago's recent changes...

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Expedia Gets Tough - ('Expedia sues United in fight over ticket-distribution costs," Seattle Times - Business, February 6, 2019) Although several sources reported late Friday that Expedia and United have agreed to...more

Burr & Forman

Suitability And The “Recidivist Broker”

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On January 2, 2014, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) published its annual regulatory and examination priorities letter for 2014. In the publication, FINRA addressed a number of matters, including...more

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