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TikTok on the Clock: Brands Should Begin Monitoring TikTok for Unauthorized Resellers

The ever-growing ecommerce market continues to present new opportunities for brands. But with those new opportunities comes additional challenges in preventing the unauthorized resale of products online. In the past,...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 8th Annual Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance Forum on Advertising Claims Substantiation - February 6th - 7th, New York, NY

Join 100+ cross-industry advertising practitioners for comprehensive panel discussions, practical case studies and valuable insights on how to successfully navigate today’s new era of advertising at ACI's 8th Annual Legal,...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Holiday Marketing Tips & Trends

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With Black Friday and Cyber Monday only recently behind us, and with Christmas and New Years’ closing in soon, the deals are endless and consumer spending is amplified. The goal for companies this time of year is not just to...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Cancel Culture - Kattison Avenue | Issue 13

The FTC's new rule makes it easier for consumers to cancel subscriptions and memberships they no longer want. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) introduced a "click-to-cancel" rule on October 16, amending the 1973...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

FTC Finalizes “Click-to-Cancel” Rule Making It Easier for Consumers to Cancel Subscriptions

On Oct. 16, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 to finalize its “click-to-cancel” rule that will introduce new requirements to simplify the cancellation process for consumers wishing to terminate their subscriptions...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Inbox Overload: Massachusetts Lawsuits Target Online Retailers’ Email Collection

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The Massachusetts’ Consumer Privacy in Commercial Transactions Act (the “Act”) limits companies’ ability to request and collect personal identification information (“PII”) that is not required for a transaction. The Act does...more

Hogan Lovells

Understanding the UAE's Enhanced Consumer Protection Law

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The UAE's consumer protection regime has recently undergone significant change, highlighting the UAE's increased focus on enhancing consumer rights and regulating fair trade practices...more

Venable LLP

Negative Option and Continuity Marketing: An Excerpt from the Advertising Law Tool Kit

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), state attorneys general, and class action plaintiffs continue to scrutinize negative option and continuity offers. Negative option marketing can include pre-notification negative option...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

How To Protect Your Brand From Competitors in the New Year

The start of the new year is a pivotal time in the retail sector for re-evaluating marketing and brand protection. Unfortunately, competitors often devise innovative ways to capitalize on the marketing and sales efforts of...more

Hogan Lovells

2023 Annual Retail and Fashion Holiday Guide

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Amidst the hustle and bustle of holiday shopping, retailers are continuing to herald digital mediums to spread holiday cheer to shoppers worldwide. The Hogan Lovells Retail and Fashion team is delighted to bring you our...more

Cornerstone Research

Omnichannel Marketing

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In this post, we will discuss how the internet and e-commerce have prompted some firms to try to adapt their marketing strategies; the implications of these changes on purchase drivers and consumer information sources; and...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

How To Protect Your Brand From Competitors This Holiday Season

The holiday season is a pivotal time in the retail sector in both in-store and online forms, presenting retailers with key opportunities to boost revenue. As consumers shop year-end sales, competitors continuously find...more

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5 Questions with Donna Hoffman: How Technology Is Changing the Consumer Experience

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A periodic feature by Cornerstone Research, in which our affiliated experts, senior advisors, and professionals, talk about their research and findings. We interview Professor Donna Hoffman of the GW School of Business at...more

Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP

Publishers Clearing House: A Cautionary Tale on the Risks of ‘Dark Patterns’ Marketing

Publishers Clearing House (PCH) is well known for surprising major sweepstakes winners with a Prize Patrol knock on their doors. But the recent lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against the company was...more

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Help! My Social Media Influencer Caused a Riot

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The statistics speak for themselves: - Influencer marketing in the US is valued at over $16 billion. - 72% of Gen Z and Millennials follow influencers on social media. - 89% of marketers intend to increase influencer...more

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FTC Finalizes Updated Guidance for Influencer and Consumer Review Programs

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently finalized updates to its Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising (Guides), which address the FTC’s latest thinking about how the...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

FTC Sues Amazon Alleging Deceptive Marketing Tactics for Prime Subscriptions

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last week filed a civil case against Amazon alleging that the company used “manipulative, coercive, or deceptive user-interface designs known as ‘dark patterns’ to trick consumers into...more

Hinch Newman LLP

FTC Acts to Stop Alleged Real Estate and Online Commerce Coaching Scheme Targeting Spanish-Speaking Consumers

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As previously blogged about here by FTC defense lawyer, the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general continue to aggressively investigate and prosecute those that advertise, market, distribute, promote and sell...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Don’t Miss Out! Competition Bureau Releases New Deceptive Marketing Guidance

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The Competition Bureau published its sixth volume of the Deceptive Marketing Practices Digest on April 17. The latest edition looks at the use of fake scarcity cues in online marketplaces and provides an update on drip...more

Venable LLP

Is a Checkbox Required to Obtain Consent to Subscription Programs?

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If you are a subscription marketer, you have likely heard the buzz about the Federal Trade Commission's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) concerning the Negative Option Rule. If implemented, the proposed rule would impact...more

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The FTC's Proposed "Rule Concerning Recurring Subscriptions and Negative Options": Improving Regulations or Interfering with...

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Payment service providers should take note of an expansive new rule proposed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) intended to protect consumer shoppers of goods and services sold on a subscription basis. For merchants...more

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FTC One-Ups Itself with One Proposed Rule to Rule All Subscription Services

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Mornings for advertising lawyers usually start slow – coffee in one hand and phone in the other while we glance at emails. Imagine our surprise the other morning when we saw that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) had issued...more

Venable LLP

Click to Cancel: FTC Proposes New Rule Regulating Subscription Services and Negative Option Programs with Broad Implications

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Last week, the Federal Trade Commission announced that its proposed rule replacing its Prenotification Negative Option Rule would result in new, expansive requirements for all forms of negative option offers, including...more

DarrowEverett LLP

The FTC is Turning the Lights On: Dark Patterns Aren't in the Shadows Anymore

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The continued growth and dominance of e-commerce has ushered in a new frontier for businesses. In response to the progressive evolution from brick-and-mortar marketplaces to the current e-commerce dominant landscape,...more

Venable LLP

Payment Processors: Are You Prepared to Uncover "Dark Patterns"?

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Risk management personnel who underwrite e-commerce merchants should have some basic understanding of the types of online merchant marketing and sales practices that are deceptive and misleading....more

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