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FCC Slams American Scammers for 8 Billion Robocalls - With too many calls to document, carriers are ordered to pull the switch on traffic - One Robo to Call Them All - What sort of activity earns a court order, a public...more
L’Oréal Gets Pancaked by False Origin Suit - Famous beauty products made in...Arkansas? ...more
BakerHostetler 2021 Data Security Incident Response Report – Disruption and Transformation - The report provides risk mitigation and compromise response intelligence from more than 1,250 data security incidents the firm...more
FTC Tries to Clean Out 25 Fake Disinfectant Websites - But all information about scheme masterminds has been wiped away - Less Is More - There are elaborate schemes out there – boy, have we covered them. Misdirection, shadowy...more
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FTC Says Auto Marketing Co.'s Deceptive COVID Stimulus Ads Violate Fed Law - An automotive marketing company previously accused of bait-and-switching consumers with false promises of federal COVID-19 relief is now also facing...more
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