Regulatory Oversight, Enforcement Actions, Marketing

Stay ADvised: 2025, Issue 6

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 3/27/2025

Reckitt Benckiser Tastes Sweet Success as Mucinex Honey False Ad Dismissed - Plaintiffs alleging that Reckitt Benckiser falsely advertised certain Mucinex products as containing honey failed to sufficiently allege that the...more

Michigan AG Launches Investigation Into Deceptive Practices by Pest Control Operators

Troutman Pepper Locke on 11/15/2023

Last week, Michigan Attorney General (AG) Dana Nessel formally launched an investigation under the Michigan Consumer Protection Act (MCPA) into the marketing and business practices of a group of interconnected pest control...more

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

DarrowEverett LLP on 1/19/2023

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

FTC Cracks Down On Violations of Newly-Codified “Made in USA” Claims Rule

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 11/4/2021

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently settled an enforcement action against an advertiser for $753,000 for deceptive “Assembled in USA” product claims, the first such settlement following the FTC’s recent adoption of...more

FDA signals uptick in enforcement with market sweep on depression claims

Hogan Lovells on 2/25/2021

On 19 February, 2021 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced warning letters to ten companies for selling dietary supplements that claim to cure, treat, mitigate, or prevent depression and other mental health...more

After Decades of Broad Enforcement Discretion, FDA Signals New Approach to Homeopathic Drugs

Epstein Becker & Green on 12/4/2019

Two announcements made by FDA in late October signal a marked change to FDA’s regulatory approach to “homeopathic” drugs. On October 25, 2019, FDA withdrew the 1988 Compliance Policy Guide (“CPG”) 400.400 Conditions Under...more

Deregulation is the New Buzzword in Washington — Except in the Tech Industry

Fenwick & West LLP on 1/22/2019

The past year has been a volatile one, from trade wars to the government shutdown to a stock market dive. One constant that U.S. businesses have become accustomed to, however, is deregulation across a wide variety of...more

Advertising Litigation Report: Vol. 2, No. 2 - Regulatory

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer on 4/28/2017

Negative Option Marketing Enforcement Actions in Federal Court - A negative option is a provision in an offer or agreement to sell or provide any goods or services “under which the customer’s silence or failure to take...more

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