Author: Richard B. Newman

On July 20, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Consumer Protection and Recovery Act (H.R. 2668).  Authored by Representative Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), ... Read Article

On June 21, 2021 in the matter of Greenberg et al. v. Digital Media Solutions LLC, the Court of Appeal of the ... Read Article

Following a hearing in the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation last month, Federal Trade Commission Acting Chairwoman Rebecca Kelly Slaughter ... Read Article

In April 2021, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it forwarded a tenth set of warning letters to marketers, directing them to stop making ... Read Article

And Those in Favor of a Legislative Fix to the FTC’s Embattled Enforcement Authority Under 13(b) Are Acting With a Greater Sense ... Read Article

As outlined by the FTC Endorsement Guides, advertisers are required to have “reasonable programs” in place to train and monitor members of ... Read Article

The Federal Trade Commission has announced that it has permanently banned an alleged work-from-home scammer from selling or promoting business opportunities and ... Read Article

In the matter of Cunningham v. USA Auto Protection, LLC, the professional litigant plaintiff alleged that USA Auto Protection made more than ... Read Article

One of the defendants behind an alleged sham health insurance scheme has been permanently banned from the health care business as part of a ... Read Article

The Eleventh Circuit recently held that a plaintiff does not suffer concrete injury through receipt of a single ringless voice mail message. Grigorian ... Read Article

The Department of Justice has announced a settlement in which DISH Network LLC will pay $126 million in civil penalties to the ... Read Article

At least one federal court ruled that an “established business relationship” can be created during a telephone call – and prevent further ... Read Article

The Plaintiff in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid has recently filed its merits brief on this issue of whether the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s ... Read Article

As previously blogged about here, here, here and here, the FTC’s authority to seek monetary disgorgement in federal court may be on the ropes. Breaking News ... Read Article

As previously blogged about here, providers of online training and business coaching programs have increasingly found themselves on the receiving end of ... Read Article