Tag: FTC defense attorney

FTC Rules With Civil Monetary Penalties for Deceptive Earnings Claims and Targeted Marketing May Be Forthcoming

On February 10, 2022 the Federal Trade Commission announced that it intends to vote whether to issue an Advance Notice of Proposed ... Read Article

Important Email Marketing Legal Decision by California Court of Appeals

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

Supreme Court Expands TCPA to Cover More Categories of Speech

In a 6-3 opinion, delivered by Justice Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court affirmed the Fourth Circuit’s ruling in Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants, ... Read Article

Dietary Supplement Marketing and Earnings Claims Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Unsubstantiated marketing claims that exploit consumer anxiety amid the coronavirus pandemic are a top priority for private class action litigants and federal ... Read Article

NY AG Focused on Price Gouging During COVID Outbreak

The New York Office of the Attorney General is actively investigating the advertising or offering for sale of necessary consumer goods at ... Read Article

California’s New Data Broker Registration Law

If compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act isn’t enough to fill marketers’ compliance plates, California Governor Gavin Newsome has signed a ... Read Article

TCPA Update:  Telemarketer Friendly ATDS and Single Text Rulings

A Florida federal court recently ruled in favor of the defendant when it held that dialing equipment must have the requisite “present ... Read Article

FTC Warns Marketers to Take CIDs and Subpoenas Seriously

The Federal Trade Commission obtains information through subpoenas and civil investigative demands (CIDs) pursuant to its mission to investigate deceptive and unfair ... Read Article

FTC Signs Consumer Protection MOU With UK Regulator

The Federal Trade Commission has signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), a non-ministerial department ... Read Article

FTC Defense Lawyer Alert: Third Circuit Limits FTC’s Enforcement Authority for Prior Conduct

Bad facts for the Federal Trade Commission?  Maybe.  Resulting in bad law from the FTC’s perspective?  Maybe.  What is certain is that ... Read Article

The Story Behind $O FTC Settlements and Suspended Judgments

It is a phrase you see or hear attorneys make when describing FTC settlements:  “The order includes a suspended judgment.” The Federal ... Read Article

SCOTUS to Hear Internet Sales Tax Case

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal by South Dakota of high-court precedent dating back to the pre-internet era.  ... Read Article

FDA Issues CBD Substantiation Warnings

On November 1, 2017, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued warning letters to four companies with respect to CBD-related claims made ... Read Article

RIP Net Neutrality

Net neutrality, the “First Amendment of the Internet,” is the idea that ISPs should treat everyone’s data equally.  It ensures that the ... Read Article

FTC Defense Lawyer Alert:  FTC Data Security Enforcement Authority Takes a Hit

A District Court in Northern California has recently dismissed multiple “unfairness” claims against a company that manufactures and sells home networking devices ... Read Article
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