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Commission Issues Decision In the matter of POM Wonderful LLC
On January 16, 2013, the Federal Trade Commission (“Commission”) issued an Opinion In the matter of POM Wonderful LLC upholding in part and overruling in part Chief Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell’s May…
Senate Confirms Obama Administration Nominee Joshua D. Wright as New Republican FTC Commissioner
Yesterday, the Senate unanimously confirmed Joshua D. Wright to replace J. Thomas Rosch as a Republican commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). According to various sources, Wright is widely regarded as…
FTC Closes an Investigation Involving a Social Media Campaign
As we've noted in previous posts, if a company provides incentives to a consumer in order to encourage the consumer to promote the company's products, the consumer is required to disclose those incentives. It's not…
Learning From FTC Closing Letters: Useful Insights into Prohibited Practices
In an interview with Catherine Dunn of Corporate Counsel, I discussed some of the patterns and principles found in FTC closing letters and how in-house counsel can benefit from understanding these trends should they…
FTC Continues to Scrutinize Children's Mobile Apps and Concludes Privacy Disclosures Are Insufficient
On December 10, the FTC issued the staff report, “Mobile Apps for Kids: Disclosures Still Not Making the Grade.” The report describes the results of a recent survey by FTC staff that examined the privacy disclosures…