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Two Firsts for FTC Civil Penalty Enforcement: ROSCA for Automatic Renewals and Penalty Offense Authority for Money-Making Claims
On Friday, the FTC announced what would ordinarily be an unremarkable enforcement action against a company for unsubstantiated earnings claims. The FTC alleges that WealthPress, an investment advice company purporting…
Using Domestically Sourced Recycled Content? Look Beyond the Recycling Process before Claiming It’s “Made in USA”
We periodically stumble across older FTC investigations that have new relevance, and post about them as reminders. That happened recently as we get more questions about the use of recycled content and the desire to…
FTC Proposes to Regulate Virtually Every Labor Relationship in the United States
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission revealed what it meant when it vowed to be more than an antitrust and consumer protection agency. It announced a proposal to regulate virtually every labor and service…
Two Epic Cases from the FTC: Spotlight on COPPA, Unfairness, Teens, Dark Patterns, In-App Purchases, Cancellations, and More
Just in time for the holidays, the FTC has released two companion settlements resolving allegations that Epic Games (maker of the popular video game Fortnite) violated the Children’s Online Protection Act (COPPA) and…
Misguided: The FTC Attempts to Redefine the Law with its Health Products Compliance Guidance
Yesterday, the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection released its Health Products Compliance Guidance —a sweeping overhaul of the 1998 Guidance, Dietary Supplements: An Advertising Guide for Industry . Unlike the…