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Updates on advertising law and privacy law trends, issues, and developments

Dark Patterns: A New Legal Standard or Just a Catchy Name? (Part One)

State and federal regulators have definitely put a new emphasis on combatting so-called “dark patterns” – a term attributed in 2010 to user-experience expert Harry Brignull, who runs the website darkpatterns.org.…

FTC Continues to Focus on Incentivized Reviews

Last week, we wrote about the FTC’s first case involving a company’s failure to post negative reviews. Just a few days later, the FTC reached a $3.5 million settlement with Hubble Contacts. Although much of the FTC’s…

FTC Settles with Company Over Failure to Post Negative Reviews

Companies often ask us whether they can highlight positive reviews without mentioning negative ones. The good news is that there are ways to do that, but when the conversation veers from highlighting positive reviews…

Upcoming Webinars

Join Kelley Drye this week for: Privacy Priorities for 2022: Legal and Tech Developments to Track and Tackle Wednesday, January 26 at 4:00pm ET/ 1:00pm PT Privacy compliance is a daunting task, particularly when the…

Once Upon a Time in Federal Court

On January 14, so called Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli was found personally liable for antitrust claims brought by the FTC and 7 State AGs. His company Vyera raised the price of medication Daraprim by 4000% after it…