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

Dietary Supplement and Personal Care Products Regulatory Highlights – January 2021

Kelley Drye

Welcome to our monthly roundup of regulatory and litigation highlights impacting the dietary supplement and personal care products industries. NAD NAD tackled substantiation for “ #1 Dermatologist Recommended ”…

House Democrats Primed to Introduce 13(b) Legislative Fix

On Thursday afternoon, the future of the Federal Trade Commission’s enforcement authority took center stage during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing entitled, “Safeguarding American Consumers: Fighting…

ICYMI: The FTC Has Civil Penalty Authority Relative To COVID-Related Advertising

Kelley Drye

As 2020 drew to a close and Congress scrambled to reach a deal to continue funding the federal government, tucked in amidst the 2124 pages of the 2021 Appropriations Bill is a new power for the FTC: civil penalty…

FTC Files First BOTS Act Cases

On Friday, January 22, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission settled charges with three ticket brokers for violating the Better Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) Act, which was passed in 2015. These are the first case brought…

Biden Taps Rohit Chopra, Current FTC Commissioner and Vocal Proponent of Aggressive Enforcement, to Lead CFPB

Things are about to change dramatically at the CFPB. President-elect Joe Biden today nominated Rohit Chopra, a current commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission and long-time proponent of aggressive enforcement, to…