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Firings of Democratic Commissioners Leave FTC In Flux and Tee Up Revisiting of Humphrey’s Executor
As news hit last night that President Trump fired the two remaining Democratic FTC Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter, many questions abound. Would Commissioners Bedoya and Slaughter contest the…
What’s Next for the Green Guides? Insights from Commissioner Holyoak’s Remarks at CPG
Green marketing is very much in vogue, and so is suing companies over their green marketing. If you want to avoid those suits, you should generally start by looking at the FTC’s Green Guides. But a lot has changed…
FTC Takes Step to End “Tyranny of Big Tech” with RFI
As its first policy initiative under Chair Andrew Ferguson, the FTC announced a Request for Information (RFI) “to better understand how technology platforms deny or degrade users’ access to services based on the…
A Respondent’s Wishlist: 10 Changes Businesses Would Like to See From the New FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection
With a Republican majority soon to be at the helm of the Federal Trade Commission, businesses are watching closely to see whether and how the regulatory landscape will shift. In this post, we break down ten things we,…
FTC Puts Pedal to the Metal to Release Proposed Rule on MLM Earnings Claims, Changes to Business Opportunity Rule—but Republican Commissioners Pump the Brakes in Potential Foreshadowing
The FTC released two Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) and an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) that would establish a new Earnings Claims Rule and expand the existing Business Opportunity Rule – changes…