--- title: Penalty Offense Authority date: 2023-07-17T11:25:00-04:00 author: Import Bot canonical_url: "https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/ad-law-access/penalty-offense-authority" section: Blog Topics --- # Ad Law Access Updates on advertising law and privacy law trends, issues, and developments [ Remove filter Topic: Penalty Offense Authority ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/ad-law-access) ## [ FTC Sends Warning Letters to Companies and Influencers Over Disclosures in Posts ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/ad-law-access/ftc-sends-warning-letters-to-companies-and-influencers-over-disclosures-in-posts) [Gonzalo E. Mon](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/gonzalo-e-mon) November 16, 2023 Earlier this year, we examined how changes to the FTC’s Endorsement Guides might affect influencer campaigns and suggested that companies may want to monitor FTC actions in this area to see what types of conduct grab… [ Continue reading ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/ad-law-access/ftc-sends-warning-letters-to-companies-and-influencers-over-disclosures-in-posts) ## [ FTC Sends Penalty Offense Notices to Nearly 700 Companies Regarding Product Claims Substantiation ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/ad-law-access/ftc-sends-penalty-offense-notices-to-nearly-700-companies-regarding-product-claims-substantiation) [Ioana Gorecki](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/ioana-gorecki), [John E. Villafranco](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/john-e-villafranco) April 13, 2023 The FTC sent out new penalty offense notices to 670 companies today, warning them that failure to substantiate product claims could result in civil penalties of more than $50,000. The companies also received copies of… [ Continue reading ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/ad-law-access/ftc-sends-penalty-offense-notices-to-nearly-700-companies-regarding-product-claims-substantiation) ## [ Two Firsts for FTC Civil Penalty Enforcement: ROSCA for Automatic Renewals and Penalty Offense Authority for Money-Making Claims ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/ad-law-access/two-firsts-for-ftc-civil-penalty-enforcement-rosca-for-automatic-renewals-and-penalty-offense-authority-for-money-making-claims) [Donnelly L. McDowell](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/donnelly-l-mcdowell), [John E. Villafranco](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/john-e-villafranco) January 16, 2023 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… [ Continue reading ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/ad-law-access/two-firsts-for-ftc-civil-penalty-enforcement-rosca-for-automatic-renewals-and-penalty-offense-authority-for-money-making-claims) ## [ FTC Settles with Company Over Failure to Post Negative Reviews ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/ad-law-access/ftc-settles-with-company-over-failure-to-post-negative-reviews) [Gonzalo E. Mon](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/gonzalo-e-mon), [Donnelly L. McDowell](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/donnelly-l-mcdowell) January 25, 2022 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… [ Continue reading ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/ad-law-access/ftc-settles-with-company-over-failure-to-post-negative-reviews) ## [ Next Up – Earnings Claims: Notice of Penalty Offenses Sent to 1,100 Direct Selling Companies and Others in the Gig Economy ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/ad-law-access/next-up-earnings-claims-notice-of-penalty-offenses-sent-to-1100-direct-selling-companies-and-others-in-the-gig-economy) [Donnelly L. McDowell](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/donnelly-l-mcdowell), [John E. Villafranco](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/john-e-villafranco), [William C. MacLeod](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/william-c-macleod) October 26, 2021 In its third recent Penalty Offense Authority notice, the FTC today notified more than 1,100 companies offering “money-making opportunities” that it intends to pursue civil penalties of up to $43,792 per violation for… [ Continue reading ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/ad-law-access/next-up-earnings-claims-notice-of-penalty-offenses-sent-to-1100-direct-selling-companies-and-others-in-the-gig-economy) Previous Page 1 of 3 - 1 - [ 2 ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/ad-law-access/penalty-offense-authority.md/p2) - [ 3 ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/ad-law-access/penalty-offense-authority.md/p3) [ Next ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/ad-law-access/penalty-offense-authority.md/p2) [ RSS Feed ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/ad-law-access/rss?topic=137757) ### Search Blog ### Subscribe ### Explore Topics - [13 (b)](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/ad-law-access/13-b) - [AdTech](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/ad-law-access/adtech) - [Advertising Law](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/ad-law-access/advertising-law) - [Advertising Litigation](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/ad-law-access/advertising-litigation) - [Agreements](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/ad-law-access/agreements) 1. 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