Regulators - May 2008

• Congress Considers Significant Expansion of FTC Powers: Stay Tuned

  May 15, 2008
  In today’s competitive environment, the focus on effective advertising—whether by you or your competitor on the Internet, in the print media, on broadcast media, through telemarketing, or through direct mail—necessarily requires a great deal of resources.

• FTC Warns Mobile Marketers

  May 15, 2008
  Now is the time for the mobile marketing industry to demonstrate it can live by its own consumer protection standards—because the Federal Trade Commission is prepared to step in if necessary, a top official warned.

• Smoking Patch Trial Was Not ‘Free,’ FTC Says

  May 15, 2008
  How much can it cost consumers to try a “free” quit-smoking product? As much as $99.95 per month, according to the Federal Trade Commission.

• FTC Obtains $28 Million in Alleged Telemarketing Scam

  May 5, 2008
  The Federal Trade Commission has obtained a $28 million judgment against the operators of an alleged nationwide telemarketing operation dubbed by the media as the “Wal-Mart Shopping Spree” scam. The amount awarded represents the net profits believed to have been generated by the operation, the FTC said.