4/27/2022 6:36:40 PM New Digital accessibility guidance: what brands need to know By Angela Matney The Department of Justice recently released new guidance describing how state and local governments and businesses open to the public can...
7/24/2020 6:18:06 PM A Not-So-American Style: Williams-Sonoma to pay $1M to FTC Over Deceptive “Made in USA” Claims By Jason Gordon Michael Isselin The FTC recently approved a final consent order against home product and kitchen ware company, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Under the order...
6/2/2020 4:51:33 PM The Fyre Festival Storm Continues: Kendall Jenner Settles Over Social Post By Jason Gordon Michael Isselin For those following the fallout from the Fyre Festival, the drama continues. Last week, model and influencer Kendall Jenner settled a...
5/11/2020 5:06:08 PM The FTC Sends Additional Rounds of Warning Letters Over Health and Earnings Claims Related to Coronavirus By Jason Gordon Erika Auger The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced it has issued twenty-one additional warning letters to marketers throughout the United...
5/8/2020 5:24:34 PM April Warning Letter Showers: The FDA Issues Over Twenty Warning Letters to Companies Making Fraudulent Coronavirus Claims By Cori Goldberg Erika Auger Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued over twenty warning letters to companies located in both the United...
4/21/2020 4:31:29 PM FTC Sends More Warning Letters to Companies Selling Fraudulent Products that Claim to Treat or Prevent the Coronavirus By Jason Gordon Erika Auger The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced it has issued ten additional warning letters to companies located in both the United...
4/15/2020 5:15:20 PM COPPA Consent in the Time of COVID-19 By Jason Gordon Sarah Bruno Casey Perrino Remote learning has become the new normal amid orders across the globe to stay home and shelter in place to combat the spread of...
4/3/2020 4:13:50 PM FTC Sends Warning Letters to VOIP Companies Over COVID-19 Robocalls By Jason Gordon Erika Auger The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued warning letters to nine Voice over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”) service providers to warn them...
3/25/2020 4:58:37 PM 1-800 Contacts Eyes Reversal of Judgment for Anticompetitive Advertising Agreements By John Feldman Andrew Bernasconi Lauren Weaver On March 5, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit heard argument on an appeal seeking to overturn judgment against...
3/24/2020 5:07:41 PM FTC Settles With Tea Maker for Inadequate Disclosures and Unsubstantiated Claims By Jason Gordon John Feldman Michael Isselin The FTC recently settled with Teami, LLC (“Teami”), an indication that the Agency is still actively reviewing health claims and...
3/23/2020 4:03:24 PM Pain Relief Device Marketers Settle with FTC for $4 Million By Jason Gordon Erika Auger The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced its settlement with NeuroMetrix, Inc. over allegations that the company made deceptive...
3/20/2020 4:32:01 PM FDA and FTC Send Warning Letter to Companies Selling Fraudulent Products that Claim to Treat or Prevent the Coronavirus By Jason Gordon Erika Auger The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued warning letters to seven companies...
2/28/2020 5:27:43 PM FTC Settles With Financial Company Over Fake Rankings of Financial Products and Reviews By Jason Gordon Erika Auger This month, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that it reached a settlement with the operators of a website that compares...
12/27/2019 7:30:23 PM NAI Issues New Guidance on Consumer Opt-In Consent for Sharing of “Sensitive” Data By Jason Gordon Erika Auger The self-regulatory group, Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”), has issued new guidance, in which it mandates that its members obtain...
12/27/2019 9:56:19 AM NAD Announces Updated Filing Fees for 2020 By Jason Gordon Erika Auger This week, the National Advertising Division of the Better Business Bureau (“NAD”), the investigative unit of the advertising industry’s...
11/11/2019 6:24:52 PM FTC Releases Guidance for Influencers By Michael Isselin Noelle Klockner On Tuesday, the FTC released a set of guidelines for online influencers dictating when and how influencers must disclose sponsorships to...