29 Apr, 2020 FTC Gets Preliminary Order Barring COVID-19 and Cancer Treatment Claims By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission sued Whole Leaf Organics, a dietary supplement maker, alleging that the company falsely promoted its...
29 Apr, 2020 When it Comes to Virtual Learning, Privacy Isn’t as Easy as 2 + 2 = 4 By Shely Berry Amy Lawrence The creativity with which people around the world have responded, and continue to respond, to this pandemic in addressing the needs of...
28 Apr, 2020 Florida AG Sues Ad Agency Over Deceptive Coronavirus-Related Car Dealer Promotion By Jeff Greenbaum Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody filed a lawsuit against advertising agency Traffic Jam Events for creating direct mail advertising...
27 Apr, 2020 The End of ADA Gift Card Litigation? By Caren Decter Last October, I blogged about a flood of “copy-and-paste” gift card litigation against retailers alleging that gift cards must be...
27 Apr, 2020 Technical Woes at the SBA Cause Data Breach and Continue to Cause Delays By James Mariani The Small Business Administration (SBA) is having some technical issues, to say the least. Small government agencies are notorious for...
27 Apr, 2020 How Much Honey is in "Honey Bunches of Oats" Cereal? By Jeff Greenbaum The last time I wrote about a "Honey Bunches of Oats" lawsuit, the school year was beginning and a blog post about breakfast cereal...
26 Apr, 2020 EPA Tells Platforms to Get Illegal Disinfectants Off Their Sites By Terri Seligman In early April, I blogged about the EPA’s efforts to fight scam marketers selling bogus disinfectant products. As detailed in EPA’s...
26 Apr, 2020 LA City Attorney Goes After In-Home Tests and Other Coronavirus-Related Frauds By Jeff Greenbaum As part of Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer's efforts to fight fraud in connection with the cornavirus pandemic, he announced a...
25 Apr, 2020 Michigan's Latest Executive Order Removes Ban on Advertising of "Nonessential" Goods for Large Stores By Mma Afoaku As I previously wrote about, earlier this month Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued executive order 2020-42 which extended her...
25 Apr, 2020 FTC Sends Two More Rounds of Warning Letters Over Coronavirus-Related Claims By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, the Federal Trade Commission sent another two rounds of warning letters, telling marketers to stop making false and misleading...
24 Apr, 2020 Texas AG Sues Nation's Largest Egg Producer for Price Gouging By Jeff Greenbaum Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that his office filed a price gouging lawsuit against Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., the nation's...
23 Apr, 2020 Google to Require All Advertisers to be Verified By Jeff Greenbaum Today, Google announced that it will be requiring all advertisers to be verified before they can buy ads on the Google platform. Google...
23 Apr, 2020 FTC Offers Pain Relief to Consumers of Fraudulent Supplements with $38 Million Judgment By Terri Seligman The FTC has announced a settlement with the marketers of three supplements who, the FTC alleged, deceptively promoted their products to...
23 Apr, 2020 Does the FTC's Multi-Million Dollar Settlement With a Payment Processor Signal an Expansion in the FTC's "Unfairness" Authority? By Jeff Greenbaum Over the years, the Federal Trade Commission has brought a number of cases involving tech support scams, where fraudsters deceptively...
23 Apr, 2020 What’s the Deal with the Other State Privacy Bills? By Shely Berry The start of 2020 did not just bring us the effective date of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). It also lead to several state...
22 Apr, 2020 Will Sports Leagues Take Their Talents To Florida? By Mma Afoaku The famous words once uttered by LeBron James as he declared he would be leaving Cleveland to play for Miami have taken on new meaning in...