13 Aug, 2024 Time Is Money: White House Announces Consumer Protection Initiative By Terri Seligman The White House has just announced a new initiative designed to “crack down on everyday headaches and hassles that waste Americans’ time...
07 Aug, 2024 FTC Announces Inquiry Into “Surveillance Pricing” By Terri Seligman In a recent press release, the FTC announced that it has issued orders to companies that offer “surveillance pricing products and...
19 Jan, 2024 AGs Unite Against AI-Generated Robocalls By Hannah Taylor In a recent development that signals a growing concern over the misuse of AI technology to make unwanted robocalls and robotexts, the...
04 Jan, 2024 NY Now Requires Credit Card Surcharges To Be Included in Total Posted Price By Terri Seligman As noted in my last post about a new California law, a new year means new laws, including in the advertising law and consumer protection...
01 Oct, 2023 FTC Signs Agreement With Four Latin American Countries to Combat Fraud By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it signed a cooperation agreement with Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru to combat...
21 Jun, 2023 FTC Warns Online Marketplaces of New Obligations as of June 27 By Kate Patton Just one week before the Integrity, Notification, and Fairness in Online Retail Marketplaces for Consumers Act (the “INFORM Consumers...
25 May, 2023 New Requirements for Online Marketplaces By Kate Patton Beginning June 27, online marketplaces covered by the Integrity, Notification, and Fairness in Online Retail Marketplaces for Consumers...
25 Mar, 2023 FTC Cautions Against Use of AI Designed to Deceive By Hannah Taylor The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently released a business blog post entitled, "Chatbots, deepfakes, and voice clones: AI deception...
30 Jul, 2021 What are Consumers Complaining About? By Jeff Greenbaum The Consumer Federation of America just released its annual survey of the top consumer complaints received by state and local agencies in...
16 Feb, 2021 FTC Releases Report on Benefits of International Cooperation for Consumer Protection Enforcement By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission just released a report, "The FTC's Role in a Changing World," which examines ways to enhance cooperation...
29 Jan, 2021 40% of websites are "greenwashing", according to global website sweep By Alex Meloy A global sweep of over 500 websites has found that as many as 40% of them appear to be making misleading environmental claims that are...
05 Oct, 2020 NYAG Sues New York Sports Club and Lucille Roberts for Charging Illegal Dues and Prohibiting Consumers from Cancelling Memberships By Mma Afoaku March 2020 marked the shutdown of many non-essential establishments in the State of New York, including gyms which were closed by...
11 May, 2020 New powers for the CMA to clamp down on misleading cross-border online advertising By Brinsley Dresden The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will have new powers from 2 June 2020 to obtain “online interface orders” under the Consumer...
28 Oct, 2019 FTC Hosting Workshop on Consumer Participation in Class Action Cases By Craig Whitney On October 29, the Federal Trade Commission will host a workshop in Washington, DC on improving class action settlement notices for...
08 May, 2019 The CCPA Amendments – What’s the Deal? By Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz Many organizations are committing considerable resources to preparing for compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), a...
04 Apr, 2019 NYC Department of Consumer Affairs Changes Name and Expands Mission By Jeff Greenbaum The New York City Department of Consumer Affairs recently changed its name to the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker...