13 Sep, 2024 FTC Open Meeting to Discuss New Reviews and Testimonials Rule and FTC's Inquiry Into Social Media and Video Streaming Services By Jeff Greenbaum Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina M. Khan just announced the tentative agenda for the next open meeting of the Commission, which will...
10 Aug, 2024 CarShield Pays $10M to Settle FTC Charges That It Used Misleading Ads and Endorsements By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission announced that it reached a settlement with CarShield, a marketer of vehicle service contracts, along with...
28 Jul, 2024 Cameo Enters Into Multistate Settlement Over Endorsement Practices By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a 30-state settlement with Cameo, the celebrity video app, resolving...
16 Feb, 2024 You're Invited: "Consumer Endorsements and Reviews -- An International Perspective" By Jeff Greenbaum On February 21st, the American Bar Association is hosting a webinar, “Consumer Endorsements and Reviews – an International Perspective.” ...
12 Jan, 2024 FTC Announces Informal Hearing on Proposed Rule on Fake Reviews and Testimonials By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission announced that it is going to hold an informal hearing on its proposed rule banning fake reviews and...
10 Dec, 2023 Enforcement Action Highlights Concerns About Dark Patterns, Deceptive Reviews and Endorsements, and Emerging Technology Claims By Jeff Greenbaum In late November, the Federal Trade Commission and the California Attorney General's Office reached a settlement with DNA testing company...
29 Nov, 2023 Is #Ad Still Enough? By Hannah Taylor After the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced in June a finalized new version of its Endorsement Guides, brands, influencers and...
27 Jul, 2023 A Sober Lesson for Supplement Marketer Using Deceptive Claims and Fake Endorsements By Kate Patton Challenging what read like egregious examples from its recently updated Endorsement Guides, the Federal Trade Commission took action...
02 Jul, 2023 FTC Proposes New Rule on Fake Reviews and Other Misleading Endorsement Practices By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, the Federal Trade Commission proposed a new rule intended to combat the use of fake reviews and other misleading endorsement...
30 Jun, 2023 FTC Releases Updated Endorsement Guides and Proposes New Rule on Fake Reviews By Jeff Greenbaum Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission released its updated Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising. ...
15 May, 2023 Texas AG Reaches $8M Settlement With Google Over DJ Promotions By Jeff Greenbaum In December 2021, the Federal Trade Commission and the Attorneys General of six states (Massachusetts, Arizona, California, Georgia,...
08 Mar, 2023 How Many Consumer Complaints Does it Take to Interest a Regulator? By Jeff Greenbaum Dorm2Dorm is a moving and storage company that targets college students. The company offers a service where it will pick up a student's...
02 Dec, 2022 Google and iHeartMedia Reach $9.4M Settlement With FTC and States Over Use of Endorsements By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission and the Attorneys General of six states announced that they entered into a settlement with Google and...
20 Oct, 2022 FTC Begins Rulemaking on Reviews and Endorsements By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it is considering issuing new rules to "combat deceptive or unfair review and...
14 Oct, 2022 FTC Says Rulemaking on Endorsements is Coming By Jeff Greenbaum In a notice announcing an upcoming meeting of the Federal Trade Commission, the FTC indicated that it plans to begin a rulemaking on...
06 Jul, 2022 Court Agrees to Help Mayim Bialik Fight False CBD Endorsements By Ariel Radow Last week, actress and TV personality Mayim Bialik got a Florida federal court’s help to remove CBD endorsements from the internet that...