Dec 06, 2024 Face Value: AI and Facial Recognition Technology Claims Draw FTC Scrutiny By Andrew Folks On December 3, 2024, the FTC took action against IntelliVision Technologies Corp., a developer of AI-powered facial recognition software...
Oct 10, 2024 FTC Gets Record Penalty in CAN-SPAM Enforcement Action By Terri Seligman Remember my 2023 blog post about a CAN-SPAM enforcement action? (No?!?) I noted the rarity of such actions and remarked that the FTC’s...
Aug 07, 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...
Jul 18, 2024 AI-Powered Detection App Gets FTC Scrutiny By Terri Seligman The FTC recently posted its Closing Letter to HeHealth, Inc., which provides an AI-powered application, Calmara, for the detection of...
Jul 15, 2024 FTC Issues Warnings on Warranty Practices By Kate Patton The Federal Trade Commission announced that it sent warning letters to several companies about their warranty practices, outlining...
May 21, 2024 Major Wireless Carriers To Pay $10.25 Million To Settle Deceptive Advertising Claims By Kate Patton Earlier this month, several state attorneys general announced that they secured a $10.25 million settlement with the country’s largest...
May 01, 2024 FTC Pursues Bill Payment Company Over Alleged Dark Patterns, Illegal Junk Fees and ROSCA Violations By Kate Patton The Federal Trade Commission took action under the FTC Act, the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act...
Jan 19, 2024 FTC Hearing Participants Voice Concerns with Proposed Negative Option Rule By Kate Patton During a virtual informal hearing on January 16, several organizations presented their concerns—both procedural and substantive—with the...
Dec 10, 2023 FTC Sends Batch of Warning Letters to Halt Transmission of Illegal Robocalls By Kate Patton In an effort to stop illegal robocalls, a majority of which data show originate from overseas, the Federal Trade Commission has recently...
Dec 05, 2023 FTC to Host Informal Hearing on Proposed Amendments to Negative Option Rule By Kate Patton The Federal Trade Commission announced that it will hold a virtual informal hearing on January 16, 2024, on its proposed amendments to...
Sep 22, 2023 “Don’t wait to get a CID from the FTC,” Levine Warns Advertisers at NAD Conference By Kate Patton At the National Advertising Division’s annual conference this week in Philadelphia, Samuel Levine, Director of the Federal Trade...
Sep 15, 2023 The Cat’s Out of the Bag: SEC’s Theory Impacts NFT Industry By Zach Lewis In recent weeks, the SEC announced two separate enforcement actions against creators of non-fungible token (NFT) projects, alleging that...
Aug 26, 2023 FTC Issues Guidance for Online Sellers on INFORM Consumers Act By Kate Patton Two months after the Integrity, Notification, and Fairness in Online Retail Marketplaces for Consumers Act (the “INFORM Consumers Act”)...
Jul 27, 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...
Jun 29, 2023 Publishers Clearing House Agrees to Pay $18.5 Million to Consumers and Overhaul Sweepstakes Entry Process By Kate Patton Kelly O'Donnell Another day, another "dark patterns" lawsuit by the Federal Trade Commission — this time, in the sweepstakes arena. In order to settle...
Jun 23, 2023 FTC Primes for Fight Against Amazon By Kate Patton The Federal Trade Commission announced that it filed a complaint against Amazon.com, Inc. alleging that the online retail giant used dark...