12/2/2025 11:03:20 PM FTC and Colorado Secure $24 Million Settlement With Greystar Over Alleged Hidden Housing Fees By Holly Melton On December 2, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission and the Colorado Attorney General announced a $24 million settlement with Greystar Real...
12/1/2025 9:22:01 PM FTC Order Underscores Growing Focus on Children’s Privacy By Holly Melton Quick Summary The FTC started December off with a “bang” by announcing its proposed order resolving allegations that Illuminate Education...
11/25/2025 9:01:52 PM When an AI Teddy Bear Crosses the Line: What the Kumma Incident Signals for Broader AI Regulation By Holly Melton The U.S. PIRG Education Fund’s Trouble in Toyland 2025 report put one product front and center just as families were gearing up for Black...
11/18/2025 11:41:35 AM Holyoak Leaves FTC By Jeff Greenbaum Yesterday, the FTC announced that Commissioner Melissa Holyoak had stepped down as an FTC Commissioner in order to take an appointment as...
10/29/2025 8:10:44 PM Reading the Tea Leaves: Is the FTC Likely to Revive “Click to Cancel”? By Holly Melton The Federal Trade Commission’s “Click to Cancel” rule may be dead—for now—but recent agency moves suggest its ghost may not rest quietly....
9/22/2025 8:09:28 PM Supreme Court Says Slaughter Stays Off the FTC (At Least for Now) By Jeff Greenbaum In March, President Trump fired the two Democratic Commissioners on the Federal Trade Commission, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro...
9/8/2025 3:55:50 PM Slaughter's Reinstatement to the FTC Put on Hold by Chief Justice Roberts By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, the D.C. Circuit reinstated Rebecca Kelly Slaughter to the Federal Trade Commission after she had been fired by President...
9/4/2025 7:22:58 PM Slaughter Reinstated to FTC By Jeff Greenbaum Earlier this week, the D.C. Circuit reinstated Rebecca Kelly Slaughter to the Federal Trade Commission. She, along with her fellow...
9/4/2025 4:18:19 PM FTC’s AI Crackdown Continues: Workado Ordered to Drop Unsupported Accuracy Claims By Holly Melton The FTC has taken another decisive step in its enforcement of misleading AI advertising. On August 28, 2025, the Commission approved a...
8/26/2025 8:11:41 PM FTC’s Case Against Air AI Highlights Ongoing Enforcement Trend By Holly Melton Yesterday, the FTC filed a lawsuit against Air AI Technologies (also known as Air AI, Air.AI, and Scale 13), five affiliated companies,...
8/23/2025 2:00:17 PM FTC Swipes Left on Match Group’s Deceptive Advertising and Cancellation Practices, Securing $14 Million Payment By Kate Patton Earlier this month, Match Group, Inc. and Match Group, LLC, owners and operators of popular online dating services such as Match.com,...
8/22/2025 3:49:22 PM Bad Subscription Practices Still An Enforcement Priority By Terri Seligman Did you think that the death of the FTC’s updated Negative Option Rule meant the end of FTC enforcement on subscription programs? Think...
7/9/2025 10:55:35 PM 8th Circuit Vacates FTC’s Negative Option Rule—But Compliance Traps Remain By Jason Howell Kate Patton As previously reported, the Federal Trade Commission’s updated rule addressing recurring subscription programs (a/k/a the Negative Option...
6/24/2025 8:56:45 PM FTC Targets Deceptive Ad Practices Involving Impersonation of Substance Abuse Treatment Centers By Holly Melton On June 24, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission announced a lawsuit against Mercury Marketing, LLC and several affiliated entities and...
6/19/2025 9:20:00 AM FTC Settles with Paddle for $5 Million Over Alleged Role in Deceptive Tech-Support Schemes By Holly Melton On June 17, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement with Paddle.com Market Limited and its U.S. subsidiary, resolving...
5/12/2025 6:21:52 PM Today's the Day: The FTC's Junk Fees Rule Goes Into Effect By Hannah Taylor Kate Patton The FTC’s Rule on Unfair and Deceptive Fees takes effect today, May 12, 2025, and it’s about to shake up how businesses disclose prices...