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...
5/12/2025 1:42:41 PM FTC Extends Deadline for Compliance With Updates to the Negative Option Rule By Jeff Greenbaum On Friday, the Federal Trade Commission voted to extend the deadline for compliance with the updated Negative Option Rule for 60 days. ...
5/5/2025 8:18:45 PM FTC Reaches Settlement Over Generative AI Detection Claims By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission just announced that it reached a settlement with Workado, LLC, resolving allegations that the company misled...
4/18/2025 5:09:18 PM Another One: Revolve Hit with $50M Class Action Over Undisclosed Influencer Ads By Hannah Taylor Just four days ago, I wrote about two class actions taking aim at influencer campaigns that allegedly failed to follow disclosure rules...
4/14/2025 1:26:14 PM Beyond the FTC: Class Actions Hit Influencer Marketing By Hannah Taylor For years, influencer marketing enforcement has largely been the domain of the FTC, but two consumer class actions filed in early 2025...
4/12/2025 3:41:26 PM With Tariffs Looming, Are You Planning on Making "Made in USA" Claims? By Jeff Greenbaum With tariffs – and fears about rising prices – on everyone's mind right now, companies that make their products in the United States are...
4/10/2025 9:39:22 PM Recent FTC Settlement Underscores Importance of Compliant Subscription Practices By Kate Patton As the new Federal Trade Commission leadership continues to shape its consumer protection agenda, we look to recent enforcement and...
4/10/2025 8:55:22 PM Meador Confirmed as FTC Commissioner By Jeff Greenbaum Mark R. Meador was confirmed by the U.S. Senate today as an FTC Commissioner. He becomes the third member of the Commission, joining...
4/7/2025 10:55:01 AM FTC Highlights its Work Enforcing the (Relatively New) Impersonation Rule By Jeff Greenbaum About a year ago, the Federal Trade Commission's Rule on Impersonation of Government and Businesses went into effect. Essentially, the...
3/19/2025 2:31:43 AM Trump Fires Democratic FTC Commissioners By Jeff Greenbaum Testing the limits of executive power, President Trump fired the two Democratic Commissioners on the Federal Trade Commission, Rebecca...
3/10/2025 6:19:07 PM FTC Announces "Top Scams of 2024" By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission just released data showing the top “scams” reported to the FTC in 2024. As the FTC explained, “Those...
3/9/2025 10:53:03 PM What are the President's Consumer Protection Priorities? By Jeff Greenbaum On March 6th, President Trump issued a proclamation declaring the week of March 2nd to be National Consumer Protection Week. While this...
2/27/2025 11:26:24 PM San Diego Notebook -- Thoughts From FTC Commissioner Holyoak on the Green Guides By Jeff Greenbaum FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak was one of the keynote speakers at this week's Consumer Brands Association annual CPG Legal Forum. She...
2/26/2025 10:56:42 PM Mind Your Health Claims: FTC vs. Pain-Relief Claims for Footwear By Jason Howell Erik Tuvey Health claims sell products! The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) certainly knows this and keeps a watchful eye on the market for...
2/22/2025 8:17:14 PM FTC Releases Initial Findings On Surveillance Pricing Study By Terri Seligman As I blogged about back in August, the FTC issued orders under its Section 6(b) authority to several companies that offer “surveillance...
2/11/2025 4:55:35 PM What Can You Buy For $53,088? By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission just announced the new civil penalty amounts for violations of the laws that the agency enforces, as...