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This week, the FTC announced a proposed settlement with GGL Products, dba Sitejabber, an artificial intelligence-enabled review platform....

Hey Dude Shoes, an online shoe retailer, has agreed to pay $1.95 million and to make changes to certain of its practices to settle an...

Ever wonder why a brand new product you were considering purchasing has so many reviews on Amazon?  Like, if it’s so new, how did it...

Like the FTC, NAD has long been interested in the product review ecosystem and, in particular, in review sites that purport to be...

In a Business Blog post today, Samuel Levine, Director, FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection, provided some warnings and guidance to...

In a complaint with several paragraphs devoted to describing its own efforts to protect the integrity of the product review ecosystem,...

Function and Prose, two “online purveyors of customizable hair products” (and clearly fierce competitors) have been at it for a while,...

NAD, like the FTC, has had ample opportunity and cause to dive into the review eco-system and it frequently has done so.  (For example,...

In a trio of announcements, the FTC has left little doubt about its continued interest in protecting the product review ecosystem to...

Turning the tables from its last case with Per Se, customizable hair care product seller Function challenged its competitor Per Se in...

It’s a short but meaty decision, providing good guidance for using customer reviews in advertising. Using NAD’s Fast-Track SWIFT program,...

Does the First Amendment protect a publisher of supposedly independent product reviews if it turns out that the publisher was actually...

Brag all you want.  But if you brag falsely claiming that everyone independently agrees with you, you might be liable for false...

The US district court in Utah recently issued interesting Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in a Lanham Act case addressing, among...

The Southern District of California has just issued an interesting Lanham Act decision that addresses product reviews and affiliate...

My interest piqued by Professor Tushnet's write-up, I reviewed this intriguing decision from the Southern District of California.  (If...