12 May, 2023 FTC Warns About "AI and the Engineering of Consumer Trust" By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission has been giving increased attention to marketers' use of artificial intelligence. In a series of blog...
02 Apr, 2022 FTC Gets Record Settlement with Dealer Alleged to Engage in Deceptive and Discriminatory Conduct By Terri Seligman The FTC announced today that it obtained a record-breaking $10 million judgment in an auto-lending case. The case had been jointly...
01 Dec, 2020 DOT Issues New Unfair and Deceptive Practices Rule By Jeff Greenbaum Under federal law, airlines and ticket agents are prohibited from engaging in "unfair or deceptive" practices. Now, the U.S. Department...
23 Apr, 2020 Does the FTC's Multi-Million Dollar Settlement With a Payment Processor Signal an Expansion in the FTC's "Unfairness" Authority? By Jeff Greenbaum Over the years, the Federal Trade Commission has brought a number of cases involving tech support scams, where fraudsters deceptively...