A federal jury in the Central District of California has awarded $2.36 million in damages to a consumer class, finding that R.C. Bigelow Inc. (“Bigelow”), without limitation, violated the Consumer Legal Remedies Act and…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Remedies, Consumer Protection, Business Torts
On March 31, 2025, the White House announced that President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order designed “to protect fans from exploitative ticket scalping and bring commonsense reforms to America’s live entertainment…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Consumer Protection
As contemplated in December 2024, the Federal Trade Commission’s operations during the first two months under the second Trump Administration have been chaotic. Unsurprisingly, the policy focus appears to be de-regulation and…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection
On March 10, 2025, the Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection published a blog entry on the FTC’s website entitled “Did your business receive a CID? The FTC means business.”…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection
On the eve prior to its effective date, the FCC’s One-to-One Consent Rule that sought to redefine the meaning of "prior express written consent" under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, was postponed for one year by order of…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection
On January 13, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it is seeking comment on proposed changes to the Business Opportunity Rule and a proposed new Earnings Claim Rule. According to the FTC, the two, taken together,…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection, MLM / Direct Sales
Has your company received an FTC warning letter or a penalty offense notice? If so, such correspondence should not be ignored because there is a high likelihood that the FTC is in the process of actively and quickly seeking to…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection
On Friday, December 27, 2024, the Justice Department issued a final rule to address “urgent national security risks posed by access to U.S. sensitive personal and government-related data from countries of concern and covered…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, International Law & Trade, Privacy
President-elect Donald Trump recently announced that Republican Commissioner Andrew Ferguson will chair the Federal Trade Commission during Mr. Trump’s second administration. Commissioner Ferguson is also a known critic of…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy
The FTC Better Online Ticket Sales Act (“BOTS Act” or the “Act”)) prohibits the circumvention of a security measure, access control system, or other technological control measure used online by a ticket issuer. The Act also…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection, Science, Computers, & Technology
On October 16, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission announced the final FTC “Click-to-Cancel” Rule pertaining to recurring subscriptions and memberships.
The Federal Trade Commission is not the only regulatory agency that…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection, Privacy
The FTC often initiates enforcement actions seeking to hold companies responsible for consumer injury caused by others or in which they directly participated in the misconduct. FTC CID and investigation attorney previously…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Business Torts, Consumer Protection
On October 16, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission announced a final “click-to-cancel” rule that will require sellers to make it as easy for consumers to cancel their enrollment as it was to sign-up. Most of the final rule’s…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Business Torts, Consumer Protection, Privacy
On October 11, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission announced that the effective date for Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) rules on revoking consent for unwanted robocalls and robotexts is set for April 11, 2025…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy
As previously blogged about here, following notices of proposed rulemaking in 2022 and 2023, on August 22, 2024 the Federal Trade Commission finalized a rule that will impose monetary civil penalties false and misleading…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Business Organizations, Consumer Protection
