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Part 3: What the FTC’s Final Rule Means for Incentivized Reviews

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In this post, part of a six-part series, we explore what the FTC’s Final Rule on consumer reviews and testimonials means for incentivized reviews. The Final Rule prohibits businesses from providing compensation or other...more

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FTC Announces Final Rule Banning Fake and False Consumer Reviews and Testimonials

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On August 14, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission announced a Final Rule combatting bogus consumer reviews and testimonials by prohibiting their sale or purchase. The Rule allows FTC lawyers to strengthen enforcement, seek...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Recent Developments for UK PLCs June Edition 2024

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FCA Issues Reminders on Annual Reporting and LTIP Disclosure Requirements - On 22 May 2024, the FCA published Primary Market Bulletin 49 (PMB 49) reminding listed companies of certain continuing obligations under the...more

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DOJ’s Criminal Division Announces Pilot Program on Voluntary Self-Disclosure for Individuals

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Drawing on a carrot and stick approach, Department of Justice (“DOJ” or the “Department”) guidance in 2023 focused heavily on incentivizing companies to voluntarily self-disclose their misconduct. This guidance included the...more

KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC)

Climate in context: Geopolitics, business, and the board

In this collaboration between the KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC) and Eurasia Group, our aim is to help widen the boardroom aperture on the global climate challenge—where it stands, and what’s at stake—and to help boards...more

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SEC Settles Charges with Adviser for Failing to Disclose Conflicts of Interest

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Who may be interested: Investment Advisers; Registered Investment Companies; Boards of Directors - Quick Take: The SEC recently settled charges with an investment adviser relating to the adviser’s failure to disclose...more

Bracewell LLP

The Race to Report: DOJ Announces Pilot Whistleblower Program

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In recent years, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has rolled out a significant and increasing number of carrots and sticks aimed at deterring and punishing white collar crime. Speaking at the American Bar Association White...more

King & Spalding

The New EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive: What Does It Mean For Non-EU Companies?

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The new EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (“CSRD”) is set to revolutionize ESG reporting for companies around the world. Certain large EU companies are already conducting double materiality assessments and...more

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To Self-Report or Not to Self-Report: With New M&A Safe Harbor Policy, DOJ Tries to Answer the Question

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It is one of the hardest questions a company can face: after discovering criminal conduct inside your company, do you self-report to the government or not? If you can quickly and quietly fix the problem, then you may be able...more

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Truth or Consequences: FTC Revised Endorsement Guides & Class Action Risk

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By Douglas A. Thompson and Sarah Richards1 Testimonials and endorsements, especially those by high-profile celebrities, sports figures, and influencers, can shine a significant spotlight on a company’s products and services....more

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FTC Updates Endorsement Guides and FAQ Guidance Document While Proposing Rule That Will Impact Influencer Marketing and Digital...

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The Federal Trade Commission’s Endorsement Guides were first enacted in 1980 and amended in 2009. The Guides provide guidance to businesses and others to ensure that advertising using endorsements or testimonials is...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Securities Snapshot: 1st Quarter 2023 - 2022 Final Rules Now in Effect: What You Need to Know

Securities and Exchange Commission rulemaking continued at a brisk pace in the first quarter of 2023 as the Commission implemented several significant reporting and compliance regulations adopted in 2022. Final rules and...more

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Investment Adviser Charged for Failing to Disclose Revenue Sharing Arrangements and Related Conflicts of Interest

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Who may be interested: Investment advisers. Quick Take: The SEC announced settled charges against an investment adviser for the adviser’s breach of its fiduciary duty to its clients by failing to fully and fairly...more

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Proxy Season Greetings: ISS and Glass Lewis Announce Policy Updates Ahead of the 2023 Proxy Season

Proxy advisory firms Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) and Glass Lewis (“GL”) each published their annual policy updates for 2023, which updates made certain changes relating to executive compensation. As a general...more

Holland & Hart - The Benefits Dial

The Music of the Night . . . Phantom Plans for Early Stage Companies

Early stage companies that are strapped for cash often turn to long-term incentive compensation plans to attract and retain key employees and service providers. Many of these companies opt to put in place arrangements that...more

BakerHostetler

All Eyes on Us - the Latest FTC Case Involves Contact Lenses plus an Important Lesson About Incentivized Reviews

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Up until now, most of the FTC’s law enforcement involving the Contact Lens Rule (Rule) has focused on sellers of cosmetic or decorative lenses. Indeed, safety concerns about decorative lenses were newsworthy in 2010, when...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

[Webinar] Dollars and Sense: How to Integrate ESG into Compensation Programs - June 23rd, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

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The program will address important issues related to incorporating ESG into compensation programs, including: - What has pushed ESG to the forefront of compensation design (i.e., what stakeholders are influencing these...more

Hogan Lovells

Changes in insurance regulation: China / Hong Kong / Singapore / Indonesia / Vietnam - January - March 2018

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Our Asia insurance regulatory tracker for the first quarter of 2018 is below. It includes updates on the introduction of an insurance levy in Hong Kong, a consultation on agency recruitment incentives in Singapore, and new...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

California Advances PBM Licensing and “Transparency” Law

Last week, the California Assembly Committee on Business and Professions voted in favor of Assembly Bill 315. AB 315 seeks to amend the California Business and Professions Code: (a) to require PBMs to obtain licensure from...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Inside M&A - Spring 2013

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Top Five Traps for the Unwary in Spin-Offs - A wave of corporate breakups has swept through the United States over the last few years as investors have taken notice of the fact that smaller companies focused on a...more

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