Ad Law Tool Kit Show – Episode 12 – Telemarketing and Texting
A Conversation with NAAG President and Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller - Regulatory Oversight Podcast
CF on Cyber: An Update on the Changes to the Florida Telemarketing Act
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Trending Now: An IP Podcast - Telecommunication Consumer Protection Act (TCPA): Update and Practical Guidance
Robocall Update: New Call Authentication Order and Obligations, Explained
The TCPA: Basics, Targeted Industries, and Trends
The CFPB and Credit Repair Cloud, have reached agreement over allegations that the firm helped other credit repair businesses charge illegal fees to consumers....more
CarShield, a company that sells vehicle service contracts (VSCs), will pay $10 million to settle FTC allegations that its advertisements and telemarketing pitches deceived consumers, the agency announced on July 31....more
The FTC reached a settlement with Career Step, LLC to resolve allegations that the company violated the FTC Act, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act, and the Telemarketing...more
In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" covered during the June 2024 webinar....more
The FTC is sending more than $2.4 million in refund payments to nearly 2,000 consumers who purchased online coaching or mentoring programs from Lurn, Inc. These refunds are part of a settlement the Commission reached with...more
Advertising agencies are potentially liable to the Federal Trade Commission for deceptive acts or practices, along with their clients. The FTC will consider numerous factors, including, but not limited to, the extent to...more
It’s not often we see defendants win a resounding victory against the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and/or state attorneys general, especially after trial. But a recent opinion out of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania...more
Last month, the Supreme Court of Maryland delivered a pivotal ruling defining the scope of the Maryland Telephone Solicitations Act (MTSA), holding that the act extended to inbound calls initiated by consumers who engaged...more
On February 15, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized its Government and Business Impersonation Rule (the Impersonation Rule, available here) prohibiting fraudulent impersonation of governments, businesses and...more
Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more
Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: • AGs Ask FCC to Answer Their Call to Restrict Use of AI...more
U.K.'s Competition Authority Sees Red on Unilever "Green" Claims, Launches Investigation - Consumer goods giant Unilever seeks to "mak[e] sustainable living commonplace." Now those aspirations are under review as the...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC or the Commission) had a busy December. While many of us were winding down for the holidays, the FTC finalized a new rule, requested comments on a new proposed rule and extended the comment...more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued its largest fine to date, totaling $299,997,000, in an action against an auto warranty scam robocall operation run by an international network....more
Illinois AG Kwame Raoul filed a lawsuit against Residents Energy, LLC, alleging that the alternative retail electric supplier violated the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act, as well as the Illinois...more
On July 18, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that the FTC, along with over 100 federal and state law enforcement partners, have launched an extensive campaign named "Operation Stop Scam Calls" to combat the...more
On June 26, 2023 Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed Senate Bill 1058 which expands the state’s telemarketing statutes. These changes were backed by Attorney General William Tong, who noted that Connecticut’s robocall...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced a settlement with a group of related companies and two of their officers that used a merchant of record (MoR) model to facilitate sales for merchants. According to the...more
Pennsylvania AG Michelle Henry announced a settlement with New York-based Fluent LLC and its subsidiaries over allegations that they engaged in deceptive and misleading business practices by placing millions of unwanted...more
On April 20, the Washington governor signed HB 1051 to expand existing provisions regulating robocalls and telephone solicitations and prohibit abusive telephone communications that mislead or harm state residents. In doing...more
On November 21, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District Of Tennessee granted the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC’s) ex parte motion for, among other relief, a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) to shut down an...more
On November 2, 2022, the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging that a group of companies offering lead generation services violated the Telemarketing Sales Rule (“TSR”), 16 C.F.R....more
NAD Won’t Rename Supplement Maker - Innovix Pharma loses on product claims but gets to keep its calling card. Nerding Out - Aside from the intricacies of advertising, advertising law, and the disputes engendered...more