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Taking Notice of Notice Letters
This week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Bureau of Consumer Protection issued 13 warning letters to rental housing management software providers focused on the display of the total advertised price of their properties. ...more
The FTC is keeping its focus on the rental housing market. Just a week after the FTC and the State of Colorado settled their lawsuit against an institutional apartment operator over fee disclosures, the FTC sent letters to...more
California AG Rob Bonta and the City of New York were joined by a bipartisan coalition of 24 AGs in sending a letter to Shopify Inc., urging the company to crack down on merchants using its e-commerce platform to sell illegal...more
On December 2, 2025, the FDA, with the Department of Justice and U.S. Marshals Service, seized approximately 73,000 units of 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) products from three Missouri firms. ...more
On 18 November 2025, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) launched what it described as a “major consumer protection drive” targeting online sales tactics, including drip pricing and pressure selling....more
It has been a busy year for the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) enforcement efforts against non-compete restrictive covenants in employment agreements....more
With the rise of “Protein Maxing” among biohackers, fitness influencers, and health-conscious consumers, a major controversy has emerged that could seriously impact both consumers and protein supplement brands....more
A recent Food and Drug Administration Warning Letter offers a timely reminder that how a digital health product is promoted can be just as consequential as how it functions. An August 2025 Warning Letter, issued after an FDA...more
On September 9, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (“OPDP”) issued numerous untitled letters as part of the agency’s wider attack on direct to consumer (“DTC”)...more
This week, we examine the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) decisions to drop its appeal of a federal court ruling striking down its proposed non-compete ban and to issue warnings to health care employers about using...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Sept. 9, 2025, announced a broad initiative to "rein in misleading direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertisements." In...more
Healthcare employers and the staffing firms who serve them should take note: federal authorities recently announced they will specifically target the use of noncompetes and other restrictive covenants in the healthcare space....more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently filed civil actions in federal court highlighting a crackdown on a black market that, in many cases, exists in plain sight. Vapes and electronic cigarettes...more
Andrew Ferguson, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), on September 10 sent letters to several large health care employers and staffing companies advising them to perform a comprehensive review of their employment...more
Last week, the White House issued a memorandum directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to take “appropriate action to ensure transparency and accuracy in direct-to-consumer...more
On September 9, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (“OPDP”) issued a torrent of untitled letters, 40 in total, just days after rumblings that FDA would be cracking down...more
On Sept. 10, 2025, the FTC announced the issuance of warning letters to large healthcare employers and staffing firms concerning the use of noncompete clauses in employer-employee contracts. In the warning letters, FTC...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued two significant warning letters in recent months—one to SeniorLife Technologies Inc. and another to Whoop—that together mark a clear escalation in the agency's...more
As we move through 2025, FDA medical device inspections are revealing a clear shift in regulatory posture under the current administration. While modernization and efficiency remain central themes, the FDA’s inspection...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has once again signaled that it is ramping up scrutiny of noncompete agreements — this time with a pointed message to health care employers and staffing firms. ...more
Just one week after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ordered Gateway Services Inc. (Gateway), the nation’s largest pet cremation company, to cease enforcing non-compete agreements that bound nearly 1,800 workers, FTC...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has formally abandoned its effort to implement a nationwide prohibition on employer non-compete agreements, marking the end of one of the most closely watched regulatory battles in recent...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on September 10 that it issued several warning letters to large health care employers and staffing firms regarding potentially anticompetitive conduct in the health care sector,...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), led by Chairman Andrew Ferguson, issued warning letters on September 10, 2025, to health care employers and staffing companies, urging these companies to review any noncompete provisions in...more
On September 9, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a new initiative to close what the agencies describe as a “loophole” in requirements regarding the...more