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10.08.15

Volkswagen’s Legal Woes Mount as Senator Calls for FTC Action

Calling on the agency to take action, U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) requested that the Federal Trade Commission investigate Volkswagen’s advertising claims for its “clean diesel” vehicles.


10.01.15

State AGs Settle Negative Option Marketing Case for $1M

Negative option marketing cost one company $1 million in a recent deal with the Attorneys General of New York, Pennsylvania and Washington.


10.01.15

State AGs Settle Negative Option Marketing Case for $1M

Negative option marketing cost one company $1 million in a recent deal with the Attorneys General of New York, Pennsylvania and Washington.


09.25.15

Privacy Regulation Could Become Contentious

Could a battle of the privacy regulators be in the future?


09.17.15

(Virtually All) Made in the USA

Bringing the state into line with the rest of the country as well as with federal regulations, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law relaxing the labeling requirements for products carrying the "Made in America" or "Made in USA" labels in the state.


08.27.15

FTC Letter Provides Lessons in Data Security

The Federal Trade Commission offered industry some lessons in data security by way of a letter to Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC that closed an investigation into possible privacy violations at the company.


08.19.15

Ad Group to FTC: Keep Right to Be Forgotten Out of U.S.

Responding to a petition filed by Consumer Watchdog with the Federal Trade Commission seeking an expansion of the “Right to Be Forgotten” to the United States, the Association of National Advertisers asked the Commission to reject the request.


08.13.15

FDA Wants to Pour Some Sugar on the Nutrition Label

Adding to the proposed changes to the Nutrition Facts label—the first tweaks in 20 years—the Food and Drug Administration has suggested yet another: adding the percentage of "added sugars" to the daily value list on the labels of packaged foods.


08.07.15

Seventh Circuit Finds Standing In Neiman Marcus Data Breach Suit

Reversing summary judgment, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a data breach lawsuit against Neiman Marcus, and accepted the plaintiff’s contention that fear of future harm stemming from the breach was sufficient to establish standing in the case.


07.30.15

New False Advertising Lawsuits: Baby Food, Uber, Chicken Lifestyles, and Almonds

Class action plaintiffs and their attorneys are not taking a summer vacation from filing false advertising lawsuits challenging claims for products and services that range from baby food, to Uber, to the lifestyle of chickens, and to the content of almond milk.