02.06.18
On Jan. 30, 2018, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that over the next 45 days, as part of its continued increase in opioid-related enforcement, the Drug Enforcement Agency will “surge” agents and investigators to opioid “hot spots.”
02.01.18
Citing a link between advertisements and an unrealistic body image, CVS announced that the national pharmacy chain will no longer use touched-up images in advertisements for its beauty products.
After StubHub.com declined to comply with the National Advertising Division’s recommendations with regard to its pricing claims, the self-regulatory body referred the issue to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for review.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reached a deal with a company and its CEO over false and unsupported claims that its products could help patients with the side effects of cancer.
The New York legislature is weighing a new bill that would expand the state’s publicity rights law—and the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) is pushing back.
With the near-daily stories coming out of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau), the question has become what isn’t happening at the Bureau.
The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) may be taking a closer look at online lending, thanks to bills pending in the state legislature.
In cryptocurrency news, the Vermont legislature is considering a bill that would create a tax on digital currency transactions, while the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a statement on enforcement actions.
Anti-money laundering (AML) violations resulted in a Taiwanese bank and its U.S. branches being hit with a $29 million civil monetary penalty from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Mick Mulvaney’s CFPB has now issued final changes to its Prepaid Rule, and the payments industry receives a huge reprieve from some of the more draconian elements of the original rule as issued in 2016.