Tag Archives: FTC Compliance

FTC’s Aggressive Enforcement of “Made in USA” Claims

FTC’s Aggressive Enforcement of “Made in USA” Claims By Jeffrey A Greenbaum (Frankfurt Kurnit Klein Selz) and Dorian Thomas (Frankfurt Kurnit Klein Selz) The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has continued to aggressively prosecute advertisers for making “Made in USA” claims that the FTC …

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Organic Consumers Association Files New Roundup Lawsuit Against Bigelow Tea

Organic Consumers Association Files New Roundup Lawsuit Against Bigelow Tea Posted by Roopal Luhana The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) recently filed a deceptive advertising lawsuit against tea-maker R. C. Bigelow, Inc., in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. It claims …

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Vtech settles FTC lawsuit over children’s data privacy

Vtech settles FTC lawsuit over children’s data privacy By David Lumb Two years ago, kids electronics maker Vtech suffered a data breach that exposed the personal info of five million customers (over half of whom were not adults). Naturally, the DOJ on behalf of …

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Marketers Barred from Making Deceptive Claims about Products Ability to Mitigate Side Effects of Cancer Treatment

Marketers Barred from Making Deceptive Claims about Products Ability to Mitigate Side Effects of Cancer Treatment By IVN CellMark Biopharma, LLC and its CEO have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made false or unsupported claims regarding two …

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All the Ways Your Smartphone and Its Apps Can Track You

All the Ways Your Smartphone and Its Apps Can Track You By David Nield The little pocket supercomputers we all constantly carry around with us aren’t just supplying us with useful information, they’re also collecting a host of data on us …

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CommInsure pays out for misleading advertising

CommInsure pays out for misleading advertising By Staff Reporter An ASIC investigation into the advertising for two life insurance policies issued by CommInsure has found the material included “deceptive statements”, prompting the company to pay to a consumer advice service. …

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Native advertising grows up fast, shedding its rogue image

Native advertising grows up fast, shedding its rogue image By Rick Edmonds It was five years ago next month, soon after native advertising had burst on the digital scene, that the Federal Trade Commission took note and convened a hearing …

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Supplement Companies Actually Claim Their Vitamins, Minerals, and Herbs Can Help Reduce Opioid-withdrawal Symptoms

Say it Ain’t So: Supplement Companies Actually Claim Their Vitamins, Minerals, and Herbs Can Help Reduce Opioid-withdrawal Symptoms By David Schardt Experts say that the supplements make no difference in relieving opioid withdrawal. “There’s no credible evidence that dietary supplements can help with the prevention of opioid …

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Court calls dodgy science publisher ‘deceptive,’ issues injunction

Court calls dodgy science publisher ‘deceptive,’ issues injunction By Tom Spears A U.S. court has ordered the world’s biggest fake science publisher — a company that accepted a ridiculous paper on flying pigs submitted by this newspaper — to stop its “deceptive” …

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Sears Petitions to Change Its 8-Year-Old FTC Privacy Settlement Order

Sears Petitions to Change Its 8-Year-Old FTC Privacy Settlement Order By Wendell Bartnick  On October 30, 2017, Sears Holding Management Corporation (“Sears”) petitioned the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) to reopen and modify the settlement to which they agreed in 2009.  At that time, …

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