March 26, 2015 This week, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued an order against Jerk, LLC and Napster co-founder John Fanning, respectively, for deceptive trade practices in connection with the operation of Jerk.com, a social media site that invited users to create profiles of other individuals and rate those individuals as a “jerk” or “not […]
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DIRECTV Charged by FTC with Deceptive Adverting; Telecommunications Lawyer David Klein Explains
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March 4, 2015 The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has settled a complaint that it filed in June 2014 against several companies that, through unscrupulous telemarketing practices, allegedly swindled Spanish-speaking consumers across the country by sending unordered or defective products, including phony weight-loss belts, and subsequently making it difficult, impossible or extremely costly for the consumers
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March 2, 2015 On February 18, 2015, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) filed a complaint against Payday Support Center LLC and related entities (“PSC”), alleging that the debt relief companies have made untrue claims related to the services they offer. PSC ran advertisements on the Internet, radio, television and in print, promising consumers that its
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February 3, 2015 The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has initiated what are its first ever actions against car title lenders. The FTC has alleged that First American Title Lending of Georgia, LLC and Finance Select, Inc. were engaged in deceptive marketing practices in connection with advertisements that touted “zero interest” car title loans. By way of
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January 28, 2015 Earlier this week, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or “Commission”) reached a $9 million settlement agreement with Pure Health LLC, Genesis Today, Inc. and Lindsey Duncan, CEO of Genesis Today, concerning the marketing of their dietary supplement products. The parties sell a variety of dietary supplements and food products directly to online
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December 15, 2014 Deceptive Marketing Claims Associated with Sensa In January of 2014, Sensa Products, LLC, its parent company, Sensa, Inc., and certain of its principals (collectively, “Sensa”), entered into a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) concerning what the FTC alleged were deceptive marketing practices and improper endorsements associated with Sensa’s food additive
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December 12, 2014 To end an unfair business practices investigation being conducted by 45 separate state attorneys general, Sirius XM Radio (“Sirius”) will pay a whopping $3.8 million into a settlement pool to be divided among the states. The attorneys general released various announcements of the deal, including that of the Attorney General of the
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