The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently released a staff report focusing on a topic that has been in the spotlight for the better part of a decade: mobile payments, (i.e. the payment for goods/services executed through the operation of a mobile device). The FTC conducted a survey of 1,000 of the most successful executives in […]
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To complement our recent post regarding attorney general proceedings, we felt it would be helpful to our readers if we commented on another regulating body that affects the marketing and advertising spaces: the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). An Overview of the FTC The FTC is an independent agency established in 1914 to, among other things,
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In the regulatory arena, 2013 has already been a rocky year for many industries, with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and various state Attorneys General aggressively investigating companies for allegedly engaging in unfair and deceptive business practices. Unsolicited text message campaigns, electronic cigarettes, online lending, payment processing, supplements/pharmaceuticals, data collection relating to online dating and
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As detailed in this Tuesday’s blog post, the FTC recently filed a lawsuit against SubscriberBASE, All Square and several other defendants for using unsolicited text message marketing services to drive consumers to their websites. It is now clear that in addition to suing the parties operating the websites, the FTC is targeting the third party
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Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, targeting several prominent advertising companies, including SubscriberBASE and All Square, for what it alleges are deceptive and unfair advertising practices. SubscriberBASE and All Square maintain several websites which advertise “free” merchandise to consumers
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