September 20, 2018 In February of this year, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and Missouri State officials brought charges against a network of Kansas City area businesses (“Defendants”) which allegedly had used deceptive sweepstakes and other prize mailers to bilk consumers out of more than $100 million. The complaint alleges that Defendants sent prize notices […]
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September 13, 2018 On January 29, 2018, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) filed a complaint against Digital Altitude LLC, et al. (“Digital Altitude”), for misrepresentations regarding potential earnings and the goods and services it provided. Earlier this month, one of the defendants, Sean Brown, agreed to settle with the FTC. On its face, the business
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May 22, 2018 The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently announced that it reached a proposed settlement in an alleged invention-promotion business scam with Mr. Scott Cooper and his companies, World Patent Marketing, Inc. and Desa Industries, Inc. (collectively “Defendants”). The FTC investigation led to the filing of a formal complaint against the Defendants alleging that
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January 22, 2018 The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or “Commission”) recently released a 93-page report, which provides evidence lending support to the Commission’s current guidance on established advertising law. What are the key takeaways for native and search advertisers?
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December 21, 2017 The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that it recently settled a work at home lawsuit against a group of defendants that offered consumers business opportunities to earn money from working at home. The FTC alleged that defendants Bob Robinson, LLC, Mega Export 2005 Inc., Mega Export USA Inc., Netcore Solutions, LLC, and
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December 14, 2017 The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently announced that it reached a settlement in its first ever “organic” marketing case against Moonlight Slumber, LLC (“Moonlight”). If you are familiar with Aziz Ansari’s position on thread count, then you would imagine that Aziz, like the FTC, would not be pleased with allegedly non-organic mattresses.
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October 13, 2017 This Tuesday, in furtherance of the terms of settlement of a 2014 “free trial” lawsuit, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC” or “Commission”) began mailing approximately $10 million worth of refund checks to hundreds of thousands of consumers who requested free trials of certain dietary supplements and weight loss products but were
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September 27, 2017 The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently announced a $7 million settlement with an office supply marketer and its individual owner. The FTC had filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California in connection with charges of unfair and deceptive trade practices related to the marketing
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