Marketing

Man Who Allegedly Violated Deceptive Marketing Court Order Held in Contempt

October 15, 2015 Last Wednesday, a federal court found Robert Douglas Krotzer in civil contempt for violating a court order stemming from an earlier deceptive marketing lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and Florida Attorney General’s Office. How can the marketer get out of this mess?

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FTC Begins Cracking Down on Phony Affordable Care Act Marketing

The first Affordable Care Act-related action has been filed by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) against an email marketer and its owner for allegedly violating the CAN-SPAM Act and FTC Act for sending unsolicited commercial email messages to consumers. The Complaint was filed in Florida federal court and alleges that the purpose of the email

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FTC Crackdown on Unsolicited Commercial Text Message Spamming Continues

As evidence of the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) increased zeal to stem the tide of unsolicited commercial text message marketing, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently approved and entered a heavy-handed final judgment against Rentbro, Inc. and its principals.  Among other things, the judgment compels Rentbro to pay to

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