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The House of Representatives passed two bills last week relevant to the advertising industry: the Consumer Review Fairness Act and the Better On-line Ticket Sales Act ("BOTS Act").

Allegations are increasing against The Honest Company, Inc. for false and misleading marketing of its products as "all natural" and "plant-based" when they supposedly contain synthetic ingredients.

Dyson challenged Dreame's advertising claims that its hair styling products could dry shoulder-length hair in two minutes, arguing that accompanying images of models with much longer hair misled consumers about the products' actual capabilities. The National Advertising Division examined whether the visual presentation contradicted the explicit claim limitations and whether disclosures adequately clarified the performance boundaries.

On March 27, 2018, the New Jersey Attorney General, Gurbir S. Grewal, announced the appointment of Paul R. Rodriguez to be the new Director of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs.

New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill and Attorney General Jennifer Davenport have launched a comprehensive initiative targeting junk fees across the state.

Earlier this week, New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill and New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport announced that they are taking action to reduce and eliminate “junk fees” in New Jersey.

What can a $35 million settlement teach companies about subscription billing, auto-renewals, and cancellation practices? In this episode, we unpack the FTC’s case against Shutterstock...

The Third Circuit recently affirmed the denial of class certification in a suit alleging that a law school made misrepresentations about the employment status of its graduates.

On July 23, 2015, the CFPB took action against Student Financial Aid Services, Inc. for illegal sales and billing practices.

We wanted to inform you of recent statements from the CFTC staff regarding the phasing-in of the mandatory clearing requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act).

In August 2022, certain aggrieved employees of the insured employer sued the employer and two other employees for harassment and retaliation after the employees reported patient abuse and neglect at the employer's medical facility.

On October 21, 2008, Judge Stanton Wettick of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania dismissed a cause of action against an insurer based on alleged violations of Pennsylvania's Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law, 73 P.S. §201-1 et seq. (the "Consumer Protection Act").

A recent decision from the Southern District of California demonstrates the potential narrowing effect of a failure to strictly comply with the notice requirement for claims for damages...

In a split panel, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court's certification of a nationwide class action settlement because the lower court failed to conduct a sufficient predominance inquiry under Rule 23(b)(3).

Lumosity's online "brain training" program was playing Jedi mind tricks (yes, a Star Wars pun) on consumers according to a complaint filed by the FTC against Lumos Labs, Inc. and its officers.

The company and the other individual defendants settled with the FTC, but Gugliuzza chose to go to trial.

We thought our readers might be interested in a recent Untitled Letter that FDA sent to Zydus Discovery DMCC, the US agent/subsidiary of Indian pharmaceutical company Zydus Cadila, . . .

On November 13, 2014, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida approved and entered a permanent injunction and settlement between the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") and the Florida Attorney General (the "AG"), on the one hand, and Woldwide Info Services, Inc. ("Worldwide"), on the other.