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ARTICLE · 04 OCTOBER 2021

FTC Settles Mail Order Rule Case With Marketer Of Magazine Subscriptions

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The Federal Trade Commission and the Florida Attorney General's Office entered into a settlement with Inmate Magazine Service, resolving allegations

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The Federal Trade Commission and the Florida Attorney General's Office entered into a settlement with Inmate Magazine Service, resolving allegations that the company charged prisoners and their families for magazine subscriptions that either showed up late or not at all.  

In March, the FTC and the Florida Attorney General sued Inmate Magazine Service (and related entities), alleging that the company marketed magazine subscriptions to prisoners and their families with false claims that the subscriptions will begin within 120 days.  Saying that the "stark reality is that many consumers simply do not get what they pay for," they charged that consumers don't, in fact, get their magazines, or if they do, they don't arrive when promised.  The regulators also alleged that the company unlawfully refused to provide refunds when magazines weren't delivered as promised.  These problems were magnified, they said, by the inadequate customer service provided by the company

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Originally published by the New York Legal Ethics Reporter

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