FTC fishing expedition ends without penalty for Utah hotel reservation service company
A hotel reservation service company in Utah stipulated to an order concluding action without any penalty.
Category: Misleading Advertising
HHS website usability guidelines used by FTC to allege misleading marketing practices
Trial began on last week for a deceptive advertising suit against DirecTV in which the FTC’s opening statements asked the Court to award $3.95 in damages to consumers.
FTC probing allegations of Amazon’s deceptive discounting
Consumer Watchdog asked the FTC to halt Amazon’s purchase of Whole Foods and argued that deceptive list prices make Amazon’s prices look like more of bargain than they are.
DeVry University becomes latest for-profit university victim
The FTC announced late last week that it had reached a $100 million settlement with for-profit giant DeVry University over charges that DeVry misled prospective students.
Homeopathic drugs held to same standards by the FTC
In late September 2015, the FTC hosted a one-day public workshop, titled “Homeopathic Medicine & Advertising.” The workshop explored advertising for over-the-counter (“OTC”) homeopathic drugs. The workshop included several panel discussions. The topics explored by the panel discussions touched on issues such as the current state of the homeopathic market, advertising for homeopathic products, consumer […]
Warner Bros. settles charges over influencer campaign
The FTC has recently focused its enforcement efforts on influencer campaigns. An influencer campaign, instead of marketing a product directly to a consumer, inspires, hires, or pays influencers to market a product to a larger consumer base. While an influencer campaign may be an effective way to market a product to a greater number of […]
Solar energy: the FTC’s next target
Every few months, the FTC hosts a workshop that raises issues of competition and consumer protection within a particular industry. Generally, following these workshops, the FTC begins to pursue actions against companies focused on by the earlier workshop. It is almost as if the FTC’s workshops serve as a warning that the FTC is about […]
Made in USA claims and the FTC
For most products, with the exception of automobiles or items made from textile, wool, or fur, there is no requirement that manufacturers make a “Made in USA” claim regarding their products. However, if a manufacturer chooses to make a “Made in USA” claim, then the manufacturer must comply with the FTC’s Made in USA standard […]
POM Wonderful appeal denied by Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear POM Wonderful LLC’s petition for writ of certiorari regarding a 2013 FTC decision that found some of POM Wonderful’s health related claims to be misleading. As a result, the FTC ‘s January 2013 order against POM Wonderful will stand. FTC’s REsponse to Supreme Court’s Denial of Appeal […]