Category: Consumer Protection
COVID-19-Related Price Gouging | COVID-19-Related Fake Medicines | COVID-19-Related Antitrust Review Speed-Up
Consumer Protection
The FTC Reminds Consumers that There Is No Such Thing as a Panacea (Read More)- Attorneys General Step Up Enforcement Efforts Against Price Gouging
- New York Attorney General Battles COVID-19 Related Snake Oil Marketing
- Cruise Line in Hot Water over Allegations of Misleading Marketing
- FTC and DOJ Expedite Antitrust Review for COVID-19-Related Collaborations
- The FTC Reminds Consumers that There Is No Such Thing as a Panacea
- California Sues Department of Education over Gainful Employment Rule Repeal
Thursday, March 26, 2020
COVID-19, Antitrust, Consumer Protection, For-Profit Colleges, CA, FL, MA, MO, NY, TX
NY State Debt Collection Suspended | Anti-Gouging Enforcement | AGs: Who’s an “Accredited Investor”?
Consumer Protection
When The Ambulance Chases You'¦Massachusetts Attorney General Settles Allegations of Illegal Debt Collection by Ambulance Company (Read More)
Thursday, March 19, 2020
COVID-19, Antitrust, Breaking News, Consumer Protection, Financial Industry, Labor & Employment, State v. Federal, AR, CA, DC, MA, MS, NY, TX
AGs and COVID-19 | Face-Mapping | 3D Printed Guns
Consumer Protection
FTC: Tea Company, Influencers Cannot Make Unsubstantiated Claims of Product Benefits, Must Disclose Endorsement Agreements (Read More)
Thursday, March 12, 2020
Breaking News, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Consumer Protection, Data Privacy & Security, State v. Federal, MO, NY, VT, WA
Attorneys General Convince Burger King, Popeyes, and Tim Hortons to Discard “No-Poaching” Provisions from Their Franchising Contracts
Consumer Protection
CenturyLink Agrees to Pay Nearly $11 Million to Settle Suit over Marketing and Billing Practices (Read More)
Thursday, March 05, 2020
2020 AG Elections, Consumer Protection, Labor & Employment, State v. Federal, AZ, CA, MA, MN, NC, NY, OR, WA
Vacationers Beware: Timeshare Exit Companies May Be Scammers, not Saviors
Consumer Protection
Vacationers Beware: Timeshare Exit Companies May Be Scammers, not Saviors (Read More)
Thursday, February 27, 2020
CA, IL, MD, MO, OH, TX, WA, Consumer Protection, Data Privacy & Security, Pharmaceuticals
Wendy’s: All the Goodness, But Hold the Alleged Child Labor Violations
Consumer Protection
FTC: No Scientific Proof that These Pills Can Grow Bones and Alleviate Joint Pain (Read More)
Thursday, February 20, 2020
2020 AG Elections, Consumer Protection, Environment, Labor & Employment, CA, MA, MO
Who Controls When State and Federal Regulators Disagree on Whether a Chemical Is a Carcinogen?
Consumer Protection
FTC Busts a Fantasy: Pills That Promise Youth Allegedly Don't Deliver (Read More)
Thursday, February 13, 2020
Antitrust, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Consumer Protection, Data Privacy & Security, Environment, Gaming/Gambling, CA, NY, PA
Bank in CFPB Crosshairs for Allegedly Failing to Properly Manage and Respond to Customer Credit Card Disputes
Consumer Protection
J&J Faces $344 million in Penalties Over Its Pelvic Mesh Products (Read More)
Thursday, February 06, 2020
AR, CA, IL, MI, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Consumer Protection, Cozen in the News, Environment
Payment Processor Caught in the Web of Allegedly Illegal “Free Trial” Scheme
Consumer Protection
Payment Processor Caught in the Web of Allegedly Illegal 'Free Trial' Scheme (Read More)
Thursday, January 23, 2020
2020 AG Elections, Consumer Protection, False Claims Act, KY, MA, MN, NC, PA, WA, WV
23 Attorneys General Band Together to Make PayPal’s Charitable Donations Platform More Transparent
Consumer Protection
CenturyLink Agrees to Pay $8.9 Million to Settle Another Suit over Marketing and Billing Practices (Read More)
Friday, January 17, 2020
2020 AG Elections, Consumer Protection, Data Privacy & Security, Pharmaceuticals, CT, IN, MN, NE, NY