The FTC and the state of Washington announced a $225 million settlement with Amway Corp. and two of its licensees, World Wide Group LLC (WWG) and Leadership Team Development Inc. (LTD), resolving allegations that the companies use unfair and deceptive tactics to recruit members to their direct selling and multilevel marketing opportunity. Amway offers a…

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Arizona AG Kris Mayes has filed a consumer fraud lawsuit against L’Oréal USA, Inc., its parent company. and Softsheen concerning the marketing and sale of chemical hair relaxer products. The lawsuit alleges that the companies failed to disclose information about chemicals in the products that have been classified as known or likely carcinogens or have…

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Florida AG James Uthmeier has proposed legislation that would establish liability for companies that own, control, or distribute artificial intelligence chatbots when those systems are involved in criminal activities.

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The FTC finalized an order requiring Cox Media Group (CMG), MindSift LLC, and 1010 Digital Works LLC to pay a total of $930,000 to settle allegations that the companies misled consumers about an AI-powered service, which they allegedly claimed could target localized ads based on conversations captured from consumers’ smart devices and that consumers had opted into such targeting.

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The FTC, Utah, and California jointly have sued Hims & Hers alleging that the telehealth provider shared consumers’ sensitive health information about medical conditions with third party advertising platforms despite claiming its services maintain consumers privacy, and further alleging that the company deceives users about their billing and cancellation practices. The complaint alleges that Hims…

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