On July 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had voted unanimously to initiate a new study focused on how companies may be leveraging consumer purchasing behaviors to personalize pricing for...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule (COPPA Rule). The COPPA Rule applies to operators of websites and online services...more
On Friday June 3, a bipartisan group of leaders from key House and Senate committees released a new “discussion draft” bill to establish nationwide standards for consumer privacy. The proposal (the American Data Privacy and...more
Further to ongoing efforts to evaluate and regulate how companies advertise and label that their products are “Made in the USA,” last week the FTC issued a staff report and a proposed rule that would include the possibility...more
Even in her extensive dissent, FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter labeled the Order “exceptional.”
And it is. The terms of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) $5 billion, twenty-year settlement Order reached with...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced this week that it would not update its anti-spam rule, completing the agency’s first 10-year review of the regulation.
The FTC last updated the rule, known as the CAN-SPAM Rule,...more
The FTC’s “Hey Nineteen” blog post caught our attention this past week, and not just for its witty title. One of those reasons is the reference to continued interest in “Made in USA” claims. As we’ve written about here,...more