Businesses that market and sell to consumers are heavily focused on navigating federal and state legal issues related to advertising, privacy, promotions, products liability, government investigations, unfair competition, class actions and general consumer protection. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has introduced a series of robust obligations for brick and mortar businesses that collect personal information about those consumers, which creates numerous compliance challenges. These businesses – most commonly retailers and the hospitality industry –…

The annual ABA Antitrust Law Spring Meeting held in Washington, D.C., last month included sessions on consumer protection. Key takeaways include the following: The FTC Act remains broad in scope, claims about products treating serious diseases must be supported by clinical testing, and companies promoting their products as “Made in the USA” must meet the “all or virtually all” standard, meaning that all significant parts and processing that go into the product must be of…