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Deceptive Practices
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Consumer Finance Monitor
FTC files lawsuit against merchant cash advance providers for alleged unfair and deceptive practices
The FTC’s recently-filed lawsuit against two merchant cash advance providers and their chief executive officer and president for alleged unfair and deceptive conduct in violation of the FTC Act serves…
Opinions on High
Berry v CCL Secure Ltd
By Katy Barnett
The High Court has unanimously allowed an appeal against part of a judgment of the Full Federal Court of Australia, holding that in a case where a defendant had terminated…
All About Advertising Law
Loan Comparison Lead Gen Site Settles with FTC over Deceptive Pay-to-Play Practices
Last week, the FTC entered into a settlement with LendEDU, a lead generation website that compares and ranks student loan and other financial products, and three of its officers. According…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Deception At The Point of The Insurance Transaction
By Chip Merlin
Deception during solicitation and “twisting” in the insurance marketplace is becoming much more common. We see it with television insurance advertising comparing price without honest comparing of coverage. The internet…
Law & The Environment
Massachusetts Attorney General Files Long-Awaited Climate Change Lawsuit Against Exxon
On October 24, 2019, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey filed a 200-page complaint against Exxon in Suffolk Superior Court, alleging violations of G.L. c. 93A, the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act. …
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
The Case that Sparked the CCPA Gets an FTC Final Order
By Jason C. Gavejian, Joseph J. Lazzarotti, Maya Atrakchi
Recently, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission issued an important opinion, concluding that Cambridge Analytica, LLC, the data analytics and consulting company, engaged in “deceptive practices to harvest personal information” of…
Consumer Finance Monitor
FTC files lawsuit against fuel card marketer
The FTC has filed a lawsuit in an Atlanta federal district court against a company that markets fuel cards to operators of vehicle fleets in which the FTC alleges that…
Fashion & Apparel Law Blog
“Good Genes?”: Maybe Not. FTC Takes Action Against Sunday Riley and Sunday Riley Modern Skincare, LLC For Employees False Reviews
By Ted Max
Sunday Riley launched her skincare firm Sunday Riley Modern Skincare, LLC (“SRMS”) in 2009 and its skincare products, including Good Genes, Power Couple, U.F.O., C.E.O., Luna and Tidal, have enjoyed…
Drug & Device Law
Federal Oversight For Plaintiff Lawyer Advertising
We write mostly about decisions in cases, with those mostly coming from judges. Occasionally, we will also comment on articles, amicus briefs, and official government pronouncements. We cannot remember the last…
Ad Law Access
NAD Recommends Company Discontinue Long-Running “Limited Offer”
Over the past few years, a number of retailers have been challenged over their promotional pricing practices. Those challenges have been brought, primarily, by plaintiffs’ attorneys in class action suits…