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08.16.18

FTC Steers Arizona Auto Dealers Into Court

In a new complaint filed in Arizona federal court, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charged a group of four auto dealers with a host of illegal activities ranging from misrepresenting and omitting key financial terms in advertisements to falsifying information on vehicle financing applications.


08.16.18

States Take Action on Bitcoin Online Lending

State regulators are keeping a close eye on cryptocurrency and digital lending activities, with a cease and desist order involving bitcoin and a new law targeting online lenders.


08.16.18

Add-Ons Cost Kentucky Bank $4.75M in Federal Reserve Board Action

A Kentucky bank must pay $4.75 million in restitution pursuant to a consent order with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in an enforcement action involving add-on products.


08.16.18

DOJ Expands FCPA Self-Reporting Protections to Successor Companies

Building on its efforts to encourage self-reporting of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it will extend protections to voluntary reporting successor companies for preacquisition violations of the target company.


08.16.18

CMS Finalizes Changes Advancing Its Meaningful Measures Initiative

On August 2, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the final rule for the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS).


08.09.18

ANA Pushes for Balanced Approach to Privacy

The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) is pushing back against the proliferation of privacy legislation similar to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and California’s new privacy law in a new letter to the National Telecommunications and Information ...


08.09.18

NAD Weighs In on ‘Best’ Claims

Be careful about making claims that a product is the “best,” the National Advertising Division (NAD) cautioned in a new decision, recommending that Mahindra USA discontinue claims that it offered the industry’s “best” warranty and “best” in loader lift ...


08.09.18

W3C Finalizes Updates to Accessibility Guidance

Advertisers, take note—the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has updated its Web Content Accessibility Guidelines in a new publication, WCAG 2.1.


08.09.18

Sixth Circuit Drives Movie Trailer Suit to Dismissal

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit refused to allow a moviegoer to hold the distributor of a motion picture liable for false advertising based on a trailer that the plaintiff claimed contained anti-Semitic messaging.


08.09.18

Fifth Circuit Pins Down Insignia Ban

The U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, affirmed a ruling from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) that a ban on pins violated Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), and held that In-N-Out Burger failed to overcome the presumption that a blanket ban on insignia ...