01.04.18
The Federal Trade Commission showed no love for an online lingerie marketer’s negative option membership program when it reached a settlement that requires AdoreMe to return more than $1.3 million to customers.
To say that strong passions have surrounded the recent Federal Communications Commission vote to reverse 2015’s net neutrality rules is putting it mildly.
Can consumers recognize an advertisement contained in search results or native advertising?
12.28.17
Video advertising regulation will begin April 1, 2018, the Online Interest-Based Advertising Accountability Program announced this week with a Compliance Warning.
In a case described by the judge as presenting an “important question regarding the emerging ‘mash-up’ culture,” a jury will consider the copyright and trademark claims raised by a Star Trek version of Dr. Seuss’s Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
Fitbit may lose some sleep over a putative class action challenging the advertising claims for its sleep-tracking function after the court denied the company’s motion for summary judgment in the case.
Opening the Federal Trade Commission’s workshop on informational injury, Acting Chair Maureen K. Ohlhausen said the government “does the most good with the fewest unintended side effects when it focuses on addressing actual or likely substantial consumer injury instead of expending ...
12.21.17
In an effort to avoid unsavory or illegal posts, Instagram and YouTube have introduced new limitations on content.
New suits accuse mattress company Casper Sleep and lender Quicken Loans of illegally tracking consumers online.
