Ad Law Access

Updates on advertising law and privacy law trends, issues, and developments

FTC Threatens 70 Colleges with Civil Penalties in Attempt to Resurrect Penalty Offense Authority

Making good on promises to creatively explore all of its options for enforcement, the FTC yesterday notified 70 for-profit higher educational institutions that it intends to use its long dormant Penalty Offense…

Chopra, Khan, Slaughter Take Control of the Federal Trade Commission

Commissioners Cut Procedures, Rescind Policy, Empower Staff, Target Tech With an unprecedented attack on policies the Federal Trade Commission had long embraced, the new majority of Democratic Commissioners revealed a…

TINA.org Lobbies FTC to Use Penalty Offense Authority against Direct Sellers

TINA.org continues to aggressively beat the enforcement drum. Today, its leaders sent a letter to Acting Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection Samuel Levine encouraging the FTC “to implement a penalty offense…

FTC Announces “Operation Income Illusion” to Crack Down on Deceptive Income Claims

The FTC today announced four new enforcement actions and one new settlement alleging deceptive income claims in violation of the FTC Act. The FTC noted that these actions are part of a broader initiative branded as…

Webinar Replay: Cleaning Up From 2020: Guidance for Disinfectant, Germ and Virus Killing Claims

Find the replay of our webinar Cleaning Up From 2020: Guidance for Disinfectant, Germ and Virus Killing Claims here . COVID-19 has brought a proliferation of products claiming to kill or otherwise inhibit viruses,…