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FTC Announces New Enforcement Policy Relating to Textile, Wool and Fur Acts

Kelley Drye

The Federal Trade Commission recently announced a new enforcement policy statement regarding the requirements for a guaranty under the Textile, Wool, and Fur Acts (“the Acts”). The Acts permit sellers of those…

Commission Issues Decision In the matter of POM Wonderful LLC

On January 16, 2013, the Federal Trade Commission (“Commission”) issued an Opinion In the matter of POM Wonderful LLC upholding in part and overruling in part Chief Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell’s May…

Senate Confirms Obama Administration Nominee Joshua D. Wright as New Republican FTC Commissioner

Yesterday, the Senate unanimously confirmed Joshua D. Wright to replace J. Thomas Rosch as a Republican commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). According to various sources, Wright is widely regarded as…

FTC Closes an Investigation Involving a Social Media Campaign

As we've noted in previous posts, if a company provides incentives to a consumer in order to encourage the consumer to promote the company's products, the consumer is required to disclose those incentives. It's not…

Learning From FTC Closing Letters: Useful Insights into Prohibited Practices

In an interview with Catherine Dunn of Corporate Counsel, I discussed some of the patterns and principles found in FTC closing letters and how in-house counsel can benefit from understanding these trends should they…