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CFPB Issues Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Prepaid Cards
Continuing its recent activity on prepaid cards, the CFPB released an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking today seeking comment, data, and information about general purpose reloadable prepaid cards (GPR cards). The…
Administrative Judge in FTC versus POM Wonderful Lowers the Bar, but POM Still Can't Clear It
On May 17, Chief Administrative Law Judge Michael Chappell issued his Initial Decision in the FTC's case against POM Wonderful, accusing POM of making unsubstantiated claims that its pomegranate juice and pomegranate…
Paul Ohm to Serve as Senior Adviser to FTC on Internet, Privacy and Mobile Markets
Professor Paul Ohm, Associate Professor at the University of Colorado Law School, will be joining the FTC as a senior policy adviser for consumer protection and competition issues in the Internet and mobile market…
Ninth Circuit Pulps POM Wonderful's Lanham Act Claims Against Coca-Cola, Affirming FDA Preclusion of Challenge to Regulated Food Labeling
A panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled May 17 on an appeal from summary judgment in a case filed by pomegranate juice maker POM Wonderful against the Coca-Cola Company's Minute Maid division. The dispute…
CFPB to Hold Field Hearing on Prepaid Cards
The CFPB announced today that it will hold a "field hearing" in Durham, North Carolina on the topic of prepaid cards on Wednesday, May 23, 2012. Director Richard Cordray will present remarks and the CFPB will hear…