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Is the Price Really Right? Michaels Stores Agrees to Pay $1.8 Million to Settle Deceptive Sale Pricing Charges in New York
Yesterday the New York Attorney General announced that Michaels Stores, Inc., has agreed to pay $1.8 million to settle charges that the company engaged in deceptive advertising by misleading consumers about the…
House Hearing Looks at Lessons from EU Privacy Model, Burdens on U.S. Companies
On September 15, 2011, the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade held a hearing examining the European Union’s (EU’s) privacy and data collection regulations and their impact…
FTC Proposes Changes to Children's Privacy Rule
Late this week, the FTC issued its proposed amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule ("COPPA Rule"). The proposed revisions are intended to maintain privacy protections for children who increasingly…
Parties Reach Settlement Over Text-to-Win Sweepstakes
In 2007, several companies offered text-to-win sweepstakes in conjunction with the American Idol, The Apprentice, Deal or No Deal, and 1 vs. 100 television shows. Soon thereafter, plaintiffs filed class action…
Not All Surveys Are Created Equal
Between January 2006 and June 2011, the National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Better Business Bureaus found that 71 percent of the consumer perception surveys introduced by parties to an NAD proceeding were…