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Fame, FTC, and Fine Print: Navigating Advertising Rules in an Evolving Landscape

Fame, FTC, and Fine Print: Navigating Advertising Rules in an Evolving Landscape

May 12, 2025

Fame, FTC, and Fine Print: Navigating Advertising Rules in an Evolving Landscape

By: Abbey Block

Ryan Seacrest is most well-known for his role as the charismatic host of popular television shows like American Idol and Wheel of Fortune.  But more recently, Seacrest has taken on a new business venture, becoming the spokesperson for the social casino platform, Chumba Casino. Chumba Casino, launched in 2012, allows players to engage in online casino-style games. Seacrest began his partnership with the brand in December of 2023, and has been featured prominently in the platform’s promotional materials on social media platforms such as YouTube and Instagram. But Seacrest recently found himself in a bit of legal hot water, being named as a co-defendant in a lawsuit brought against Chumba’s parent company, VGW. In the lawsuit, plaintiff Aubrey Carillo alleges…

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California Actively Enforcing its Delete Act against Data Brokers

March 10, 2025

California Actively Enforcing its Delete Act against Data Brokers

By: Nicole Kardell

If you are a data broker and you are not registered in California, you may face sanctions, including fines and possible shut down of operations.  The California Privacy Protection Agency is actively enforcing the state’s Delete Act, legislation that was enacted in 2023. The Delete Act requires entities that qualify as data brokers under the law to register annually with the CPPA and pay the…

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FTC Cracking Down On Online Censorship

February 27, 2025

FTC Cracking Down On Online Censorship

By: Steven Eichorn

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has recently launched a public outreach effort to obtain information from the public regarding how they are treated by technology platforms. As explained by the FTC, they are seeking to “understand how technology platforms deny or degrade users’ access to services based on the content of their speech or affiliation, and how this conduct may have violated the law.” This…

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FTC Cracks Down on Merchants’ Empty Promises

March 3, 2011

FTC Cracks Down on Merchants’ Empty Promises

By: Ifrah Law

On March 2, 2011, the Federal Trade Commission announced “Operation Empty Promises,” a multi-agency law enforcement initiative aimed at cracking down on misleading “work from home” and other business opportunity offers. The campaign includes more than 90 actions brought by various state and federal agencies in the past year, including the Department of Justice, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and state law enforcement agencies. It…

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Chargebacks Can Be a Major Problem for Small Businesses

February 17, 2011

Chargebacks Can Be a Major Problem for Small Businesses

By: Ifrah Law

The Wall Street Journal has acknowledged the serious problem that chargebacks pose to businesses in an article posted on its website. Merchants pay a heavy price for these reverse credit card transactions, which cost them a lost sale, the lost product, and a fine imposed by the credit card company. What’s more, courts have equated chargebacks to merchant fraud, using merchants’ chargeback rates against them…

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FTC Looks at Football Helmet Safety Claims

February 7, 2011

FTC Looks at Football Helmet Safety Claims

By: Ifrah Law

Helmet safety has caught the attention of the Federal Trade Commission, which is looking into marketing claims that some football helmets can help reduce concussions. Recent months have seen widespread publicity about concussions and other traumatic head and neck injuries suffered by football players, prompting the National Football League to step up enforcement of rules against illegal hits. Pressure on the FTC to investigate possibly…

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Middlemen Run Afoul of FTC Suspicions

February 3, 2011

Middlemen Run Afoul of FTC Suspicions

By: Ifrah Law

Brokers, middlemen, and intermediaries serve an economic purpose: to put people who want a product or service in touch with a product maker or service provider. Real estate brokers help us buy and sell homes; mortgage brokers help us find lenders for our home purchases; manufacturing reps help get new products on our grocery shelves, and so on. These middlemen help match buyers and sellers…

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FTC Gets Serious About ‘Fake’ Reviews, Endorsements

January 24, 2011

FTC Gets Serious About ‘Fake’ Reviews, Endorsements

By: Ifrah Law

In a cybermarket full of every product and service imaginable, advertisers go to great lengths to make their products stand out by grabbing consumers’ attention and interest. In recent years blogs have become a popular forum for sharing tips and information, and advertisers have used blogs to promote their products. While advertisers are perfectly entitled to tout their products’ positive attributes, they must do so…

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Fame, FTC, and Fine Print: Navigating Advertising Rules in an Evolving Landscape

Fame, FTC, and Fine Print: Navigating Advertising Rules in an Evolving Landscape
By: Abbey Block

California Actively Enforcing its Delete Act against Data Brokers

California Actively Enforcing its Delete Act against Data Brokers
By: Nicole Kardell

FTC Cracking Down On Online Censorship

FTC Cracking Down On Online Censorship
By: Steven Eichorn

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