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FTC Compliance and Defense Lawyer Discusses Existential Threat to Lead Generation Industry
By Richard B. Newman |
As previously blogged about here, the FCC recently proposed a rule that would turn the lead generation on its head. The proposed new rule goes quite a bit further than simply requiring wireless carriers to block texts from illegitimate numbers. See more, here. In addition to carrier investigation and blocking obligations, as well as an extension of DNC…
FTC Continues Assault on Sham Charities and Fundraisers That Participate in the Deception
By Richard B. Newman |
In 2018, the Federal Trade Commission announced “Operations Donate with Honor,” as law enforcers united to challenge deceptive fundraising. At the time, 54 Attorneys General from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, and Puerto Rico, and 16 additional state agencies that oversee charities joined forces to announce a coordinated effort to…
FTC Legal Regulatory Considerations for Ecommerce Investment Management Providers
By Richard B. Newman |
The Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general continue to aggressively investigate and prosecute those that advertise, market, distribute, promote and sell certain kinds of ecommerce management, business coaching, work-from-home and investment programs. In late 2022, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it was exploring changes to the Business Opportunity Rule in order to broadly expand on…
Recent U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Further Erodes Traditional FTC Enforcement Authority
By Richard B. Newman |
On April 14, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court afforded defendants the ability to directly challenge the structural constitutionality and existence of the Federal Trade Commission (and the Securities and Exchange Commission) in federal court without having to slog their way through pre-enforcement administrative proceedings that many believe deprive defendants of due process. Axon Enterprise, Inc.…
Richard B. Newman Selected to Author Consumer Protection Section of ALM FTC Law, Practice and Procedure Treatise
By Richard B. Newman |
As a result of the firm’s demonstrated subject matter expertise and track record of success in the fields of FTC advertising compliance, investigations and defense, Richard B. Newman has been selected to assume authorship of the Consumer Protection Section of the American Lawyer Media International Federal Trade Commission: Law, Practice and Procedure Treatise, a comprehensive…
FTC Takes Action Against Medical Clinic and its Owner for Alleged Unsubstantiated Claims its Treatment Could Cure Addiction and Disease
By Richard B. Newman |
The Federal Trade Commission recently announced that it has taken action under the Opioid Addiction Recovery Fraud Prevention Act (OARFPA), suing a physician and a set of companies she controls that operate as AWAREmed Health & Wellness Resource Center, a medical clinic, for allegedly making a wide range of false or unsupported claims for addiction…