Internet Law
Richard B. Newman Quoted in Cybersecurity Law Report on Xbox and Alexa FTC COPPA Case Lessons: Biometrics, Avatars and Other New Expectations
By Richard B. Newman |
FTC advertising compliance and defense lawyer Richard B. Newman was recently quoted in an article for Cybersecurity Law Report titled “Xbox and Alexa COPPA Case Lessons: Avatars, Biometrics and Other New Expectations.” The article discusses the FTC’s recent privacy enforcement run and how it reinforces regulators’ expanding expectations for companies using video and audio recordings, smart devices…
FTC Places Online Marketplaces on Notice of Obligations Under INFORM Consumer Act
By Richard B. Newman |
The Federal Trade Commission has recently sent letters to 50 online marketplaces nationwide notifying them about their obligation to comply with the new Integrity, Notification, and Fairness in Online Retail Marketplaces for Consumers Act – or the INFORM Consumers Act – as soon as it takes effect on June 27, 2023. “The INFORM Consumers Act…
FTC Explores Environmental Claims and Civil Penalty Rulemakings
By Richard B. Newman |
On May 23, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission hosted a national workshop designed to consider the current state of recycling practices and recycling-related advertising. This follows an FTC announcement in December 2022 that the agency was seeking public comment on potential updates and changes to its ‘Green Guides’ for the use of environment marketing claims. …
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 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…
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…