The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has once again announced that it is seeking public comment on ways to improve existing regulations for negative option programs, including the existing Negative Option Rule. The FTC issued an...

On February 11, the California Attorney General announced a $2.75 million settlement with Disney, resolving allegations that the company violated the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) by failing to fully effectuate California consumers’ requests to opt out...

Amazon’s $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”)—which comes on the heels of the district court’s recent summary judgment ruling in favor of the FTC on critical claims in the same case—underscores just...

The Massachusetts Attorney General has released final regulations (“the Final Regulations”) imposing obligations on businesses that offer auto-renewing subscriptions, as well as businesses that impose purportedly hidden or misleading fees (referred to as “junk fees”). The Final...

In one of its last data security enforcement actions of the Biden Administration, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) brought claims against GoDaddy, one of the world’s largest web hosting companies, for allegedly failing to implement reasonable...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has come up with some new tricks in recent years, but few have been more notable than its apparent decision to focus civil enforcement efforts not just against corporate entities,...