Consumer Protection
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Consumer Protection in the Age of AI: The FTC’s Approach to AI Regulation
Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing our daily lives in health care, shopping, and travel, but it...
Brenda Leong, Blair Robinson
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District Court Denies Kochava’s Motion to Dismiss FTC Complaint Regarding Geolocation Data Sales
The federal district court in the Southern District of Idaho denied Kochava’s second attempt to dismiss the...
Ken Dreifach, Emma Bourgeois, Stacey Brandenburg
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CFPB Continues to Enhance Regulatory Authority Over Consumers’ Access to Their Financial Data
With the comment period recently closed, the content and implications of the Consumer Financial Protection...
Paul Rice, Ahmed Eissa, Zach Lerner, Stacey Brandenburg
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FCC Tightens Reins on Texts and Calls
On December 13, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) voted to adopt a Second Report...
Alex Stout, Mason Weisz
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Putting the “Robo” in Robocalls
Robocalls: consumers hate them, plaintiffs’ lawyers love them, and near-sentient robots stop them so effectively...
Alex Stout, Jon Frankel
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FTC Pursues Retailer for Intentionally Suppressing Negative Consumer Reviews
The FTC settled with online shoe retailer, Hey Dude, Inc., stating that Hey Dude deceptively...
Emma Bourgeois, Rushil Mehta, Stacey Brandenburg
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Retailers May Pay Price for Comparative Pricing Practices
A pair of settlements totaling $229.5 million and a newly filed lawsuit against online retailers...
Zach Lerner, Daniel de Zayas
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All Eyes on Crypto: Biden Admin’s Crypto Executive Order
On March 9, 2022, President Biden signed a historic executive order directing federal agencies and...
Steven Deolus, Daniel de Zayas
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NFTs and IP: Integrating digital collectibles
As more businesses consider integrating non-fungible tokens (NFTs) into their social media, gaming, or marketing...
Steven Deolus, Sheri Pan
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Spike in Right of Publicity Cases Against Online Providers
The last year has seen a rise in the number of complaints alleging misappropriation of...
Maddie Rana, Jeff Landis
