Update – 7/8/2025: On July 8, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated the FTC’s Negative Option Rule in its entirety, meaning that the Rule will not go into effect as scheduled...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office joined forces against NGL Labs, LLC (NGL) and two of its co-founders for “unlawfully exploiting kids for profit” according to FTC Chair, Lina...

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) settled charges with Age of Learning—the operator of ABCmouse, a digital learning program for children—that the company: (1) failed to disclose material auto-renewal terms, (2) did not obtain consumers’ express consent to...

Online reviews of products, services and businesses have become integral in how consumers make e-commerce purchases. Many savvy consumers rely on reviews by other consumers or experts before they make a purchase, plan a trip,...

Can states require out-of-state website operators to identify authors of negative reviews? This was the issue addressed by the Supreme Court of Virginia in Yelp, Inc. v. Hadeed Carpet Cleaning, Inc., 2015 WL 1726739 (Va....