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Category Archives: ftc
Reading list: irrationally sticky defaults
Robert Letzler, Ryan Sandler, Ania Jaroszewicz, Isaac Knowles, and Luke M. Olson, Knowing When to Quit: Default Choices, Demographics and Fraud, Oct. 8, 2014 Abstract: A long literature in psychology and economics has shown that default options influence consumer choices, … Continue reading
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FTC challenges Gerber allergy-protection claims in court
Read the FTC’s explanation. The FDA approved an extremely limited claim about very sketchy scientific evidence, and Gerber converted that into “the first and only infant formula that meets the criteria for a FDA Qualified Health Claim,” with accompanying gold … Continue reading
Bring me my (bonded) leather: deceptiveness claims were just opinion
Design Resources, Inc. v. Leather Indus. Am., 2014 WL 4159991, No. 1:10CV157 (M.D.N.C. Aug. 19, 2014) DRI sued defendants LIA and Ashley under the Lanham Act and the North Carolina Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act. Dr. Nicholas Cory was … Continue reading
Personal liability for corporate scheme appropriate for repeat offender
Federal Trade Comm’n v. Grant Connect, LLC, No. 11–18023, 2014 WL 3973402 (9th Cit. Aug. 15, 2014) Individual defendant Kyle Kimoto appealed from the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the FTC and its permanent injunction against a variety … Continue reading
FTC can presume consumer reliance in contempt proceedings
FTC v. BlueHippo Funding, LLC, No. 11-374-cv (2d Cir. Aug. 12, 2014) (random side note: decided two and a half years after oral argument!) The FTC appealed the damages portion of a 2010 SDNY order granting in part the FTC’s … Continue reading
FTC announces settlement with "official" ticket seller that wasn’t
Details at the FTC’s site. I was interested in this because usually the FTC leaves alone cases in which a business victim is a likely plaintiff; it makes sense to use government resources to go after defendants who otherwise would … Continue reading
FTC goes after misleading certification mark
Here’s some discussion of the FTC’s complaint from the FTC itself, with a link to the proposed settlement. Unsurprising takeaway: If you purport to certify products as “Made in the USA,” it is a good idea to do some verification … Continue reading
FTC successfully imposes individual liability on high-level employee
Federal Trade Commission v. Ross, 2014 WL 703739, No. 12-2340 (4th Cir. Feb. 25, 2014) The hits (by which I mean FTC victories) just keep on coming. Here, the FTC sued Innovative Marketing and several of its high-level executives and … Continue reading
The dangers of monetizing a Twitter feed
I’ve seen commentary about how this article on the successful monetization of photostream Twitter accounts by a company called Kulfoto ignores that the copyright situation of the photos it shares seems to be … unclear at best However, I was … Continue reading
FTC wins big against diabetes treatment claims
Federal Trade Commission v. Wellness Support Network, Inc., 2014 WL 644749, No. 10–cv–04879 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 19, 2014) (magistrate judge) The FTC sued Wellness and its principals Robert Held and Robyn Held for false advertising and deceptive practices in the … Continue reading