Amazon’s $2.5 Billion FTC Settlement: A landmark win for consumer rights
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has decided to investigate the activities of AppLovin, Bloomberg sources report. It is claimed that the regulator took notice of the company after short sellers accused it of fraud.| Game World Observer
Litigation, merger reviews, and permitting all set to slow| Broadband Breakfast
We are pleased to share a new podcast episode, which was taken from our September 9, 2025, webinar featuring Malini Mithal, Associate Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Division of Financial Practices. Malini has been a valued guest on our podcast in past years, and this session provided another timely and insightful discussion.… Continue Reading| Consumer Finance Monitor
The Hidden Risk Behind the Hype Among the most pressing concerns is the phenomenon of AI washing, which can be the practice of overstating or misrepresenting a company’s AI capabilities or can be the increased acceptance of low-quality output. While it may be a trendy marketing tactic, AI washing can also carry significant legal liabilities […] The post AI Washing appeared first on QuickRead | News for the Financial Consulting Professional.| QuickRead | News for the Financial Consulting Professional
It’s the beginning of a new year for some of us, so let me wish all of you a good year, and a sweet year, even if you don’t know what I’m talking about. Private Anticompetitive Censorship Continued? Turning back to the agency beat: in a Sept. 7 guest essay in The New York Times, ... Antitrust at the Agencies: Happy New Year 5786 Edition The post Antitrust at the Agencies: Happy New Year 5786 Edition appeared first on Truth on the Market.| Truth on the Market
A Sept. 25 press release from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) declares a sort of victory: “FTC Secures Historic $2.5 Billion Settlement Against Amazon.” The settlement comes in the infamous “dark patterns” case, where—as the press release reminds us—the agency “alleged that Amazon used deceptive methods to sign up consumers for Prime subscriptions and made ... The Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Amazon The post The Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Amazon appeared first on Truth on the...| Truth on the Market
The FTC will hold a noncompete workshop on October 8, 2025, featuring panels on worker impact, policy perspectives, and economic costs.| Fair Competition Law
The Supreme Court will hear the FTC firing case. The real issue isn’t agency policy — it’s the scope of presidential power.| Fair Competition Law
Scholar argues that an ideal information platform regulator must be adaptable, informed, and multidisciplinary. The post Evaluating the FTC as a Potential Information Platform Regulator first appeared on The Regulatory Review.| The Regulatory Review
The FTC under Joe Biden appointee Lina Khan is taking a woke line on AI technology, pledging today to take an approach to AI regulation centered around "civil rights" and "equal opportunity" in addition to the standard FTC provinces of consumer protection and competition.| Breitbart
In 2023 Lina Khan, then-chair of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, sued Amazon over using (PDF) “manipulative, coercive, or deceptive user-interface designs known as ‘dark patterns’ to trick consumers into enrolling in automatically-renewing Prime subscriptions” and “knowingly complicat[ing] the cancellation process”. Some people thought this case was a long-shot, or attempted to use Khan’s scholarship […]⌥ Permalink| Pixel Envy
Kimmel’s back, baybee; would ads make Wikipedia better, actually?; and Amazon gets accused of dark patterns.| AdExchanger
On August 20, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) sued Fitness International, LLC and Fitness & Sports Club LLC – the parent companies of LA Fitness and other gym chains – for violations of Section 5 of the FTC Act and the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act (“ROSCA”) in connection with alleged practices that make it... Continue Reading…| Inside Privacy
In August, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced a $14 million settlement with Match Group, Inc. and Match Group, LLC (collectively, “Match”),| Inside Privacy
We’ve been updating on developments involving the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) proposed rule banning nearly all employee non-competition agreements since it was first announced in January 2023 (see here), thereafter enjoined on a limited basis by a Texas federal court in July 2024 (see here), and then enjoined on a nationwide basis in August 2024...... Continue Reading| Employment Law Worldview
Social media influencers are everywhere – TikTok, Instagram, even LinkedIn – and employers are taking notice. And it’s not just professional content| Employment Law Worldview
On September 11, the Federal Trade Commission announced final orders permanently banning two individual defendants from the debt relief industry and imposing asset surrender provisions to resolve allegations of a fraudulent student loan forgiveness scheme. The FTC alleged violations of the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Telemarketing Sales Rule, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and the FTC’s new... Continue Reading|
This Just In Judge Amit P. Mehta’s memorandum opinion in the Google Search case has dropped. It’s 230 pages, and I’ve merely skimmed it. A careful discussion–from me or anyone else–will wait a bit. For now, the remedies are quite a bit more than Google had proposed, but at the same time, a good deal ... Antitrust at the Agencies: Moderation in All Things Edition The post Antitrust at the Agencies: Moderation in All Things Edition appeared first on Truth on the Market.| Truth on the Market
Proposed Consent Order Mandates Robust Program to Prevent CSAM and NCM and Imposes $5 Million Penalty SALT LAKE CITY, Utah—The ... Read More The post PRESS RELEASE: Utah Division of Consumer Protection and FTC Secure Landmark Settlement with Aylo Over Unconscionable and Deceptive Practices appeared first on blog.commerce.utah.gov.| blog.commerce.utah.gov
The Ferguson-led FTC has launched its first noncompete enforcement action. More cases will follow. Now is the time to review your agreements.| Fair Competition Law
We chat with friend of the pod and special guest Alex Gaynor, former deputy chief technologist at the FTC and all around good Security Person™. Join for nerd...| securitycryptographywhatever.com
The United States government has long had an interest in boosting its high technology sector, with manifold objectives: for soft power, espionage, and financial dominance, at least. It has accomplished this through tax incentives, funding some of the best universities in the world, lax antitrust and privacy enforcement, and — in some cases — direct […]| Pixel Envy
Autorenewal regulation has been a recent focus of both federal and state regulators. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently vacated the| Inside Privacy
As manufacturers play an active role in the patients’ healthcare journey, the boundaries between manufacturers and healthcare providers/payers are becoming increasingly blurry.| MedCity News
The second Trump administration has been signaling a move away from the Biden administration’s policy of actively discouraging mergers. This change in direction could benefit the U.S. economy. But some merger uncertainty remains, rooted in the administration’s decision to retain 2023 merger guidelines. Targeted revisions to those guidelines—or, at the very least, public pronouncements designed ... Reducing Merger Uncertainty Could Help the American Economy The post Reducing Merger Uncer...| Truth on the Market
In July, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that telemedicine company NextMed agreed to pay $150,000 to settle charges that it deceptively| Inside Privacy
Reddit is surging with advertiser demand; not everyone is Substack material; and Trump released his AI Action Plan.| AdExchanger
I’d like to begin with a tip of the hat to my former Federal Trade Commission (FTC) colleague Tara Koslov, who recently announced her retirement from the FTC after more than 28 years of service. Tara and I agreed on much, but far from everything. Heck, I have it on good authority that she hated ... The More Things Change: Exits, Reversals, and the Revolving Door The post The More Things Change: Exits, Reversals, and the Revolving Door appeared first on Truth on the Market.| Truth on the Market
The federal antitrust agencies appear to be easing up on merger enforcement, ditching a Biden administration policy of discouraging mergers. This change in direction could promote enhanced American innovation and economic growth. M&A Economic Benefits Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) generate various major economic benefits: They reallocate badly managed commercial assets to higher-valued uses, raising business ... M&A Enforcement Easing Under the Trump Administration The post M&A Enforcement E...| Truth on the Market
The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) Antitrust Division filed a statement of interest late last week in a private antitrust case brought against a number of major news publishers by, among others, the Children’s Health Defense—the organization previously chaired by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Nominally, the DOJ’s statement can be ... Antitrust and Collusion on Regulating Misinformation: Thoughts on the DOJ’s Statement of Interest The post Antitrust an...| Truth on the Market
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently launched a public inquiry into technology platform censorship. Digital-platform censorship clearly raises serious policy concerns. Nevertheless, before filing lawsuits, the FTC and its fellow enforcement agency, the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) will need to factor in platforms’ First Amendment protections and limitations on agency statutory authority. Bringing platform-censorship cases may ... Competition Law and Technology-Platform Censorship T...| Truth on the Market
The consumer financial services landscape is undergoing a transformative shift under the second Trump administration, with significant deregulatory| Consumer Finance Monitor
Big tech companies "cross-use" user data from one part of their business to prop up others. This hurts innovation & choice. The FTC must investigate. Plus, the GDPR is emerging as a defacto international standard. Whether this helps or harms United States firms will be determined by whether the United States enacts and actively enforces robust federal privacy laws.| Dr Johnny Ryan FRHistS
If you rely on outbound calling to generate sales for your business, you should be aware of the TSR. Learn what it is and how to protect your business.| Readymode®
Last week’s “listening session” on pharmaceutical competition, hosted jointly by the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC), may go down as an important precursor to the Trump administration’s promised campaign to lower drug prices. While billed as a fact-finding exercise, the discussion revealed competing visions to reform the U.S. pharmaceutical ecosystem, with ... First Impressions from the DOJ/FTC Listening Session on Drug-Price Competition The post First...| Truth on the Market
A little bird (ok, a normal-size adult human being) has asked me a question about the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Trump v. CASA. It might not be the question on the tip of everyone’s tongue, although it’s a natural one for those interested in competition policy, administrative law, or all things (or at ... Mi CASA es Mi CASA The post Mi CASA es Mi CASA appeared first on Truth on the Market.| Truth on the Market
Now that we have had some time with the newly revised FTC Disclosure Guidelines, we are starting to think about the practical application in addition to the big picture. One of the questions that I have been asked the most is about what exactly the FTC has said can and cannot be used for disclosure. […] The post Affiliate and Influencer Disclosure Cheat Sheet appeared first on Tricia Meyer.| Tricia Meyer
We have been waiting for this update for a LONG time and it is finally here! The FTC has updated its Endorsement Guides, which are the source of the disclosure rules that affiliate marketers and influencers (among others) must follow. I think my favorite part of this new update is the reference to “dog influencers.” […] The post FTC Updates Disclosure Guidelines for Affiliates and Influencers appeared first on Tricia Meyer.| Tricia Meyer
Photo by MART PRODUCTION on Pexels.com By: Penny Pathanaporn Introduction Have you ever noticed the endless stream of brand endorsements flooding your social media feed? Maybe you’d never even cons…| Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced April 14 that it has “launched a public inquiry into the impact of federal regulations on competition, with the goal of identifying and reducing anticompetitive regulatory barriers.” A request for public comment (RPC) on the inquiry has also been published in the Federal Register. Bravo. The inquiry will not ... Back to the Future (of Competition Research and Advocacy)| Truth on the Market
FTC v. Meta Platforms Inc. has gone to court, and trial is just underway in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleges that Meta is currently, in 2025, engaged in monopolization in violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act by dint of having acquired Instagram ... The FTC’s Zombie Antitrust Action Against Meta Continues to Lurch Forward| Truth on the Market
Author: Steven Cernak Last week, the FTC voluntarily dismissed its Robinson-Patman Act case against Pepsi that it filed in January. The dismissal and the Commissioner statements accompanying it hinted that the FTC’s determination to revive Robinson-Patman will not be as strong in the Trump Administration. Short and Recent History of the Case This blog has […]| The Antitrust Attorney Blog
Authors: Ruth Glaeser and Steven Cernak In her first major speech since taking the helm of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater spotlighted a ...| The Antitrust Attorney Blog
Author: Steven Cernak Last week, the FTC voluntarily dismissed its Robinson-Patman Act case against Pepsi that it filed in January. The dismissal and the Commissioner statements accompanying it hinted that the FTC’s determination to revive Robinson-Patman will not be as strong in the Trump Administration. Short and Recent History of the Case This blog has […]| The Antitrust Attorney Blog
Authors: Ruth Glaeser and Steven Cernak In her first major speech since taking the helm of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater spotlighted a ...| The Antitrust Attorney Blog
Introduction On December 20, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) finalized a consent agreement (“Consent Order”) with Marriott International, Inc. and its subsidiary Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide LLC (collectively, “Marriott”) to settle allegations that Marriott failed to implement reasonable data security measures, resulting in three large data breaches from 2014 to 2020 and [...]| Debevoise Data Blog
As we approach the end of the year, here are the Top 11 Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) posts on the Debevoise Data Blog in 2024 by page views. If you are not already a Blog subscriber, click here to sign up. Good AI Vendor Risk Management Is Hard, But Doable (September 26, 2024) As companies slowly [...]| Debevoise Data Blog
Today's links| Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said two operators of an alleged eCommerce business opportunity scam have agreed to settle the charges. Trevor Duffy| PYMNTS.com
On April 23, 2024, the US Department of Labor finally announced its changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regulations regarding bona fide exempt| ELH / HR4Sight
Authors: Steven Cernak and Luis Blanquez On January 10, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its usual annual announcement to increase the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act thresholds. The ...| The Antitrust Attorney Blog
For Immediate Release: December 17, 2024 Contact: mail@consumercal.org Sacramento, CA – Statement by Consumer Federation of California Executive Director Robert Herrell regarding the Federal Trade Commission’s final rule on junk fees, announced early on Tuesday, December 17, 2024: “The Consumer Federation of California applauds the Federal Trade Commission, and particularly FTC … Read More ›| Consumer Federation of California
HR Sight is the go-to HR support service tracking new labor laws in every state of the United States. Find out if your company is up-to-date today!| ELH / HR4Sight
Nestled within the Biden administration’s recent, sweeping Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy is a small, rather oblique paragraph that has garnered little attention to date. Appearing as Section 5(d), it urges the Attorney General and the … The post Biden Administration Signals Reversal Of Delrahim Position on Standards Essential Patents appeared first on ConsortiumInfo.org.| ConsortiumInfo.org
As our world becomes increasingly digital, the importance of cybersecurity has never been more critical. In the first blog post in our series for| cyber/data/privacy insights
In this first installment of our series on the automotive and mobility sector, Cooley cyber/data/privacy lawyers introduce the key data privacy legal| cyber/data/privacy insights
On Wednesday, August 7, from 4:00 to 6:00 PM ET, Beck Reed Riden LLP will be hosting a virtual expert roundtable to discuss the FTC’s looming ban on noncompete agreements.| Beck Reed Riden LLP
The regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) has drawn significant interest from policymakers in the US, particularly at the state level. There has been| cyber/data/privacy insights
Author: Luis Blanquez We recently wrote about the Federal Trade Commission’s blog post explaining how relying on a common algorithm to determine your pricing decisions might violate Section 1 of ...| The Antitrust Attorney Blog
Author: Luis Blanquez Are you delegating your pricing decisions to a common algorithm software platform? If so, you might violate the antitrust laws. It may not even matter whether you actually ...| The Antitrust Attorney Blog
The scandal-plagued software company has hired a trio of Capitol Hill insiders to fend off regulatory scrutiny from Congress.| Revolving Door Project
In December 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a settlement with Rite Aid for the company’s use of facial recognition technology (FRT) in| cyber/data/privacy insights
I’m spending some time getting back up to speed on the major players in the games sector as part of my increased involvement in Hiro Capital, and this chart in the Activision Blizzard annual report leaped out at me: Microsoft was less than 10% of Activision Blizzard’s revenue. Sony was more, and the two main... The post Is Microsoft buying Activision market share? appeared first on Gamesbrief.| Gamesbrief
