This week, the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee approved a slew of bipartisan bills, including the Kids Off Social Media Act (KOSMA). The bill was introduced by Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, along with Sens. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and Katie Britt, R-Ala. The committee approved the bill by voice vote, but
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COPPA is All Grown Up: FTC Finalizes Rule
After a very long process, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) announced the finalized updates to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule. COPPA was last updated nearly 12 years ago, and much has changed since then. After all, the top song on the radio 12 years ago was the instant classic “Call…
NAD Keeps It Real: Recommends Modification of Reality TV Ambassadors’ Posts to Clearly Disclose Material Connection to Clothing Retailer #Ad
The Scene
The National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Better Business Bureau is just like us! They seem to watch “Love Island” and maybe even “Too Hot to Handle” (#blushing) if the latest news is any indicator. As part of its routine monitoring program (we know you mean 2 a.m. scrolling, NAD Squad), NAD checked…
Junk Fees Will Be Pursued Regardless of the Fate of FTC Rules
“Junk fees” were a popular topic at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 2024 – but now that the dust has settled (at least for now), let’s take a closer look at how the FTC is using its authority to tackle these practices. Over the last year or so, the FTC announced two rules aimed…
FCC One-to-One Consent Rule Vacated by the Eleventh Circuit
We were all set to release our blog today announcing the long-awaited Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) One-to-One Consent Rule (Rule), which was issued in December 2023 and set to take effect on Jan. 27. But alas, both the FCC and the Eleventh Circuit had other plans. First, on Jan. 24, the FCC granted a 12-month…
Use of AI in Marketing and Digital Media – 2025 Playbook
Right now, we are all taking stock of the many important issues and challenges we saw crop up for clients last year, trying to predict what they will face in the coming year, and strategizing about how we can help. Without a doubt, one of the biggest issues we saw clients struggle with last year…
The End of the Khan Era
After much conversation, it is now official. Andrew Ferguson is the new chair of the Federal Trade Commission and Lina Khan is not, though she remains until January 31.
A lot has been said and written about the outgoing chair’s alleged efforts to ram through a number of controversial complaints and actions during the transition…
The Federal Trade Commission – The Week That Was
Check your spam filters, as it is quite possible that they may have filtered out some Federal Trade Commission (FTC or the Commission) emails last week because of the literal deluge of emails spewing forth from the agency. The emails were actually legit – but the flood of activity in the last week of then…
In the Matter of ‘accessiBe’ – Can This Case Provide a Window into the Direction of Andrew Ferguson’s FTC?
On Jan. 3, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a settlement with software provider accessiBe. At first, accessiBe seems to be a simple, routine FTC case following the traditional formula: Advertising + False Promises = FTC Action. However, at second glance, accessiBe can provide a much-needed window into the direction of the next FTC administration.…
Jan. 14 – Likely the FTC’s Final Open Commission Meeting
On Jan. 14, Lina Khan chaired what was likely the final open commission meeting of her time as chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and perhaps the final open commission meeting for the foreseeable future. Khan began the practice of hosting these meetings as part of her push for agency transparency in 2021. The…