1/14/2026 8:28:00 PM FTC Finalizes GM/OnStar Order Over Geolocation Data Practices By Holly Melton The FTC’s January 2026 final order against GM and its OnStar subsidiary marks the culmination of a long-running investigation into how...
1/14/2026 7:16:30 AM Kentucky Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against Character.AI By Maria Nava This month, the Office of the Kentucky Attorney General announced that it filed a lawsuit against Character Technologies, Inc., its...
1/14/2026 1:24:02 AM Enabling Deception Has Consequences — Even Years Later By Holly Melton The Federal Trade Commission recently filed a contempt motion against Cliq, Inc. (formerly CardFlex, Inc.) and its principals. The motion...
1/12/2026 7:24:58 PM FTC Year in Review: 2025 Priorities and the Road Ahead By Holly Melton In 2025, the FTC devoted significant resources to consumer protection. Both its public statements and enforcement activity made the...
1/12/2026 4:17:49 PM CalPrivacy Escalates Data Broker Enforcement Into Health Data, Large Multinationals By Andrew Folks The California Privacy Protection Agency kicked off 2026 by announcing two new enforcement actions that show continued expansion of...
1/12/2026 12:56:25 PM FCC Delays TCPA Consent Revocation Rule, Again By Andrew Folks On January 6, 2026, the FCC extended its waiver of 2024 rules requiring businesses to honor consent revocation requests uniformly across...
1/10/2026 10:51:47 PM Menards Enters Into Multi-State Settlement Over Rebate and Pricing Practices By Jeff Greenbaum Right before the holidays, the big-box retailer Menards entered into an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance with the Attorneys General of...
1/8/2026 11:04:44 PM FTC to Reexamine Consumer Harm in a Data-Driven Economy By Holly Melton Today, the Federal Trade Commission announced that, on February 26, it will host a workshop focused on a deceptively simple question: how...
1/7/2026 7:36:32 PM Eleventh Circuit Upholds FTC Summary Judgment in Case Involving Hidden Fees By Holly Melton Here we go again. The Eleventh Circuit recently affirmed a district court decision finding that Corpay, Inc. (formerly FleetCor...
1/7/2026 4:34:16 PM Copyright Bill Aims to Improve Copyright Registration Process for High Volume Visual Artists and Creators By Francesca Campione In December 2025, Senator Marsha Blackburn, joined by Senator Peter Welch, introduced a bill aimed at simplifying and streamlining the...
1/6/2026 2:27:04 AM NYC to Crack Down on "Junk Fees" and "Subscription Tricks and Traps" By Jeff Greenbaum New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed two executive orders signaling that the City intends to make fighting “junk fees” and...
1/4/2026 8:05:13 PM Alaska AG Settles with Car Dealers Over Pricing Practices By Jeff Greenbaum Late last month, Alaska Attorney General Stephen Cox announced that the Alaska Department of Law entered into a settlement with Lithia...
12/30/2025 7:22:38 PM Subway Series: Reviews and Testimonials By Terri Seligman It’s the end of the year and I figured I’d close it out by reviving one of my favorite types of blog posts: commenting on an ad I saw on...
12/29/2025 3:16:23 PM Mamdani Appoints Former FTC Consumer Protection Director to Lead Consumer Affairs By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced that he is appointing Samuel Levine as the Commissioner of the New York...
12/28/2025 10:14:36 PM Some Tips for 2026 From the Frankfurt Kurnit Advertising Group By Jeff Greenbaum As we head into 2026, here are some thoughts from the Frankfurt Kurnit Advertising Group about some of the key issues that advertisers...
12/24/2025 12:57:15 PM No More Rytr’s Block: FTC Reverses Course on AI Enforcement By Andrew Folks What a difference a year makes. One year ago, we blogged about the FTC’s settlement with Rytr LLC, an AI writing assistant provider...