4/14/2026 10:20:08 PM Maryland Legislature Passes Personalized Pricing Ban, with Narrow Scope By Andrew Folks On April 11, 2026, the Maryland legislature passed HB 895, the Protection From Predatory Pricing Act, prohibiting food retailers and...
4/14/2026 8:00:21 PM Stars, Stripes, and Stipulated Orders: FTC Announces "Made in USA" Sweep By Holly Melton The FTC announced today three enforcement actions against companies that are alleged to have falsely advertised their products as made in...
4/14/2026 5:31:43 PM Alaska AG Enters Into $800K Settlement With Car Dealer Group By Jeff Greenbaum Last month, Alaska Attorney General Stephen J. Cox announced that his office entered into a settlement with a group of Swickard car...
4/14/2026 4:33:09 PM Virginia Bans Sale of Precise Geolocation Data By Andrew Folks On April 13, 2026, Governor Abigail Spanberger signed SB 338 into law, joining Oregon and Maryland in banning the sale of precise...
4/11/2026 12:19:37 PM StubHub Gets Ticketed by the FTC By Terri Seligman As announced by the FTC this week, StubHub will pay $10 million to settle the FTC’s charges that the company violated the FTC Act and the...
4/10/2026 1:35:39 PM Utah First State to Amend its App Store Accountability Act By Andrew Folks In March 2025, Utah was the first state to pass an App Store Accountability Act (ASAA), enacting SB 142. Since then, Texas, Louisiana,...
4/5/2026 8:20:40 PM Auto Dealer Group Agrees to Pay More Than $3M, and Consumer Redress, to Resolve Charges of Deceptive Pricing By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission and the Maryland Attorney General announced that they reached a settlement with Lindsay Automotive Group and...
4/5/2026 7:10:51 PM Another Discount Pricing Case (This One Against Home Depot) Survives Motion to Dismiss By Holly Melton Reference price litigation keeps coming, and now it's targeting a big one. In Berger et al. v. The Home Depot USA Inc., No. 1:24-cv-01435...
4/2/2026 12:25:44 PM FCC Reminds Broadcasters to Provide Federal Candidates Their Lowest Prices for Election Advertising By Jeff Greenbaum Earlier this week, the Federal Communications Commission issued a reminder to broadcasters about their legal obligation to charge federal...
3/30/2026 10:38:40 PM Arizona AG Settles Greenwashing Case Over Hefty “Recycling” Bags By Jordyn Milewski Last month, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes settled a consumer‑fraud lawsuit against Reynolds Consumer Products, over allegations...
3/30/2026 1:08:57 PM Do Advertisers Have an Obligation to Disclose How Spicy Their Salsa Really is? By Jeff Greenbaum When visiting New York City, a German tourist visited the popular (and delicious) taco chain Los Tacos No. 1. Apparently, he had never...
3/26/2026 8:58:21 PM New York Law Requiring Retailers to Accept Cash Goes Into Effect By Jeff Greenbaum New York's new law that requires retailers to accept cash went to effect on March 21st. The legislation (S4153A/A7929), which was...
3/26/2026 4:45:47 PM Washington State Enacts Broad Deepfake Personality Rights Law By Joshua Goldman Washington State has enacted one of the most expansive deepfake-related personality rights statutes in the country. Rather than creating...
3/25/2026 7:20:40 PM FTC Seeks Comments on Recurring Subscription Rulemaking By Kate Patton Jason Howell The FTC is again seeking public comment on whether it should update its current “Negative Option” Rule to enhance its enforcement tools...
3/25/2026 2:21:19 PM Do "Cage Free" Hens Have Access to the Outdoors? By Jeff Greenbaum In its marketing for its “cage free” eggs, Eggland's Best promotes the fact that the hens that the produce the eggs are “free to roam in...
3/25/2026 1:53:22 AM NCAA Sues DraftKings Over Use of MARCH MADNESS Trademarks By Christopher Chase Just as the NCAA Men’s and Women’s College Basketball tournaments were getting underway, the NCAA itself entered its own competition –...