Business Blog September 2024 Archive

A lot has changed since 1975: the invention of the internet, cellphones, and widespread availability of solar panels, just to name a few. But the important consumer protections of the Trade Regulation...

Mark your calendar for February 25, 2025, when the FTC will convene “The Attention Economy: Monopolizing Kids’ Time Online.” This virtual workshop will consider the use of design features that keep...

Maybe you grew up daydreaming about artificial intelligence, or AI. You imagined its potential to change the future, possibly with an army of helpful robots to take on your least favorite human tasks...

Are you a landlord? Work for a property management company? Or in the rental sector? Here’s a $48 million reminder to obey the law: the FTC’s settlement with Invitation Homes for adding junk fees...

Ahoy there, restaurant owners and other friends! Gather around to hear about the restaurant that tricked people into thinking its shrimp and fish were wild caught right nearby, when, actually, they...

On what I’m declaring Lesley Fair Day, we’re celebrating someone who’s become an institution at this agency – for her policy of carpe podium, her mentorship of many an attorney at the agency and in...

To safeguard the widgets in the warehouse, companies secure their facilities and put inventory controls in place. To protect assets that may be even more valuable – intellectual property like patents...

Today the stork dropped off a special surprise for 31 adoption intermediaries: letters from FTC staff warning them to play by the rules. These letters note that adoption intermediaries, or businesses...

Think your MLM income disclosure statement is a model of clarity? Think again. Think your disclosure supports claims that participants can earn lots of extra money if they join? Think again (again)...