In Van Elzen v. American Home Shield Corp., No. 24-C-1206, 2026 WL 1078771 (E.D. Wis. Apr. 21, 2026), the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Continue Reading Safe Harbor Saves the Day: Court Grants Summary Judgment to Home Warranty Company Despite Unresolved Consent Dispute in TCPA Text Message Case
Recruiters who contact candidates by text message should take note of a recent decision out of the Western District of Virginia. In Kattato v. Cross Country Healthcare, Inc., No.
Continue Reading Court Orders Healthcare Recruiter To Turn Over Text Message Data In TCPA Class ActionThe Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has reached a settlement with NextMed (also known as Southern Health Solutions, Inc.), resolving allegations that the telehealth company misled consumers through deceptive advertising, billing
Continue Reading When ‘Too Good to Be True’ Really Is Too Good to Be True: FTC Settles With NextMed Regarding Deceptive Advertising PracticesBillions of dollars are spent each year on tobacco marketing expenditures. With the increasing use of e-cigarette products, businesses may feel tempted to expand their marketing to other audiences, including
Continue Reading Minnesota Attorney General Takes Action Against Businesses that Market Nicotine Products to MinorsThe National Advertising Division (NAD) issues decisions on a periodic basis involving advertising claims submitted to it for review. Although the full case decisions are not publicly available without a
Continue Reading NAD Case Decision SummariesA few weeks ago, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reached an agreement with Williams-Sonoma over a lawsuit alleging that it listed multiple products as being “Made in USA” that were
Continue Reading Beware Made in USA AdvertisingIntuit, Inc. certainly had a disparate week in the world of advertising, with the high of sponsoring the AFC and NFC championship games and the low of an order finding
Continue Reading Advertising Highs & LowsEarlier this summer, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a new rule to combat the use of fake reviews, which are deceptive to consumers. The FTC is seeking comments on
Continue Reading FTC’s Proposed Rule on Fake Reviews
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning companies to “Keep your AI claims in check.” An FTC Business Blog post states that consumers have been primed through generations of stories
Continue Reading Another AI Post? You bet.
Last week the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a press release stating that it “is putting hundreds of advertisers on notice that they should avoid deceiving consumers with advertisements that
Continue Reading FTC’s Newest Notice of Penalty Offenses