Following the enactment of this rule, we have seen a rising number of class actions targeting "Made in the USA" and other place of origin claims — a trend we expect to continue in 2023. This article discusses some such class actions, as well as the FTC's enforcement of its U.S. ori...
The Federal Trade Commission this week voted to modify the rules for products labeled “Made in USA” to allow for more enforcement of those misusing the label, which the commissioners in favor of the move argue will benefit small businesses. The Thursday decision was 3-2 along party lines,...
When the US Chamber of Commerce made its legal challenge tothe FTC’s rule, it incorrectly claimed that an employer’s rights to its intellectual property would be altered. ‘Shop rights’ refer to an employer’s legal rights to use or benefit from intellectual property that has been created ...
If allegations of misconduct are made by the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection or a state Attorney General, experienced regulatory compliance and defense counsel with a particular focus on digital marketing possesses the knowledge to aggressively and strategically defend ...
Northern District of Texas in Ryan LLC v. Federal Trade Commission issued an order enjoining the FTC from enforcing its Non-Compete Rule, which prohibits virtually all employee non-compete agreements.
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The upshot, for busy people: On May 11, 2022, the Senate confirmed President Biden’s appointment of Alvaro Bedoya to fill the vacant
For example, the preconditioning rule is probably the one that bothers all the manufacturers the most, and yet has the least to do with sound quality, and has only modest relevance to quoting power honestly in average ('RMS' [footnote 2]) watts. "That part of the rule could probably ...
In a 2022 blog post regarding the Log4j vulnerability, the FTC made clear its intention to hold companies responsible under GLBA or the FTC Act for failing to identify and patch known vulnerabilities in third-party software. Effective third-party risk management is a complex, iterative process....
Put another way, that’s how much Google made every two minutes last year, or roughly 0.002 percent of its $10.7 billion in net profit. It is the latest example of regulators’ meager arsenal of fines and punishments for corporations in the wrong. Academics, activists and even regulators ...