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DeVos delays and eases appeals process for colleges under gainful employment rule as reported on CareerEducationReview.net
August 17, 2017
Debt Collector’s $3.2M TCPA Suit Deal Gets Initial OK as reported by Law360.com
August 11, 2017
Hooters Settles TCPA Suit For $1.3M In Gift Cards as reported by Law360.com
August 11, 2017
Rooms To Go Slapped With TCPA Suit Over Marketing Calls as reported by Law360.com
August 11, 2017
“Enter to Win!” Rules For Advertising Product Giveaways And Sweepstakes as reported by JDSupra.com
August 1, 2017
FTC Escalates the Fight against Illegal Robocalls Using Consumer Complaints to Aid Industry Call-Blocking Solutions as reported by FTC.gov
August 1, 2017
DePaul Can’t Dodge TCPA Suit Over Unsolicited Texts as reported by Law360.com
July 28, 2017
Acting FTC Chairman Announces Departure of Economics Bureau Director, Appointment of Acting Bureau Director as reported on FTC.gov
July 18, 2017
FTC Updates COPPA Guidance for IoT and New Consent Options as reported by Allaboutadvertisinglaw.com
July 14, 2017
FCC Fines Co. $2.8M For Powering Robocalls To Cellphones as reported on Law360.com
July 13, 2017
Class Wins Cert. In DirecTV Telemarketing Suit as reported on Law360.com
July 13, 2017
CFPB Issues Rule to Ban Companies From Using Arbitration Clauses to Deny Groups of People Their Day in Court as reported by Consumerfinance.gov.
July 10, 2017
CFPB Issues Rule to Ban Companies From Using Arbitration Clauses to Deny Groups of People Their Day in Court as reported by Consumerfinance.gov.
July 10, 2017
LeadsCouncil Reacts to Performance Marketing Company Settlement as reported by Prweb.com
July 6, 2017
Gainful Employment and the AACS court decision: What it means for schools as reported by Thompsoncoburn.com
June 30, 2017
Robocalls, Reassigned Numbers On FCC Meeting Agenda as reported on Law360.com
June 22, 2017
2nd Circ. Tosses TCPA Suit Against Auto Financial Co. as reported on Law360.com
June 22, 2017
Miami Man Faces $120 Million Fine for 96-Million Robocall Spree as reported on Bloomberg.com
June 22, 2017
TCPA Defendants Down, But Not Out, With ‘Pick-Off’ Ruling as reported on Law360.com
June 22, 2017
ED Delays Borrower Defense to Repayment Regulations, Announces New Negotiated Rulemaking Committees as reported on JDSupra.com
June 21, 2017
Where Winds Are Blowing on Accreditation as reported on InsideHigherEd.com
June 21, 2017
Text Marketing Co. Slapped With TCPA Class Action as reported on Law360.com
June 9, 2017
Here Are All The Financial Reforms That Will Disappear With Dodd-Frank as reported on Forbes.com
June 9, 2017
Dish Hit With $280M Penalty In TCPA Suit By Feds, States as reported by Law360.com
June 5, 2017
FTC, Florida Attorney General Close the Book on Robocall Ring That Pitched U.S. Consumers Worthless Credit Card Rate Reduction Programs as reported on FTC.gov
June 5, 2017
$11M Settlement In Frontier TCPA Row Gets Final Nod as reported on Law360.com
June 2, 2017
Yahoo Suit Against Insurer Over TCPA Cases Tossed, For Now as reported on Law360.com
June 2, 2017
Legal Review: Huffing and Puffing Can Blow Your House Down as reported on ResponseMagazine.com
May, 2017
Florida-Based Insurer Pays $4.25M To End TCPA Suit as reported on JDSupra.com
May 31, 2017
‘Excessive’ Shipping Fees May Be Next Target of Consumer Class Actions as reported by JD Supra
May 30, 2017
Google Starts Flagging Sites With Insecure Logins To Protect Your Data as reported on Forbes.com
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May 30, 2017
Court opinion considers soundboard technology and the Robocall Rule as reported on FTC.gov
May 19, 2017
Social Media Update: FINRA Releases Additional Guidance on Social Networking Websites and Business Communications as reported on JDSupra.com
May 9, 2017
FDA to Extend E-Cig Marketing Compliance Deadline as reported on JDSupra.com
May 9, 2017
Hold That Order! FDA Freezes Menu Labeling Rules Until 2018 as reported on JDSupra.com
May 9, 2017
Hotels Consolidate In Expedia ‘Bait And Switch’ Suit as reported on Law360.com
May 8, 2017
FTC Extension of Robocalling Rules Is Approved By Federal Court as reported on JDSupra.com
May 8, 2017
FCC’s O’Rielly Calls For ‘Rational’ Changes To TCPA as reported on Law360.com
May 4, 2017
Devos Defends Termination of For-Profit College Accreditor as reported on CareerEducationReview.net
May 3, 2017
Costco Fax Recipients Get Class Cert. In TCPA Suit as reported on Law360.com
April 28, 2017
Acting Chairman Ohlhausen Welcomes FCC Action as Important Step to Restore FTC Consumer Protections as reported on FTC.gov
April 26, 2017
FTC Can Treat Soundboard Calls As Robocalls, Judge Says, as reported on Law360.com
April 24, 2017
FTC Staff Reminds Influencers and Brands to Clearly Disclose Relationship as reported on FTC.gov
April 19, 2017
Ill. Pharmacy Hits Medical Supply Co. With TCPA Fax Suit as reported on Law360.com
April 18, 2017
Gallup Faces TCPA Suit Over Purported Automated Call as reported on Law360.com
April 18, 2017
Macy’s Accused Of Harassing Consumers With Robocalls as reported on Law360.com
April 18, 2017
Marriott Hit With TCPA Suit For Unsolicited Marketing Calls as reported on Law360.com
April 18, 2017
Recidivist Robocaller Settles FTC Telemarketing Complaint as reported on FTC.gov
April 13, 2017
Tribal Lenders Ask 9th Circ. To Pause OK Of CFPB Probe, as reported on Law360.com
April 12, 2017
American Bar Association Cracks Down on Low-Performing Law Schools as reported on InsideHigherEd.com
April 6, 2017
Milwaukee Passes Ordinance Aimed at Blocking Low-Quality For-Profit Colleges as reported on InsideHigherEd.com
April 3, 2017
Westech College closes campuses in Fontana, Moreno Valley and Victorville as reported on SBSun.com
April 3, 2017
FTC Releases 2016 Annual Highlights as reported on FTC.gov
March 28, 2017
Disney in New Copyright Infringement Lawsuit as reported on CNBC.com
March 21, 2017
FTC Settlement Bars Spam Email Marketing, Baseless Weight-Loss Claims by Diet-Pill Operation as reported on FTC.gov
March 17, 2017
FTC Settlement Bars Spam Email Marketing, Baseless Weight-Loss Claims by Diet-Pill Operation as reported on FTC.gov
March 17, 2017
LeadsCouncil reveals the 2017 Lead Generation Standards Guide as reported on LeadsCouncil.com
March 17, 2017
CFPB Proposes Delay to Rule Governing Prepaid Accounts Under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act
March 14, 2017
The Trump Administration Is Delaying Enforcement Of For-Profit College Rules as reported on CareerEducationReview.net
March 8, 2017
Personalized Scam Emails on the Rise as reported on InsideHigherEd.com
March 8, 2017
Hobby Lobby to Change Advertising Practices as Part of Settlement as reported on Fredericksburg.Today
March 7, 2017
Consumers Get Cert. In Solar Co. Cellphone Robocalls Suit as reported on Law360.com
March 3, 2017
President Trump Cuts Through More Red Tape as reported on WhiteHouse.gov
February 24, 2017
NY Life Insurance To Pay $3.4M To Settle TCPA Suit as reported on Law360.com
February 23, 2017
Wash. Judge Denies Twilio Sanctions Bid In TCPA Lawsuit as reported on Law360.com
February 23, 2017
Wells Fargo To Pay $2M In TCPA Student Loan Call Suit as reported on Law360.com
February 22, 2017
Court Win For Students Over Predatory For-Profit Colleges as reported on RepublicReport.org
February 22, 2017
CFPB Wins Full DC Circ. Review Of Leadership Ruling as reported on Law360.com
February 16, 2017
FTC Acting Chairman Ohlhausen Names Thomas Pahl Acting Director of the Agency’s Bureau of Consumer Protection as reported on FTC.gov
February 8, 2017
New FTC Acting Chair Maureen Ohlhausen Offers Insight into Consumer Protection Priorities as reported on AdLawAccess.com
February 3, 2017
Stratford Career Institute Agrees to Settle FTC Charges as reported on FTC.gov
February 3, 2017
DC Circ. Says 17 States, 2 Dem Lawmakers Can’t Defend CFPB as reported on Law360.com
February 2, 2017
EXCLUSIVE: DeVry University to pay $2.75M in deal with N.Y. attorney general for false ads on success of its graduates as reported on CareerEducationReview.net
January 31, 2017
Facebook Can’t Ditch ‘Happy Birthday’ Text Row, Judge Says as reported on Law360.com
January 30, 2017
Gap Hit With TCPA Suit Over Autodialed Calls as reported on Law360.com
January 30, 2017
JC Penney Hit With TCPA Suit Over Autodialing as reported on Law360.com
January 30, 2017
BREAKING: Trump Appoints Ohlhausen As Acting FTC Chair as reported on Law360.com
January 25, 2017
Cordray Vows To Maintain CFPB Independence Under Trump, as reported by Law360
January 24, 2017
National coalition of attorneys general launches effort to stop embattled college accreditor, as reported by The Washington Post
January 24, 2017
Deceptive Marketing — Is Coca-Cola taking a page book from the tobacco industry?, as reported on JDSupra.com
January 24, 2017
Former Kansan — and net neutrality foe — set to lead the FCC as reported on BizJournals.com
January 23, 2017
Uber Agrees to Pay $20 Million to Settle FTC Charges That it Recruited Prospective Drivers with Exaggerated Earnings Claims a reported on FTC.gov
January 19, 2017
U.S. Department of Education Announces Thousands of New Loan Discharges as reported on InsideHigherEd.com
January 13, 2017
FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez Announces Resignation as reported on FTC.gov
January 13, 2017
FTC, New York State Charge the Marketers of Prevagen With Making Deceptive Memory, Cognitive Improvement Claims as reported on FTC.gov
January 9, 2017
Mini Law Lesson: What Advertisers and Agencies Need to Worry About in 2017 as reported on AdAge.com
January 6, 2017
CFPB announces handful of leadership changes as reported on HousingWire.com
January 6, 2017
CFPB fines TransUnion and Equifax for deceiving consumers with their marketing as reported on HousingWire.com
January 3, 2017
BBB revokes MyPillow accreditation over complaints, advertising violations as reported on Syracuse.com
January 3, 2017
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