January 2014

FTC Aggressively Targeting Health Supplement Advertising

Earlier this week, we advised of impending federal action in the health supplement marketing space.  (Marketers of Weight-Loss Products Targeted by FTC).  Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced settlements with six separate health supplement providers concerning allegedly deceptive marketing practices.  The combined settlements value over $83.7 million, with one settlement requiring the wife of […]

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Guess Who Has Now Been Sued in a Putative TCPA Class Action? Guess?.

Happy New Year! Well, not so happy for Guess ?, Inc. (“Guess”), which was recently sued in California federal court for allegedly violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). Details of Guess TCPA Class Action The Class Action Complaint alleges that Guess sent the Plaintiff multiple unsolicited text messages promoting its goods and services to

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Marketers of Weight-Loss Products Targeted by FTC

Despite the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) recent focus on unsolicited telemarketing, it has not backed off in its effort to reduce deceptive marketing campaigns, generally.  As we previously detailed on this blog, in October 2013, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) filed a complaint against several sellers of human chorionic gonadotropin (“HCG”), alleging that deceptive marketing techniques were

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