January 17, 2014
Apple Inc. has agreed to settle an FTC complaint by paying at least $32.5 million to reimburse consumers who did not give consent to charges that their children incurred while using mobile apps. The company, in the settlement announced on January 15, also agreed to change its practices to ensure that it obtains consumers’ informed consent before billing them for items sold in mobile apps.
January 17, 2014
So you just received a mailer that includes a sweepstakes ticket from a local car dealer that says if the numbers you scratch off match the numbers at the top of the letter, you’re a winner. If you...
January 17, 2014
EDITOR’S NOTE: A trial is underway in Boise, Idaho, that could determine the future configuration of the health-care industry in the United States and mark the beginning of the end of the iconic...
January 17, 2014
The advertising pitch couldn’t help but grab the attention of anybody looking for an easy path to shed some weight. After all, it was pushing a “clinically-proven” approach in which all you had to...
January 17, 2014
When the FTC recently announced it had gained major settlements against several companies for using deceptive advertisements to promote bogus weight loss products, it also did something a bit...
January 17, 2014
The Justice Department’s victory in its antitrust lawsuit challenging Bazaarvoice’s $168 million acquisition of PowerReview – a deal that brought together the two leading providers of online...
January 17, 2014
The Justice Department announced that it had brought criminal charges against three former Rabobank traders for allegedly manipulating LIBOR, the London InterBank Offered Rate. The announcement on...
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