Compliance by Design

FTC alleges Chegg failed to provide simple mechanisms for cancellation and made it difficult for consumers to cancel recurring subscriptions Chegg Inc. will be required to pay $7.5 million to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that the education technology provider made it extremely difficult for consumers to cancel recurring subscriptions while also failing to honor … Read more

Brussels, 12 September – During its September plenary meeting, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has adopted guidelines on the interplay between the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). These are the first set of EDPB guidelines on the interplay between the GDPR and the EU’s recently adopted digital laws. … Read more

Eric Caldwell and David Hernandez will be permanently banned from the debt relief industry and required to turn over their assets to resolve Federal Trade Commission charges that they helped operate an illegal student loan debt-relief operation.View Press Release

Agency issues 6(b) orders to seven companies that operate consumer-facing AI chatbots The Federal Trade Commission is issuing orders to seven companies that provide consumer-facing AI-powered chatbots seeking information on how these firms measure, test, and monitor potentially negative impacts of this technology on children and teens. View Press Release

Today, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N.View Press Release

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson has appointed Emma Mittelstaedt Burnham as Associate Director for Healthcare in the Bureau of Competition. View Press Release

The Federal Trade Commission has published a request for public comment on the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority’s proposed modification of its Enforcement Rule. View Press Release

Today the Federal Trade Commission took steps to dismiss its appeals in Ryan, LLC v. FTC, No. 24-10951 (5th Cir.), and Properties of the Villages v. FTC, No. 24-13102 (11th Cir.), and to accede to the vacatur of the Non-Compete Clause Rule.  View Press Release

Action is the first brought under the Act, which ensures consumers can report suspicious activity to online marketplaces and contact major third party sellers Whaleco, Inc., which operates the online marketplace Temu, will pay $2 million to resolve allegations that it violated the INFORM Consumers Act of 2023, by failing to provide consumers with required … Read more

Today the Federal Trade Commission launched a public inquiry to better understand the scope, prevalence, and effects of employer noncompete agreements, as well as to gather information to inform possible future enforcement actions. View Press Release