Category Archives: Online Marketing

When a law enforcement agency like the Federal Trade Commission or Consumer Financial Protection Bureau seeks disgorgement of “ill-gotten gains” from alleged wrongdoers, and has reason to believe some of the funds were passed to a third party who had … Continue reading →

In March, in “Will the Supreme Court Save the FTC’s Disgorgement Authority,” I wrote about the oral argument before the Supreme Court in Liu v. SEC, which considered whether the Securities and Exchange Commission possesses disgorgement authority over federal securities … Continue reading →

Since hemp-derived CBD containing less than 0.3% THC was decriminalized by Congress at the end of 2018, the Federal Trade Commission has policed CBD health claims with a soft touch. On three different occasions (April, September, October, 2019), seeing unsubstantiated … Continue reading →