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California Issues FAQs on Hidden Fee Law
This week, the California AG’s office released a set of FAQs on California’s law addressing hidden fees. As a reminder, the law states that the following practices will be unlawful under the Consumer Legal Remedies Act…
California DOJ Dispels Myths on New Hidden Fee Law
Last year, California enacted a law which will generally require companies to include all mandatory fees when they advertise prices. Starting on July 1, 2024, the following practices will be unlawful: Advertising,…
FTC Staff’s Revised MLM Guidance—More Content, Less Clarity
Yesterday FTC Staff released updated Business Guidance Concerning Multi-Level Marketing that provides a detailed account of their current perspective on applicable standards governing the direct selling and multi-level…
Proposed Federal Legislation Would Require Warning Labels and Advertising Prohibitions on “Junk Foods”
On April 19 th, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) introduced The Childhood Diabetes Reduction Act (the “Act”). In a press release that positions the Act as having the…
NAD Finds Disclosures for Comparative Claims Aren’t Clear
Glad advertises that its ForceFlex MaxStrength bags are “25% more durable.” More durable than what? If you follow an asterisk, you’ll learn that they are 25% more durable than Glad’s own 13-gallon ForceFlex bags. A…