Bureau of Consumer Protection
Court Finds LeanSpa Marketer Responsible for Deceptive Claims
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has upheld a lower court ruling requiring the operator of an affiliate marketing group to pay $11.9 million for its part in helping to promote LeanSpa, a deceptively marketed weight-loss supplement. In issuing its ruling, the Circuit Court found that LeadClick Media, LLC recruited affiliate marketers that used ...
FTC, USDA Set Agenda for Roundtable on Consumer Perceptions of “Organic”
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the agenda for their upcoming joint-agency roundtable on consumer perceptions of “organic” claims for non-agricultural products. The event, first announced in August, will be held in Washington, D.C., on October 20, 2016. The director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection will provide welcoming ...
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