Balough
January 5, 2016
(Jan. 5, 2016) It was a no brainer for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to charge the owner and marketer of the Lumosity brain-training program with deceiving customers through unsupported claims. Lumos Labs, Inc. d/b/a Lumosity, along with its co-founder and its chief scientific officer, agreed to pay $2 million in penalties and will notify […]
Balough
November 17, 2015
(November 17, 2015) The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is continuing its crackdown on dietary supplement marketers who cannot substantiate their health claims. The latest target is Sunrise Nutraceuticals, LLC. The company markets supplements that “purportedly increase the likelihood that a person will complete opiate withdrawal successfully and overcome opiate addiction.” However, the FTC alleges in […]
Balough
September 30, 2015
(September 29, 2015) Customers who say anything negative about a weight-loss supplement marketer would find their wallets a lot thinner as a result of a gag clause in the sales contract—a deceptive practice according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The FTC sued Roca Labs, Inc. and Roca Labs Nutraceutical USA, Inc. alleging that the […]
Balough
July 7, 2015
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is offering ten “lessons learned” by businesses whose data was breached and the agency took enforcement action. The ten lessons were distilled from 50 FTC law enforcement actions against various businesses, which ultimately were settled. The alleged lapses by the companies “involve basic, fundamental security missteps,” the FTC notes in […]
