Affilate Marketing Inside Scoop
The Federal Trade Commission will hold a workshop on October 30, 2015, to explore the growing use of online lead generation in various industries, including consumer lending and education. The workshop, “Follow the Lead: An FTC Workshop About Online Lead Generation,” will gather a variety of stakeholders, including industry representatives, consumer
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On July 16, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington held that disputes over actual knowledge of copyright infringement were irrelevant to an e-merchant's ability to claim copyright safe harbor defenses under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in a case in which the company quickly removed
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has stopped a group of marketers in California from using allegedly bogus “risk free trial” offers to sell skincare products online. At the Commission’s request, a federal district court has issued a temporary restraining order against the defendants halting their allegedly deceptive marketing practices, freezing
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Minnesota Sen. Al Franken and Georgia Rep. Hank Johnson have reintroduced a bill, the Arbitration Fairness Act, that would preclude companies and institutions from preemptively forcing employees, customers and others to arbitrate antitrust suits, civil rights claims and other consumer-oriented disputes. Despite the fact that Congress initially intended the Federal Arbitration
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By: Richard B. Newman The Federal Trade Commission has launched IdentityTheft.gov, a new digital resource that makes it easier for identity theft victims to report and recover from identity theft. The website also assists with inquiries to determine if you have in fact been a victim of identity theft, without knowing
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