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While the ability for a consumer to complete a purchase transaction has never been simpler, the ecosystem responsible for curating the customer experience and delivering product has never been more complex. As a result, members of the retail ecosystem operate at a dizzying speed, with a constant focus on the future. As lawyers and business advisors to this industry, we can only be effective if we embrace this pace and meet our clients’ needs head-on, in real time.
Our effectiveness is demonstrated by our clients’ decisions to call upon us, time and again, to help them navigate the complex legal and regulatory regimes, both domestically and internationally, applicable to the design and promotion of products and services, and to assist them in taking innovative and proactive measures to protect their businesses from the array of challenges before them.
— Cheri Falvey, Partner
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Insights
Client Alert | 7 min read | 08.15.24
As we’ve previously reported, FTC practitioners and businesses alike have been anxiously awaiting details about the rule that will prohibit purportedly deceptive practices in connection with reviews and testimonials. Our readers likely recall the FTC’s advance notice of proposed rulemaking from November 2022, the notice of proposed rulemaking from June 2023, and the informal hearing on the proposed rule which occurred in February 2024. The wait is finally over: just yesterday, August 14, 2024, the agency announced the “Rule on the Use of Consumer Reviews and Testimonials” (the “Rule”). The final Rule, which the Commissioners unanimously approved, is a formal step to address alleged ongoing non-compliance with Section 5 of the FTC Act and the agency’s Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising (the “Endorsement Guides”), particularly in the consumer review space.
Blog Post | 08.13.24
Blog Post | 08.01.24
Blog Post | 07.26.24
Authorities Go for Gold on Fake Fashion Enforcement as Paris Olympics Begin
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California Is Tightening the Pipes On Drip Pricing.
|08.13.24
Crowell & Moring’s Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
Authorities Go for Gold on Fake Fashion Enforcement as Paris Olympics Begin
|07.26.24
Crowell & Moring’s Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
Keepin’ it Real: It’s National Anti-Counterfeiting Month
|07.19.24
Crowell & Moring’s Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
FTC Updates (May 13 – May 24, 2024)
|05.30.24
Crowell & Moring’s Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
FTC Updates (April 22 – May 3, 2024)
|05.10.24
Crowell & Moring’s Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
Changes to CPSC’s Portable Fuel Container Safety Act Regulation Could Come as Soon as This Summer
|05.06.24
Crowell & Moring’s Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
Professionals
Insights
Client Alert | 7 min read | 08.15.24
As we’ve previously reported, FTC practitioners and businesses alike have been anxiously awaiting details about the rule that will prohibit purportedly deceptive practices in connection with reviews and testimonials. Our readers likely recall the FTC’s advance notice of proposed rulemaking from November 2022, the notice of proposed rulemaking from June 2023, and the informal hearing on the proposed rule which occurred in February 2024. The wait is finally over: just yesterday, August 14, 2024, the agency announced the “Rule on the Use of Consumer Reviews and Testimonials” (the “Rule”). The final Rule, which the Commissioners unanimously approved, is a formal step to address alleged ongoing non-compliance with Section 5 of the FTC Act and the agency’s Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising (the “Endorsement Guides”), particularly in the consumer review space.
Blog Post | 08.13.24
Blog Post | 08.01.24
Blog Post | 07.26.24
Authorities Go for Gold on Fake Fashion Enforcement as Paris Olympics Begin
Contacts
Insights
Client Alert | 7 min read | 08.15.24
As we’ve previously reported, FTC practitioners and businesses alike have been anxiously awaiting details about the rule that will prohibit purportedly deceptive practices in connection with reviews and testimonials. Our readers likely recall the FTC’s advance notice of proposed rulemaking from November 2022, the notice of proposed rulemaking from June 2023, and the informal hearing on the proposed rule which occurred in February 2024. The wait is finally over: just yesterday, August 14, 2024, the agency announced the “Rule on the Use of Consumer Reviews and Testimonials” (the “Rule”). The final Rule, which the Commissioners unanimously approved, is a formal step to address alleged ongoing non-compliance with Section 5 of the FTC Act and the agency’s Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising (the “Endorsement Guides”), particularly in the consumer review space.
Blog Post | 08.13.24
Blog Post | 08.01.24
Blog Post | 07.26.24
Authorities Go for Gold on Fake Fashion Enforcement as Paris Olympics Begin
