Court OKs Ads that may Feature Child Prostitutes Consumer News Court OKs Ads that may Feature Child Prostitutes Washington State maintains that “all online advertisements for escort services are actually offers for prostitution.” Not exactly a stretch of the imagination, right?
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Cast a Wary Eye when Scanning Craigslist and Classifieds Consumer News Cast a Wary Eye when Scanning Craigslist and Classifieds More than 50 million Americans are using Craigslist for everything from bartering for services to finding a roommate. Unlike your local newspaper or magazine, Craigslist ads are generally free, which…
Doggie Fountain of Youth? Consumer News Doggie Fountain of Youth? Will feeding Fido Purina really extend his life? Better check the facts first.
The Ups and Downs of Day Trading Consumer News The Ups and Downs of Day Trading Day trading opportunities seize upon the excitement of the stock market to capture the imagination of people who find the idea of working for themselves and making their own fortune…
Make Sure Mortgage Relief Programs Really Aren’t Taking Your Cash Consumer News Make Sure Mortgage Relief Programs Really Aren’t Taking Your Cash The 2008 sub-prime mortgage meltdown and resulting financial crisis means credit is not that easy to come by anymore. This forces some of us to have to look for alternatives…
Multi-Level Marketing v. Pyramid Schemes Consumer News Multi-Level Marketing v. Pyramid Schemes What is multi-level marketing? Multi-level marketing (Multilevel Marketing – a way of distributing products or services in which the distributors earn income from their own retail sales and from retail…
Facebook’s Tracking Cookies Consumer News Facebook’s Tracking Cookies Facebook’s list of privacy abuses in 2011 seemed to grow by the minute. Tech savvy users of the 800 million-strong network reported that A browser or web cookie collects and…
Payday, Advanced-Fee and Guaranteed-Approval Loans Consumer News Payday, Advanced-Fee and Guaranteed-Approval Loans You’ve seen the ads: “No credit? No Problem!” or “We’ll get you a loan regardless of your credit” or “You’ve been pre-qualified!” And our personal favorite: “We don’t care about…
How to Make a Cool $160 Million Through Deceptive Marketing Blog How to Make a Cool $160 Million Through Deceptive Marketing (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.) Step 1: Create a billion dollar fund by unloading assets you own that are soon to be (or are) worthless.…
The First Amendment and Commercial Speech Consumer Basics The First Amendment and Commercial Speech When the government can restrict commercial speech.
The Lemonade Stand Blog The Lemonade Stand Focused as I am on trying to protect us all from deceptive advertising, I’ve tried to enlighten my three children on the finer points of marketing and the horrors of…
How Ryan Kaji Became the Most Popular 10-Year-Old in the World Media Coverage How Ryan Kaji Became the Most Popular 10-Year-Old in the World Belinda Luscombe, Time
How LuLaRoe Made Its Founders Rich While So Many Others Went Bankrupt Media Coverage How LuLaRoe Made Its Founders Rich While So Many Others Went Bankrupt Megan Carpentier, Oxygen
He Promised a Dreamy Wedding Proposal. Fans Got a 5-Hour Sale. Media Coverage He Promised a Dreamy Wedding Proposal. Fans Got a 5-Hour Sale. Tiffany May, New York Times
Covid-19 conspiracies are dividing the ‘clean’ beauty industry Media Coverage Covid-19 conspiracies are dividing the ‘clean’ beauty industry Janna Mandell, The Lily
FTC’s authority to help consumer fraud victims is in question before the U.S. Supreme Court Media Coverage FTC’s authority to help consumer fraud victims is in question before the U.S. Supreme Court Stephanie Zimmermann, Chicago Suntimes
End of an era: Pai waves goodbye to the FCC Media Coverage End of an era: Pai waves goodbye to the FCC Alexandra S. Levine, Politico
Why fashion’s rampant greenwashing is set to expire Media Coverage Why fashion’s rampant greenwashing is set to expire Danny Parisi, Glossy
Forget what the label says. How many cups of coffee can you get from the package? Media Coverage Forget what the label says. How many cups of coffee can you get from the package? Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel