Online Marketplace Temu to Pay $2 Million Penalty for Alleged INFORM Act Violations

Action is the first brought under the Act, which ensures consumers can report suspicious activity to online marketplaces and contact major third party sellers Whaleco, Inc., which operates the online marketplace Temu, will pay $2 million to resolve allegations that it violated the INFORM Consumers Act of 2023, by failing to provide consumers with required … Read more

FTC Takes Action to Protect Workers from Noncompete Agreements

FTC orders the nation’s largest pet cremation business to stop enforcing restrictive noncompete agreements that bind nearly 1,800 workers The Federal Trade Commission today took action to protect American workers from harmful labor practices by ordering pet cremation company Gateway Services, Inc. and its subsidiary to stop enforcing noncompete agreements against their employees. View Press … Read more

Defendants in IM Mastery Academy Scheme to Pay $10.5 Million to Settle FTC Allegations

Alex Morton and Brandon Boyd also face prohibitions relating to sales and earnings claims Two defendants will pay a total of $10.5 million to settle Federal Trade Commission and State of Nevada allegations that they used false or baseless earnings claims to persuade people to pay for financial training programs and a multi-level-marketing business venture … Read more

FR SA: Cookies and advertisements inserted between emails: GOOGLE fined 325 000 000 EUR by the CNIL

Background information Date of decision: September 1st, 2025 National case Controller: GOOGLE IRELAND LIMITED and GOOGLE LLC Legal Reference: Obligation to obtain the consent of individuals to receive commercial prospecting by electronic means (Article L.34-5 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code); Use of cookies without free and informed consent (Article 82 of the … Read more