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Raqiyyah Pippins, co-lead of the firm’s Consumer Products Practice Group and the Consumer Products & Retail Industry Team, was quoted in The Boston Globe article, “Biden cracked down on ‘junk fees’ and hard-to-cancel memberships. Will Trump bring them back?”  

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has taken an aggressive approach to crack down on what it views as illegal auto-renewal subscription practices. Last year, the FTC finalized its “click-to-cancel” rule, requiring companies to provide a “simple” mechanism to cancel negative option contracts. 

On December 12, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule imposing a broad set of new regulatory requirements and restrictions on the sale and financing of automobiles to consumers. 

On November 21, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final rule titled “Direct-to-Consumer Prescription Drug Advertisements: Presentation of the Major Statement in a Clear, Conspicuous, and Neutral Manner in Advertisements in Television and Radio Format.”

On June 30, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission announced it was proposing a new trade regulation rule on the use of consumer reviews and testimonials.