Insights on Consumer Products

Today, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) held a press conference to announce that it recently filed 8 separate complaints in federal courts across the country against entities and individuals sending “spam” text messages offering purportedly free gift cards to consumers.

On February 26, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected a petition filed by American Electricity Power Services Corporation and other power companies challenging a 2011 Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) order concerning pole attachments.

The deadline for filing annual certificates of compliance with federal Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) rules with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is Friday, March 1, 2013.

Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) concerning potential actions it is considering to address problems associated with rural long-distance call completion.

Today the Staff of Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a report titled Mobile Privacy Disclosures: Building Trust Through Transparency that makes recommendations for best practices in safeguarding user privacy on mobile devices.