The FTC has announced that it will hold an informal hearing on its proposed rule regarding consumer reviews and testimonials. This informal hearing follows the Commission’s June 2023 notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on the topic. We previously blogged about key takeaways from the NPRM, which proposed to address a variety of consumer review and testimonial practices that the Commission views as unfair or deceptive, including fake reviews, review hijacking, purchasing reviews, employee reviews, review suppression, and the use of fake indicators of social media influence. Continue Reading FTC Announces Informal Hearing on Proposed Rule Regarding Testimonials and Reviews
Alexandra Remick
Alexandra Remick is a member of the Advertising and Consumer Protection Investigations Group. Her practice focuses on regulatory and compliance matters related to consumer protection. She has experience advising clients on topics including endorsements, social media influencers, native advertising, automatically renewing subscriptions, consumer reviews, and claim substantiation in a variety of contexts. She frequently provides advice on specific advertising compliance questions and works with companies on developing internal advertising compliance policies. She has also represented multiple clients in FTC investigations involving consumer protection issues, has conducted regulatory due diligence on multiple transactions, and has drafted comments on multiple rulemakings.