A few weeks ago, we wrote an article discussing two enforcement actions by the Federal Trade Commission in the Central and Southern Districts of California that highlighted the risks to.
We frequently post about negative option marketing in this blog, but our focus has been the FTC’s enforcement actions against businesses that utilize this marketing strategy. We haven’t.
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Wells Fargo Accused Of Enabling Free Trial Marketing Scams
Law360 (July 12, 2021, 8:22 PM EDT) Wells Fargo s past problematic sales practices led the bank to play a supporting role in two free trial marketing scams that pulled in $200 million from consumers before being shuttered by the Federal Trade Commission, according to a pair of new California federal court lawsuits.
In parallel complaints filed on Thursday, Wells Fargo & Co. and Wells Fargo Bank NA are accused of providing substantial, knowing assistance to the schemes, which were the subject of since-settled FTC cases brought in 2018 against Triangle Media Corp. and Apex Capital Group LLC.