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Rule on the Use of Consumer Reviews and Testimonials
The Federal Trade Commission published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on January 16, 2024.
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What the agency says
The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") recently published a notice of proposed rulemaking ("NPRM") in the Federal Register, titled "Rule on the Use of Consumer Reviews and Testimonials" ("Reviews and Testimonials Rule" or "Rule"), which would prohibit certain specified unfair or deceptive acts or practices involving consumer reviews or testimonials. The NPRM announced the opportunity for interested parties to present their positions orally at an informal hearing. Three commenters requested to present their positions orally at the informal hearing.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-00678
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Initial notice of informal hearing; final notice of informal hearing; list of Hearing Participants; requests for submissions from Hearing Participants
- Agency
- Federal Trade Commission
- Published
- January 16, 2024
- Dates
- Hearing date: The informal hearing will be conducted virtually on February 13, 2024, at 10 a.m. Eastern, and the Commission's Chief Presiding Officer, the Chair, has appointed Administrative Law Judge for the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Honorable Carol Fox Foelak, to serve as the presiding officer of the informal hearing.
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 3084-AB76
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 16 CFR 465
- Pages
- 5
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