by Eric J. Ellman | Mar 15, 2026
On March 13, 2026, the FTC issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) for a Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices. The commission also issued a press release accompanying the ANPR. All comments are available online. NCRA filed a comment...
by Eric J. Ellman | Dec 7, 2025
Greystar agreed to pay $24 million to settle a civil lawsuit initiated by the Federal Trade Commission and the Colorado attorney general. The suit, filed in January 2025, alleged that Graystar misled consumers about monthly rent costs by adding hidden fees on top of...
by Eric J. Ellman | Oct 23, 2025
Christopher Mufarrige is the FTC’s Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection. He spoke at an advertising conference last month, laying out his Bureau’s agenda. While NCRA members will be pleased to learn that, unlike “the Biden-Harris approach of pretending that...
by Eric J. Ellman | Jan 19, 2025
In 2022, the FTC issued a proposal to commence a rulemaking proceeding to address certain deceptive or unfair acts or practices relating to fees. The commission received over 11,000 comments. Following that process, the FTC, in January 2025, issued a Trade Regulation...
by Eric J. Ellman | Aug 13, 2024
In August 2024, the FTC announced “the owners and operators of a sprawling credit repair operation known as Financial Education Services (FES) will end the practices that the FTC alleged created a pyramid scheme and also violated the Credit Repair Organizations Act. ...
