FTC's Actions On In-App Purchases Reflect Chilling Move Toward "Mother-May-I" Paternalism

Federal regulatory agencies routinely act as table-setters for the plaintiffs' bar. Class-action lawsuits can require targets of federal enforcement actions, even after those actions end in settlement, to defend against the same allegations in court. A federal judge's April 3, 2015 dismissal of a class action on the ground that [...]