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The FTC sent out new penalty offense notices to 670 companies today, warning them that failure to substantiate product claims could result in civil penalties of more than $50,000.

As you likely already know, in 2021, the FTC lost its ability to obtain monetary redress directly in federal court in non-civil penalty cases. Since then, the agency has sought to deploy new enforcement tools and reinvigorate old ones.

The FTC sent out new penalty offense notices to 670 companies today, warning them that failure to substantiate product claims could result in civil penalties of more than $50,000. The...