Partner Amy Ralph Mudge, leader of BakerHostetler’s Advertising, Marketing and Digital Media team, presented “Drip Pricing and Junk Fees: All Wet, or a Serious Antitrust and Consumer Protection Issue?” on December 7, 2023.The webinar was co-sponsored by the International Comments and Policy Committee, the Consumer Protection Committee and the Advertising Disputes and Litigation Committee of the ABA Section of Antitrust Law, and the Competition Law and Foreign Investment Review Section’s Marketing Practices Committee of the Canada Bar Association.
Mudge and other noteworthy speakers addressed the increasing prominence of junk fees and drip pricing, particularly in respect to internet sales, and how lack of full disclosure can result in jail time in some jurisdictions.