UPS pays $40M to end online pharmacies probe By PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press Friday, Mar. 29, 2013 | 10:44 AM Read more here: http://www.fresnobee.com/2013/03/29/3235552/ups-pays-40m-to-end-online-pharmacies.html#storylink=cpy

SAN FRANCISCO -- Shipping company UPS has agreed to pay $40 million to end a federal criminal probe connected to its work for online pharmacies.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday that the Atlanta-based company would also "take steps" to block illicit online drug dealers from using their delivery service.

The DOJ says the fine amount is the money UPS collected from suspect online pharmacies.

UPS won't be charged with any crimes. Its biggest rival, FedEx Corp., has also been a target of the federal investigation.

The investigation of the two companies stems from a global campaign to shutter illicit online pharmacies launched in 2005. Since then, dozens of arrests have been made and thousands of websites closed worldwide as investigators continue to broaden the probe beyond the operators.

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The FDA BLog has a must read--Disclosures in a Small Space: The FTC’s Revisions to .Com Disclosure

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Somewhat later than anticipated, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has published a revised version of its guide, .Com Disclosures.  The FTC released the original guide 13 years ago, when mobile phones had not yet met the internet and social media barely existed.  In the new version of the guide, updated recommendations and new examples focus on how to craft disclosures given the smaller screen sizes of smartphones as compared to computers and the character and space limitations of most social media (e.g., the 140-character limit for Twitter tweets).

Clear & Conspicuous Requirement.  Under the FTC Act, if a disclosure is necessary to prevent a claim from being deceptive, then the disclosure must be “clear and conspicuous.”  The revised guide, like the 2000 version, continues to emphasize that advertisers should consider the following factors in determining whether an online disclosure is clear and conspicuous:

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