FTC Release: FTC Sues to Stop Mercury Marketing and Others from Deceptively Advertising Substance Use Disorder Treatment Clinics

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Jun 25

The FTC alleges that Mercury Marketing and other defendants violated the FTC Act, the Opioid Addiction Recovery Fraud Prevention Act, and the FTC's Impersonation Rule

The Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint today alleging that Mercury Marketing, LLC, and other defendants impersonated substance use disorder treatment clinics in Google search ads to deceptively route consumers trying to call those clinics to defendant clinics.

View Press Release: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/06/ftc-sues-stop-mercury-marketing-others-deceptively-advertising-substance-use-disorder-treatment

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