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Bob Brewer sits down with Associate Attorney, Eiyack Cacho -Ayala, to discuss AI and how university students should not fear it, but instead embrace it.

In a busy month at the FTC, there was continued enforcement activity on misleading fees, including a settlement alleging StubHub deceptively advertised ticket prices in violation of the FTC’s Fee Rule, and the announcement of a proposed rulemaking that could result in fines for deceptive fees for online food and grocery delivery services.

On May 11, 2026, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision in Bissell, Inc. v. International Trade Commission, affirming the ITC’s final determination in Investigation No. 337-TA-1304, preventing respondent Tineco from importing its original wet/dry surface cleaning device but allowing the importation of its redesigned devices. Among other issues, the court held that an ITC expert may rely on source code produced in discovery even if the source code is never introduced as a hearing exhibit.