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Bad actors may change their methodologies as technology evolves, but the same offerings emerge year after year. In this recap of LegitScript’s recent webinar, we identify and track seasonal high-risk trends in payment processing and on e-commerce platforms to help you anticipate them. Read more to understand what these trends are and how to grow your business more confidently.

On December 29, 2022, Congress passed major reforms to cosmetics laws that go into effect in 2023. Read this blog post to understand the changes, and download our Cosmetics Introduction to better understand the legal differences between cosmetics and drugs.

These three (and free) one-hour webinars take a deep dive into the regulatory landscape of rapidly evolving high-risk industries. Are you a professional in payments risk & compliance or internet trust & safety? Read more to understand why you should register.

The FDA recently updated its rules to remove the in-person dispensing requirement for a well-known abortion drug. Read this blog post to understand how rule changes related to the COVID-19 pandemic influenced the FDAs decision, what modifications were made, and how healthcare providers that are LegitScript-certified can stay abreast of trends and maintain compliance.

In this fourth and final session from Online Risk and Compliance Day we hear from the leading banks about what it takes to thrive in an ever-changing industry — all in the shadow of a global pandemic.

The Food and Drug Administration recently released a consumer update warning against fraudulent flu products being sold online. Learn more.

Hear what the nations top trust & safety experts saw in 2022, and what they predict will happen going forward in 2023.

Changes to technology, regulations, and economic conditions are shaping an already dynamic industry. In this session, our panelists delve into how they work smarter, and also discuss the things that keep them up at night.

Attracting new merchants is a delicate balance between due diligence and providing a seamless customer experience. Payment facilitators are encouraged to create a faster and more frictionless environment while bad actors use increasingly sophisticated tools.

LegitScript Certification is an important part of growing your business. We provide the only certification and monitoring service for US drug and alcohol addiction treatment providers that is relied on by Google, Microsoft, and Facebook to vet advertisers for eligibility. For pharmacies and other healthcare providers, our certification is recognized by Visa, Mastercard, Google, Microsoft…

Hosted by LegitScript, Marketplace Risk, and Merchant Risk Council, Online Risk & Compliance Day is an industry-wide day of education and networking for professionals working in merchant risk & compliance and in trust & safety. What should you know about this one-of-a-kind event? #1. It’s free. The day will feature more than four hours worth…

LegitScript increasingly encounters groups of related merchants whose websites are nearly exact duplicates of each other. We refer to these merchant groups as clusters, and they pose a variety of threats to merchant portfolios. Keep reading to understand what they are, why they appear, and how you can spot them. What are merchant clusters? Cluster…

Recently, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its second report on e-cigarette sales and advertising nationwide, and the findings are dramatic. According to the report, use of flavored vapes surged in 2020, when data was collected. It was also at this same time that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) enacted a federal ban on…

On recent news that the White House is exploring the possibility of creating a federal task force to “explore the potential of psychedelic-assisted therapies” in the United States, certain psychoactive substances seem to be having a moment. Public awareness of these substances appears to be increasing in tandem with government interest; take, for example, the…

While misinformation and disinformation on social media frequently capture news headlines, other forms of information can pose reputational risks to internet platforms and potential harm to consumers or others around them. LegitScript has encountered users and merchants on social media platforms posting various types of instructions that may be framed as being for informational use…