Vision Path, Inc., d/b/a Hubble Contacts, U.S. v.

Vision Path, Inc. (d/b/a Hubble Contacts), an online direct-to-consumer contact lens seller, settled FTC charges in January 2022 for violating the Contact Lens Rule by failing to obtain and properly verify prescriptions and substituting Hubble lenses for those actually prescribed. The FTC also alleged the company violated the FTC Act by failing to disclose that many consumer reviews were written by compensated reviewers, including at least one company executive. The settlement required Vision Path to pay $3.5 million in penalties and consumer redress.