Dating app service Match Group Inc. is no longer under some scrutiny from the U.S. Justice Department.
Last year, the Dallas-based company said it received a grand jury subpoena from the DOJ for documents relating to certain marketing-related claims in a lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission against the company.
Match announced last week it had been notified it was released from any obligations arising from the grand jury subpoena and that the DOJ has closed its investigation, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The FTC lawsuit, which is ongoing, said it filed the lawsuit in relation to fake ads that tricked users, according to a statement in September of last year. The agency claimed the company got hundreds of thousands of paid subscriptions on Match.com with misleading marketing messages, according to a statement that cited the complaint against the digital provider.
At the time, Match called the allegations in the commission’s suit “completely meritless.”
In April, the federal court stayed the case pending a ruling on a motion to dismiss, which remains pending, according to a Match regulatory filing. In July, the company filed a motion for leave to request a stay until the U.S. Supreme Court issues a decision in another FTC case.
“We believe that the FTC’s claims regarding Match.com’s practices, policies and procedures are without merit and will defend vigorously against them,” the company said in the regulatory filing.
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