Rockefeller Subpoenas Web Marketer

Senate Commerce Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) issued a subpoena Tuesday to Vertrue for withholding information related to the company's allegedly deceptive online business practices. The subpoena requires the firm to produce documents that were explicitly requested by Chairman Rockefeller in May, including communications Vertrue had with business partners and credit card companies about "mystery charges" passed on to consumers as well as internal discussions regarding complaints about those unauthorized charges. The subpoena demands that Vertrue CEO Gary Johnson provide the files to the committee by August 18.