Displaying 6841 - 6860 of 10157
FTC Action Bans Defendants from Providing Immigration Services
Date
The immigration services business will be permanently off limits to an operation that allegedly posed as the federal government and tricked people into paying up to $2,500 for immigration forms, under...
Immigration Center, et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
102 3181
X110013
Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Pledge to Work Together to Protect Consumers
Date
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have signed an agreement to coordinate efforts to protect consumers and avoid duplication of federal law...
At FTC's Request, Court Freezes Assets of Telemarketing Operation that Allegedly Made Bogus Claims about Reducing Consumers' Interest Rates
Date
At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. district court has frozen the assets of a telemarketing operation that allegedly charged consumers hundreds of dollars based on bogus promises to...
FTC Action Stops Marketer in Precious Metals Investment Case
Date
At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal judge stopped the allegedly illegal practices of a defendant who helped operate a telemarketing scheme that is believed to have received more...
FTC Seeks Public Comment on Agency's Rules of Practice
Date
The Federal Trade Commission today issued proposed changes to two parts of the procedures that govern the way the agency operates. The proposed changes would streamline the FTC's investigatory...
FTC Establishes Streamlined Procedures to Help Maintain the Confidentiality of its Ongoing Investigations; FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges that PoolCorp Acted Anticompetitively to Stop Manufacturers From Selling Products to Competitors
Date
FTC Establishes Streamlined Procedures to Help Maintain the Confidentiality of its Ongoing Investigations The Federal Trade Commission has approved Rule 2.17, a new component in the agency's Rules of...
CVS Caremark Corporation Settles FTC Deceptive Pricing Charges
Date
CVS Caremark Corporation will pay $5 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it misrepresented the prices of certain Medicare Part D prescription drugs – including drugs used to treat...
Jan09
Common Ground Conference
Join the Federal Trade Commission, the office of the Arizona Attorney General, legal services attorneys and other consumer advocates, and state and federal consumer protection officials at this free...
Internet Marketers of Acai Berry Weight-Loss Pills and "Colon Cleansers" to Pay $1.5 Million to Settle FTC Charges of Deceptive Advertising and Unfair Billing
Date
The Federal Trade Commission announced that an operation that marketed acai berry supplements, "colon cleansers," and other products using allegedly fraudulent free trial offers and phony endorsements...
FTC Action Bans Payment Processor from Using a Novel Payment Method to Debit Accounts
Date
A payment processor and two of its principals are now banned from using a new payment method to process electronic payments under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, which resolves charges...
Membership Reward Service Aimed at College Savers Settles FTC Charges That Its 'TurboSaver Toolbar' Feature Deceptively Collected Consumers' Personal Information
Date
A membership reward service aimed at consumers trying to save money for college has agreed to settle FTC charges and will be barred from its allegedly deceptive practice of using a web-browser toolbar...
Universal Computers and Electronics, Inc., d/b/a Appliancebestbuys.com, and d/b/a universallcdtv.com, In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
102 3040
Docket Number
9347
FTC Sends Biennial Report to Congress on the National Do Not Call Registry
Date
The Federal Trade Commission has approved a biennial report to Congress focusing on the use of the Do Not Call Registry by both consumers and businesses over the past two years, as well as the impact...
FTC Extends Deadline for Comments in Two Proceedings:Regulatory Review of Textile Labeling Rules and New Energy Labeling Requirements for Home Heating and Cooling Equipment
Date
In response to requests from stakeholders, the Federal Trade Commission has extended the deadlines for the public to submit comments in two different proceedings. The deadline to submit comments in...
FTC Files Amicus Brief in U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Saint Joseph Abbey v. Castille
Date
The Federal Trade Commission filed an amicus brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in a case raising constitutional challenges to provisions of the Louisiana Embalming and...
Displaying 6841 - 6860 of 10157