Universal Appliances, Kitchens and Baths, Inc.
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
1023042
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Apr12
The Road Ahead: Selling, Financing & Leasing Motor Vehicles
The Federal Trade Commission is holding a series of roundtable events and requesting public comment to gather information on possible consumer protection issues that may arise in the sale, financing...
FTC Settlement Collects $2.2 Million, Bans Marketers From Mortgage Relief Business
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Under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, two companies and three individuals are banned from the mortgage relief services business and must relinquish $2.2 million in assets for consumer...
April is Financial Literacy Month
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April is Financial Literacy Month, and the Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, has information to help you make the most of your money whether you’re a student, young...
FTC Warns: Ineffective Bed Bug Treatments Can Take a Bite Out of Consumers' Wallets
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With the resurgence of bed bugs in the United States, the Federal Trade Commission urges consumers to be cautious when shopping for products that are touted as remedies or ways of preventing bed bug...
FTC Extends Deadline for New "Lighting Facts" Labels to January 1, 2012
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After considering public comments, the Federal Trade Commission is extending the deadline for manufacturers to comply with new light bulb labels by approximately six months. The new “Lighting Facts”...
FTC Settlement Requires Oreck Corporation to Stop Making False and Unproven Claims That Its Ultraviolet Vacuum and Air Cleaner Can Prevent Illness
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As part of its ongoing efforts to protect consumers from bogus health claims, the Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement requiring Oreck Corporation to stop making allegedly false and...
Apr04
Common Ground: Credit and Consumer Fraud in the Economic Downturn
Join the Federal Trade Commission, the West Virginia Attorney General’s office, legal services attorneys and other consumer advocates, and state and federal consumer protection officials at this free...
FTC Chairman Issues Commissions 2011 Annual Report
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz today issued the FTC’s 2011 Annual Report at the American Bar Association’s Section of Antitrust Law Spring Meeting in Washington, DC, highlighting the...
Court Shutters Telemarketers Peddling Bogus Timeshare Resales
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At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal district court has issued a temporary restraining order against a Florida-based telemarketing scheme that allegedly tricked timeshare owners who...
FTC Charges Deceptive Privacy Practices in Googles Rollout of Its Buzz Social Network
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Google Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it used deceptive tactics and violated its own privacy promises to consumers when it launched its social network, Google Buzz, in...
FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges that Marketer of Children's Vitamins Made Deceptive Claims about DHA and Brain and Eye Development
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission finalized an Order settling charges that a major vitamin marketer and its subsidiaries made false and unsupported claims that their...
FTC Hosts International Consumer Protection Forum
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In an ongoing effort to combat cross-border fraud and promote global consumer protection, the Federal Trade Commission will host officials from nine Latin American countries for a “Consumer University...
FTC Charges Cancer Cures Marketers with Violating Commission Order
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At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, the U.S. Department of Justice has asked a federal district court to impose civil penalties upon the herbal products company Daniel Chapter One (DCO) and its...
FTC Finalizes Settlement with Data Broker Agency Charged Privacy Pledges Were Deceptive
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has accepted a final settlement with an online data broker that charged consumers $10 based on the false promise that it could “lock...
Mar21
Consumer Protection in Underserved Communities
Join the Federal Trade Commission, the University of Miami School of Law, Legal Services of Greater Miami, the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center, Neighborhood Housing Services of South Florida, legal...
FTC Submits 2011 Fair Debt Collection Practices Report to Congress
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At a time when many consumers are having trouble paying their debts, the Federal Trade Commission issued its 33rd annual report describing the agency’s law enforcement and other efforts to protect...
FTC Warns Consumers About Scam Artists Pitch for Potassium Iodide Treatment
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Recent reports of events in Japan are causing scam artists to try to convince consumers that they need potassium iodide pills and drops to protect themselves. Potassium iodide, or KI, can help prevent...
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