Displaying 4101 - 4120 of 9580
FTC Staff Provides Comment and Testimony Opposing Proposed Cooperative Agreement and Merger of Hospital Systems in Southwest Virginia
Date
At a public hearing in Abingdon, Virginia, held today, FTC staff presented oral remarks to the Southwest Virginia Health Authority and the Virginia Department of Health summarizing staff’s analyses...
FTC Staff Submission to the Southwest Virginia Health Authority and Virginia Department of Health Regarding Cooperative Agreement Application of Mountain States Health Alliance and Wellmont Health System
Date
Matter Number
151 0115
FTC staff submitted a comment to the Southwest Virginia Health Authority and the Virginia Department of Health opposing the cooperative agreement application submitted by Mountain States Health...
FTC, USDA Issue Agenda for Roundtable on Consumer Perceptions of “Organic” Claims
Date
The Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the agenda for their upcoming joint-agency roundtable on consumer perceptions of “organic” claims for non-agricultural...
FTC Charges Los Angeles-Based Sage Auto Group With Using Deceptive and Unfair Sales and Financing Tactics
Date
The Federal Trade Commission has charged nine Los Angeles-area auto dealerships and their owners with using a wide range of deceptive and unfair sales and financing practices. The FTC’s action filed...
Cancer Fund of America, Inc.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
122 3005
X150042
LabMD, Inc., In the Matter of
The Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint against medical testing laboratory LabMD, Inc. alleging that the company failed to reasonably protect the security of consumers’ personal data, including medical information. The complaint alleges that in two separate incidents, LabMD collectively exposed the personal information of approximately 10,000 consumers. The complaint alleges that LabMD billing information for over 9,000 consumers was found on a peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing network and then, in 2012, LabMD documents containing sensitive personal information of at least 500 consumers were found in the hands of identity thieves. The case is part of an ongoing effort by the Commission to ensure that companies take reasonable and appropriate measures to protect consumers’ personal data.
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
102 3099
Docket Number
9357
Senate Commerce Committee: Hearing on Oversight of the FTC
Date
By
Terrell McSweeny, Former Commissioner
FTC Testifies before Senate Commerce Committee about Agency’s Work to Protect Consumers and Promote Competition
Date
In testimony presented to the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the Federal Trade Commission described its work, and called for several changes to the FTC Act that would...
FTC to Return Almost $20 Million to Consumers Lured by Credit Monitoring Scheme
Date
The Federal Trade Commission will return almost $20 million to more than 145,000 consumers across the country who were victimized by One Technologies LP and its two partner companies, in an online...
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Oversight of the Federal Trade Commission
Date
By
Edith Ramirez, Former Chairwoman;
Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Former Commissioner;
Terrell McSweeny, Former Commissioner
Matter Number
P859900
File
Text of the Commission Testimony
(167.82 KB)
FTC Wins Summary Judgment against Marketers of Supplement That Claimed To Prevent or Reverse Gray Hair
Date
A U.S. district court judge has ruled that COORGA Nutraceuticals Corporation and its principal Garfield Coore violated the law by claiming their “Grey Defence” dietary supplements reversed or...
COORGA Nutraceuticals Corp. (Grey Defence)
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
142 3119
X150037
FTC Action: Court Bans Mortgage Relief Scammers from Debt Relief Business
Date
The operators of an alleged mortgage relief scam that preyed upon distressed homeowners are banned from the mortgage loan modification and debt relief business under a court order obtained by the...
Displaying 4101 - 4120 of 9580