United States of America (for the Federal Trade Commission,) Plaintiff, v. Quality Terminal Services, LLC, a limited liability company, Defendants
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FTC Matter/File Number
082 3022
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Judge Upholds FTC Staff Complaint Against Marketers of Bogus Cancer Cures
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An Administrative Law Judge has upheld Federal Trade Commission staff charges against a company and its officer for making deceptive claims that shark cartilage and herbal formulations prevent, treat...
FTC Charges Companies with 'Bamboo-zling' Consumers with False Product Claims
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged four sellers of clothing and other textile products with deceptively labeling and advertising these items as made of bamboo fiber, when they are made of rayon...
Commission Reopens Public Comment Period On the Negative Option Rule
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The Commission has reopened the public comment period for the review of its Rule Concerning the Use of Prenotification Negative Option Plans at the request of an organization and state and local...
Tips for Consumers About Layaway Plans
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For a long time, layaway plans have provided an alternative to paying cash or using credit. The retailer holds merchandise in reserve until the consumer pays for it in full. In recent years, Internet...
Court Halts U.S. Internet Seller Deceptively Posing as U.K. Home Electronics Site
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In the wake of a Federal Trade Commission complaint against a company that deceptively sold electronics to hundreds of British consumers, the company has agreed to stop its allegedly illegal tactics...
Live Webcast: FTC Roundtable on Protecting Consumers in Debt Collection Litigation and Arbitration
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Today is the final day of a public event the Federal Trade Commission and the Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth at Northwestern University School of Law are hosting on consumer...
Aug05
Debt Collection: Protecting Customers
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Protecting Consumers in Debt Collection Litigation and Arbitration: A Roundtable Discussion, hosted by the Federal Trade Commission and Northwestern Law School’s Searle Center, examined consumer...
FTC Sues Prepaid Calling Card Distributor for Deceiving Consumers
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The Federal Trade Commission extended its crackdown in the billion-dollar prepaid calling card industry, asking a U.S. district court to permanently halt the illegal practices of a major calling card...
Live Webcast: FTC Roundtable on Protecting Consumers in Debt Collection Litigation and Arbitration
Date
Today and tomorrow, the Federal Trade Commission and the Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth at Northwestern University School of Law are hosting a public event on consumer...
FTC Approves Final Consent Order in Matter Concerning Kellogg Company
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Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved a final consent order in the matter of Kellogg Company and authorized the staff to provide responses to the commenters of record. The FTC...
Court Orders Internet Pagejackers to Return Ill-Gotten Gains
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A federal court has held three Internet pagejackers in contempt and ordered them to return more than $555,,000 in ill-gotten gains for flouting a previous court order that barred them from deceptive...
FTC Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Rules to Protect Consumers of Debt Relief Services
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In an ongoing effort to better protect financially distressed consumers, the Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on proposed rules to combat deceptive and abusive telemarketing of debt...
Odysseus Marketing, Inc., and Walter Rines
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
042 3205
X050069
End of the Line for Financial Telemarketer Who Violated Do Not Call Rules
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A financial services telemarketer who allegedly violated several requirements of the Federal Trade Commission’s Do Not Call Rule – from calling hundreds of thousands of consumers on the National Do...
Global Mortgage Funding, Inc., et al., United States of America (for the FTC)
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
062 3107
Commission Seeks Public Comments on Vocational Schools Guides
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The FTC is seeking public comments on its Private Vocational and Distance Education Schools Guides, commonly known as the Vocational Schools Guides, as part of its systematic review of agency guides...
FTC Testifies on Efforts to Protect Consumers in the Funeral Industry
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The Federal Trade Commission today told the U.S. House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the Committee on Energy and Commerce that the FTC will work with the Subcommittee and...
FTC, Three States Charge Scammers with Falsely Promising Guaranteed $25,000 Government Grants as Part of the Economic Stimulus Package
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At the request of the Federal Trade Commission and three state Attorneys General, a U.S. district court judge has stopped an operation from falsely claiming that it could help consumers secure a “$25...
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