The legal library gives you easy access to the FTC’s case information and other official legal, policy, and guidance documents.
Congressional Correspondence: October 2023 – January 2024
Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding for Cross-Border Consumer Protection Cooperation
Khalilah Suluki v. Credit One Bank, NA
Oversight of Rulemaking Activities by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority
Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority Anti-Doping and Medication Control Rule Modification
2309005 Informal Interpretation
U.S. Anesthesia Partners, Inc., FTC v.
The University of Phoenix, Inc.
In December 2019, the FTC announced The University of Phoenix and its parent company agreed to pay a record $191 million to resolve allegations that they used deceptive advertisements falsely touting their relationships and job opportunities with companies such as AT&T, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Twitter, and The American Red Cross. The settlement order requires UOP to pay $50 million in cash, as well as cancel $141 million in debts owed to the school by students harmed by the deceptive ads.
In March 2021, the FTC sent payments totaling nearly $50 million to more than 147,000 UOP students who may have been lured by allegedly deceptive advertisements.
In late September 2023, the U.S. Department of Education announced that it will forgive nearly $37 million in federal loans for more than 1,200 students affected by the University of Phoenix’s deceptive practices, based in part on the FTC’s 2019 case.
2309004 Informal Interpretation
James D. Noland, Jr. (Success by Health)
A federal court granted the Federal Trade Commission’s request to temporarily shut down an alleged pyramid scheme known as “Success By Health,” and to freeze the assets of the company and its executives.
In May 2023, a federal court sided with the Federal Trade Commission, ruling that James D. Noland, Jr. illegally owned and operated two pyramid schemes—Success By Health (SBH) and VOZ Travel—in violation of the FTC Act and that Noland violated a previous federal court order barring him from pyramid schemes and from misrepresenting multilevel marketing participants’ income potential.