Opinion 09-5
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Confirms that cemeteries generally are not covered by the Funeral Rule unless they offer both funeral services and funeral goods.
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Opinion 09-5
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FTC Offers Pay-off Information to Consumers with Non-bank Credit Cards
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Carrying a credit card balance can be expensive for consumers, especially for those who make only minimum monthly payments. The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 requires...
FTC Publishes Proposed Breach Notification Rule for Electronic Health Information
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it has approved a Federal Register notice seeking public comment on a proposed rule that would require entities to notify consumers when the security...
DIRECTV, Comcast to Pay Total of $3.21 Million for Entity-Specific Do Not Call Violations
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Satellite television provider DIRECTV, and Comcast Corp., one of the nation’s largest providers of cable and Internet services, have agreed to pay a total of $3.21 million to settle separate Federal...
SEC Issues GLB Model Privacy Form Test Data
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The Federal Trade Commission announced today a Federal Register notice describing quantitative consumer testing of a model privacy form developed as part of a Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLB) interagency...
FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz Appoints Senior Staff
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz has appointed six senior staff members with extensive experience in the private sector, in the public interest community, in academia, and in government...
Court Halts Counterfeit Check and Prize Scam
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At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court has ordered a permanent halt to a lottery and prize-promotion scam that used counterfeit cashier’s checks and false promises of large...
FTC, Fordham Law Schools Center on Law and Information Policy, New York Consumer Protection Agencies to Host Free Workshop for Business on April 29
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The Federal Trade Commission, the Center on Law and Information Policy of Fordham Law School, the New York State Consumer Protection Board, and the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs will...
Federal, State Partners Announce Multi-Agency Crackdown Targeting Foreclosure Rescue Scams, Loan Modification Fraud
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WASHINGTON – As homeowners and communities throughout the country continue to face devastating consequences from the deep contraction in the economy and the housing market, the Obama Administration...
Federal and State Agencies Crack Down on Mortgage Modification and Foreclosure Rescue Scams
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced a crackdown on fraud and deception by mortgage modification and home foreclosure rescue companies. The FTC is seeking to halt the proliferation of these...
Mary T. Spohn, individually and d/b/a Herbs for Cancer, In the Matter of
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Administrative
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FTC Matter/File Number
082 3123
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9331
FTC Offers Red Flags Web Site To Help Creditors and Financial Institutions Design Identity Theft Prevention Programs
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The Federal Trade Commission has launched a Web site to help entities covered by the Red Flags Rule design and implement identity theft prevention programs. The Rule requires “creditors” and...
Telemarketers Settle Charges of Misleading Consumers with Free Product Pitches
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A group of sellers and telemarketers charged in 2008’s “Operation Tele-PHONEY” interagency law enforcement sweep have agreed to post a $5 million performance bond before calling consumers and have...
New FTC Web Site Helps Consumers Cope With Tough Economic Times
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The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, has a new Web site at ftc.gov/MoneyMatters for people dealing with debt; struggling to find a job; or trying to create a budget...
Chairman Issues Commissions Annual Report at ABA Spring Meeting
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz today issued the FTC’s 2009 Annual Report at the American Bar Association’s Section of Antitrust Law Spring Meeting in Washington, DC. “The FTC in 2009...
Mar25
Digital Rights Management
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The Federal Trade Commission and the Technology Law and Public Policy Clinic at the University of Washington School of Law will host a conference on the use of digital rights management technologies...
FTC Charges Dish Network, Formerly Known as EchoStar, with Multiple Do Not Call Violations
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The U.S. Department of Justice, at the Federal Trade Commission’s request, filed suit today in federal district court charging that satellite television provider Dish Network, directly and through its...
Court Halts Bogus Mortgage Loan Modification Operations
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At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. district court has ordered two companies to stop falsely advertising that they are part of a government-endorsed mortgage assistance network and...
FTC Approves Federal Register Notice Establishing New Fiber Name and Definition; Commission Approves Final Consent Order in Matter of Genica Corporation
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FTC Approves Federal Register Notice Establishing New Fiber Name and Definition The FTC has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice amending Commission Rule 7(c) of the Rules and...
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