Guidance for businesses on how to get support, avoid scams, and follow appropriate practices in the marketplace.
Antitrust and Competition
FTC Announcements
Consumer Protection
FTC Announcements
- Federal Trade Commission Scores Two Victories in Separate Actions Against Companies Who Failed to Deliver COVID Personal Protection Equipment During Early Days of the Pandemic
- FTC Sues Marketer of Personal Protective Equipment and Light Fixtures for Lying About Products Being Made in the USA and Government-Certified
- FTC, Florida Act to Shut Down ‘Grant Bae’ Scam Preying on Minority-Owned Businesses Seeking Pandemic-Relief Grants and Funds
- FTC Acts to Shut Down ‘The Credit Game’ for Running a Bogus Credit Repair Scheme that Fleeced Consumers
- FTC, DOJ, and FDA Take Action to Stop Marketer of Herbal Tea from Making False COVID-19 Treatment Claims
- The FTC Directed 30 More Marketers to Stop Making Unsupported Claims That Their Products and Therapies Can Effectively Prevent or Treat COVID-19
- In First Action Under COVID-19 Consumer Protection Act, FTC Seeks Monetary Penalties for Deceptive Marketing of Purported Coronavirus Treatments
Small Business
- Back to business #4: Back-to-work basics for job seekers
- Back to business #3: Looking for small business financing?
- Back to business #2: Slamming the office door on B2B COVID scams
- Back to business #1: Where’s your data?
- What to do if you’re billed for an SBA EIDL loan you don’t owe
Recent Blog Posts
- Two decisions highlight Mail Order Rule compliance during the pandemic – and beyond
- Deceptive duo: Made in USA falsity and misleading COVID claims
- FTC and Florida act to keep deceptive grant claims at “bae”
- FTC alleges “The Credit Game” broke the rules governing credit repair
- Cure COVID with an herbal beverage? A falsi-tea, says the FTC
- Businesses: Phishing scheme targets unemployment benefits, PII
- Advertisers: Stop unproven COVID claims or face penalties under new law
- First FTC case filed under new COVID-19 Consumer Protection Act
- A word to landlords about eviction moratoriums
- Business owners: Scams will follow new rescue plan
- What to do if you’re billed for an SBA EIDL loan you don’t owe
- Business owners: Latest COVID scam is directed at you
- Nursing homes: Stimulus payments are for residents
- Student loan debt and COVID: FTC sends warning letter to Frank Financial Aid
- 20 more marketers making COVID claims receive FTC warning letters
- Zooming in on Zoom’s unfair and deceptive security practices: More about the FTC settlement