Commission Actions

In response to a request by Massachusetts State Representative Bradley H. Jones, the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division have submitted a statement encouraging...

Press Release

Data Broker Defendants Settle FTC Charges They Sold Sensitive Personal Information to Scammers

Date

February 18, 2016

A group of defendants have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they knowingly provided scammers with hundreds of thousands of consumers’ sensitive personal information – including Social...

Press Release

Operators of Bitcoin Mining Operation Butterfly Labs Agree to Settle FTC Charges They Deceived Consumers

Date

February 18, 2016

Butterfly Labs and two of its operators have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceived thousands of consumers about the availability, profitability, and newness of machines...

Feb18

Event

Cmr. Ohlhausen a panelist on Antitrust Lessons for Privacy Regulators at 2016 George Mason Law Review Antitrust Symposium

February 18, 2016 | 3:30PM

FTC Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen will be a panelist on Antitrust Lessons for Privacy Regulators at the 2016 George Mason Law Review Antitrust Symposium, Antitrust in an Interconnected World...

Cases and Proceedings

Closing Letters

Nationwide Window & Siding Corp.

Date

February 18, 2016

Matter Number

P124203

Closing letter to Nationwide Window & Siding Corp. (221.57 KB)

Case Timeline Item

The Penn State Hershey Medical Center/PinnacleHealth System, In the Matter of (timeline item) - February 18, 2016

Date

February 18, 2016

Notice of Appearance filed by Counsel Supporting the Complaint (90.17 KB)

Case Timeline Item

Sitesearch Corporation, Doing Business As LeapLab (timeline item) - February 18, 2016

Date

February 18, 2016

Stipulated Final Order for Permanent Injunction and Settlement of Claims (LeapLab, LLC) (171.02 KB)

Stipulated Final Order for Permanent Injunction and Settlement of Claims (John Ayers) (141.53 KB)

Stipulated Final Order for Permanent Injunction and Settlement of Claims (Leads Company, LLC) (177.23 KB)

Final Judgment and Order for Injunctive and Other Relief (Sitesearch Corporation) (231.49 KB)

Case Timeline Item

BF Labs, Inc. (timeline item) - February 18, 2016

Date

February 18, 2016

Proposed Stipulated Final Order for Permanent Injunction and Monetary Judgment as to Defendants BF Labs Inc. and Sonny Vleisides (1.89 MB)

Proposed Stipulated Final Order for Permanent Injunction and Monetary Judgment as to Defendant Darla Drake (1.77 MB)

Case Timeline Item

Cabell Huntington Hospital/St. Mary's Medical Center, In the Matter of (timeline item) - February 18, 2016

Date

February 18, 2016

Respondents Cabell Huntington Hospital, Inc. and St. Mary’s Medical Center, Inc.’s Motion for Disclosure of Third Party Declarations to Respondents’ Employees (745.67 KB)

Advocacy Filings

FTC and USDOJ Joint Comment to the Massachusetts House of Representatives Regarding House Bill 1973 to Allow Non-Surgical Treatment of Glaucoma by Optometrists

Date

February 18, 2016

Matter Number

V160006

The FTC and DOJ Antitrust Division jointly submitted a statement, in response to a request by Massachusetts State Representative Bradley H. Jones, encouraging the Massachusetts legislature to consider...

FTC and USDOJ Joint Comment to the Massachusetts House of Representatives Regarding House Bill 1973 to Allow Non-Surgical Treatment of Glaucoma by Optometrists (174.5 KB)

February 17, 2016

Report

Federal Trade Commission Enforcement of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: Report To the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Date

February 17, 2016

Text of the Commission Report (185.9 KB)

Press Release

FTC Returns Money to Consumers Harmed in Payday Loan Ploy

Date

February 17, 2016

The Federal Trade Commission is mailing checks to consumers who lost money to a scam that promised to help consumers get payday loans, then debited their bank accounts instead, in increments of $30...

Press Release

FTC Reports on 2015 Activities to Combat Illegal Debt Collection Practices

Date

February 17, 2016

During the past year, the Federal Trade Commission has continued its efforts to stop unlawful debt collection practices, including vigorous law enforcement, education and public outreach, and research...

Press Release

FTC Amicus Brief Urges Appeals Court to Correct District Court Holding that Proving Injury-in-Fact Is Necessary to Establish an Antitrust Violation

Date

February 17, 2016

The Federal Trade Commission filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit urging the court to correct the district court’s holding that a plaintiff must prove an injury-in...

Case Timeline Item

Capitol Network Distance Learning Programs, LLC (timeline item) - February 17, 2016

Date

February 17, 2016

Stipulated Temporary Restraining Order (258.75 KB)

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