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Path, Inc. (timeline item) - February 1, 2013
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February 1, 2013
January 31, 2013
FTC Action Leads to Court Order: Home Insulation Marketer to Pay $350,000
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A federal court ordered a home insulation marketer to pay a $350,000 civil penalty for making deceptive and unsubstantiated claims about his products’ insulation capabilities. On the Federal Trade...
FTC Action Leads to Shutdown of Texas-based Debt Collector that Allegedly Used Deception, Insults, and False Threats Against Consumers
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At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. district court shut down a Houston-based debt collection operation that allegedly illegally used insults, lies, and false threats to collect on...
FTC to Present Report on Mobile Privacy, Announce Enforcement Action
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The Federal Trade Commission will host a call-in media availability Friday, Feb. 1, at 10:30 a.m. EST, to announce the publication of a new staff report that recommends ways in which mobile...
FTC Robocall Challenge Garners More Than 700 Submissions
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The Federal Trade Commission wrapped up a three-month submission period for the FTC Robocall Challenge, which seeks the best technical solution to block illegal sales robocalls on landlines and mobile...
January 30, 2013
Settlement with FTC Bans Sellers of Alleged Fraudulent Auto Loan Modifications from Marketing Debt Relief Services
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In a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, two California-based companies and their principals, who allegedly took hundreds of thousands of dollars from consumers, are banned from marketing...
The First of Its Kind, FTC Study Shines a Light on the Debt Buying Industry, Finds Consumers Would Benefit from Use of Better Data in Debt Collection
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced the results of the first empirical study of debt buyers – companies that are in the business of buying consumer debts and trying to collect on them. As the...
FTC Sends $7.4 Million in Refunds to Consumers Harmed by Scheme That Sold Allegedly Bogus 'Platinum' Credit Card
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On January 16, 2013, the Federal Trade Commission mailed 70,511 refund checks to consumers who lost money to a scheme that allegedly sold bogus "platinum" credit cards and illegally debited consumers’...
FTC/DOJ Amicus Brief Supports Right of Private Parties to Pursue Relief Under the Antitrust Laws
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The staff of the Federal Trade Commission has joined the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court concerning the right of private parties to pursue relief...
January 28, 2013
Public Statement
Merger Enforcement in High-Tech Markets
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Merger Enforcement in High-Tech Markets
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Acción de la FTC origina una orden judicial que impone el cese de un presunto esquema piramidal
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A petición de la Comisión Federal de Comercio (FTC, por su sigla en inglés) y de los estados de Illinois, Kentucky y Carolina del Norte, una corte federal ha ordenado el cese de la operación de un...
FTC Announces Action Against Alleged Pyramid Scheme
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The Federal Trade Commission will co-host a press conference in Lexington, KY, today at 1 p.m. ET (Noon Central Time), with the Kentucky Attorney General’s office, to announce a major action against...
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