FTC Stamps Out Postal Job Scam
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An operation that sold worthless prep materials for post office jobs that didn’t exist, will give up $105,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the scam violated federal law. The FTC...
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Canadian Telemarketers Banned From Selling Business Directories To U.S.
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A federal district court has awarded the Federal Trade Commission $7.5 million against two Canadian companies and an individual accused of tricking U.S. businesses and organizations into paying for...
FTC Approves Final Consent Order in Matter of Puerto Rico Endodontists
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Commission approval of final consent order: Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved the issuance of a final consent order in the matter concerning the Puerto Rico Association of...
Business That Broke Refund Promises Will Stay Busted
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A company that once claimed it could lower people’s income taxes has agreed not to engage in any future business under a proposed settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. National Audit Defense...
Consumer Protection Deputy Director To Leave FTC
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today announced that C. Lee Peeler, deputy director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection for the past five years, will leave the FTC. “Lee’s...
FTC Files Joint Amicus Brief with DOJ in Matter of Weyerhaeuser Co. v. Ross-Simmons Hardwood Lumber Co.
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Commission approval of joint amicus brief filing: The Commission has authorized the staff to file an amicus brief jointly with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in the case of Weyerhaeuser Co. v...
FTC Charges Physician Groups With Price Fixing
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced its decision to challenge the conduct of two independent practice associations (IPAs) and 18 member physician practices in the Kansas City area for...
FTC Halts Bogus Claims For Fuel Saving Device
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The manufacturer of a magnetic “fuel saving” and emissions-reduction device that did not save fuel or reduce emissions will pay $4.2 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that his...
FTC Chairman Addresses Issue of Net Neutrality
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today told a meeting of the Progress & Freedom Foundation that she has formed an Internet Access Task Force to examine issues being raised by...
FTC Challenges Deal Between Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced a law enforcement action challenging a 2005 acquisition that combined the natural gas liquids (NGL) storage businesses of Enterprise Product Partners, L.P...
DIRECTV Telemarketers To Pay $75,000 Penalty for Do Not Call Violations
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced it has entered into a court settlement with Nomrah Records, Inc. and its president, Mark Harmon – named defendants in the recent DIRECTV telemarketing case...
FTC, Washington Attorney General, Sue to Halt Unfair Movieland Downloads
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The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint in U.S. district court, seeking to halt an operation that downloads software that barrages consumers with pop-ups demanding payment to make the pop...
Repeat Offenders Banned From Claiming Products Treat or Cure Diseases
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An operation selling Chinese herbal supplements is banned from claiming its products treat or cure diseases, to settle Federal Trade Commission charges it violated a previous court order. The FTC...
Court Order Shuts Door on Advance-Fee Credit Card Fraudsters
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Under the terms of a U.S. district court judgment and order announced today, two defendants in an FTC cross-border telemarketing fraud case have been barred from engaging in deceptive marketing in the...
Commission Approves Federal Register Notice Extending Proposed Business Opportunity Rebuttal Comment Period; FTC/Federal Reserve Board Issue Joint Report on FCRAs Consumer Dispute Provisions; Commission Approves Final Consent Order in Matter of
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Commission approval Federal Register notice: – In response to a request from the public, the Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice extending the rebuttal comment period...
FTC Alleges Illegal Internet Sales of Contact Lenses
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A company and its owner selling contact lenses directly to consumers via three Web sites are settling Federal Trade Commission charges they violated federal law by failing to verify consumers’...
Keeping Your Cool
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With the heat of summer bearing down, consumers want to keep their cool without losing their cold hard cash. The Federal Trade Commission is offering tips to consumers on keeping their energy costs...
FTC Finds Rambus Unlawfully Obtained Monopoly Power
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By a unanimous vote, the Federal Trade Commission has determined that computer technology developer Rambus, Inc. unlawfully monopolized the markets for four computer memory technologies that have been...
FTC Stops Family and Companies Selling Illegal Business Opportunity
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A U.S. District Court has barred a purported former preacher, his two sons, and his companies from selling a healthcare business opportunity promising consumers millions of dollars if they...
Commission approval of Federal Register notice:
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The Commission has approved the publication of Federal Register notice amending the Telemarketing Sales Rule to revise the fees charged for industry access to the National Do Not Call Registry. As...
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