NetSpend Settles FTC Charges
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NetSpend Corporation has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that the prepaid card company deceived people about access to funds deposited on NetSpend debit cards. The Commission...
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American Guild of Organists Agrees to Eliminate Rules that Restrict Competition among Members
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The American Guild of Organists has agreed to eliminate rules that restrict its members from competing for opportunities to perform. The agreement between the FTC and the American Guild of Organists...
FTC Approves Final Orders Settling Charges That Used Auto Dealers Touted Inspections Without Disclosing That Some Cars Were Subject to Unrepaired Safety Recalls
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved final consent orders with CarMax, Asbury Automotive Group and West-Herr Automotive Group, settling charges that they touted...
FTC Returns Money to Victims of Debt Collection Scheme
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 5,232 checks totaling more than $2.7 million to people who lost money to Rincon Debt Management, a debt collection scheme that focused on people who were...
FTC Releases 2016 Annual Highlights
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The Federal Trade Commission released the agency’s 2016 Annual Highlights, which demonstrate the agency’s ongoing efforts to protect consumers and promote competition over the past calendar year, and...
FTC Requires Kidney Dialysis Chain DaVita, Inc. to Divest Assets as a Condition of Acquiring Competitor Renal Ventures Management LLC
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The Federal Trade Commission will require the national outpatient kidney-dialysis chain DaVita, Inc. to divest its ownership interest in seven clinics – five in suburban and urban areas of New Jersey...
FTC Announces Preliminary Agenda for Hearing Health and Technology Workshop
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced the preliminary agenda for Now Hear This: Competition, Innovation, and Consumer Protection Issues in Hearing Health Care, a workshop that will explore...
FTC Returns Money to Victims of Business Directory Scheme
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 974 checks totaling more than $535,000 to businesses and nonprofit organizations that lost money to the Fair Guide business directory scheme, which tricked them...
Office Supply Operators Banned from Telemarketing to Settle FTC Charges
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The operators of an office supply business accused of bilking millions of dollars from nonprofit organizations and small businesses will be banned from telemarketing under a settlement with the...
FTC Settlement Halts Allegedly Abusive Practices by Company Collecting Debts for More Than 500 Municipalities
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An operation that collects debts owed to municipalities has agreed to stop engaging in allegedly illegal collection tactics under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. According to the FTC...
FTC Charges Online Marketing Scheme with Deceiving Shoppers
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged a group of online marketers with deceptively luring consumers with “free” and “risk-free” trials for cooking gadgets, golf equipment, and access to related...
FTC Approves Final Order Preserving Competition in 3 Natural Gas Production Areas off the Coast of Louisiana
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that the proposed merger of energy infrastructure companies Enbridge Inc. and Spectra Energy...
FTC and State of Nebraska Co-Host Twitter Chat Today on Economic Liberty
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The Federal Trade Commission will co-host a Twitter chat with the office of Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts at 3 p.m. ET today on the FTC’s new Economic Liberty Task Force, the first major policy...
After Two Chicago-area Hospital Systems Abandon Proposed Merger, FTC Dismisses Case from Administrative Trial Process
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Following the decision earlier this month by Advocate Health Care Network and NorthShore University HealthSystem to abandon their proposed merger, the Federal Trade Commission has dismissed its case...
FTC Testifies Before Senate on Efforts to Combat Fraud
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In testimony before Congress today, the Federal Trade Commission described its efforts to fight fraud, noting that during the past year the agency has obtained judgments totaling more than $11.9...
FTC & NASCO Conference on March 21 Explores Consumer Protection Issues and Charitable Solicitations
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The Federal Trade Commission and the National Association of State Charities Officials will host a conference tomorrow in Washington, DC, to examine how we can best protect donors from fraud and...
FTC, NHTSA to Conduct Workshop on June 28 on Privacy, Security Issues Related to Connected, Automated Vehicles
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The Federal Trade Commission and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will hold a workshop on June 28, 2017 in Washington, D.C., to examine the consumer privacy and security...
Membership Reward Service Upromise Penalized for Violating FTC Order
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A membership reward service called Upromise, aimed at consumers trying to save for college, will pay a $500,000 civil penalty to settle allegations that it violated the terms of a Federal Trade...
FTC Settlement Bars Spam Email Marketing, Baseless Weight-Loss Claims by Diet-Pill Operation
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Three Florida-based affiliate marketers charged with using illegal spam e-mail, false weight-loss claims, and phony celebrity endorsements to market bogus weight-loss products will pay $500,000 to...
FTC Launches New Website Dedicated to Economic Liberty
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New web pages on the Federal Trade Commission’s website will highlight the work of the agency’s new Economic Liberty Task Force, which Acting Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen announced as her first major...
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