LifeLock to Pay $100 Million to Consumers to Settle FTC Charges it Violated 2010 Order
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FTC alleged company violated order’s information security requirements, misled consumers with deceptive advertising
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Two App Developers Settle FTC Charges They Violated Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
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Two app developers will pay a combined $360,000 in civil penalties as part of settlements with the Federal Trade Commission over charges they violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, or...
FTC’s Principal Deputy General Counsel David Shonka Earns Presidential Rank Award
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The Federal Trade Commission announced today that David C. Shonka, the Principal Deputy General Counsel at the agency, has received the 2015 Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Executive. “As this...
FTC Approves Final Order Requiring Marketer of Rug Accessory to Stop Efforts to Illegally Coordinate Prices with Competitor
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that Step N Grip, LLC, a company that sells rug accessories designed to keep rugs from...
FTC Action: Scammers Banned from Mortgage Relief Business, Telemarketing
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Four mortgage modification scammers, Brian Pacios, Chad Caldaronello, Justin Moreira and Derek Nelson will be banned from selling debt relief products and services under settlements resolving Federal...
FTC to Host Public Workshop Examining the U.S. Auto Distribution System
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The Federal Trade Commission will host a one-day workshop on January 19, 2016, to explore competition and related issues in the U.S. auto distribution system, including how consumers and businesses...
FTC Issues Annual Report On Ethanol Market Concentration
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The Federal Trade Commission has issued its 2015 Report on Ethanol Market Concentration, an annual report required by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 “to determine whether there is sufficient...
Commercial Trucking Services Company Settles FTC Charges of Invitation to Collude
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Drug Testing Compliance Group, LLC, an Idaho-based company that provides drug and alcohol testing and other services to commercial trucking companies and their drivers, has agreed to settle FTC...
Wyndham Settles FTC Charges It Unfairly Placed Consumers’ Payment Card Information At Risk
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Note: A conference call for media with Jessica Rich, Director of the FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection, was held as follows. Date: Dec. 9, 2015 Time: 12:00 p.m. ET Rich and FTC staff took questions...
Nordstrom, Bed Bath & Beyond, Backcountry.com, and J.C. Penney to Pay Penalties Totaling $1.3 Million for Falsely Labeling Rayon Textiles as Made of “Bamboo”
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The Federal Trade Commission announced complaints and proposed court orders barring four national retailers from mislabeling and advertising rayon textiles as made of “bamboo,” and requiring them to...
FTC and Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General Challenge Penn State Hershey Medical Center’s Proposed Merger with PinnacleHealth System
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The Federal Trade Commission has authorized an action to block Penn State Hershey Medical Center’s (Hershey) proposed merger with PinnacleHealth System, alleging that the combination of the two health...
FTC Challenges Proposed Merger of Staples, Inc. and Office Depot, Inc.
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The Federal Trade Commission today filed an administrative complaint charging that Staples, Inc.’s proposed $6.3 billion acquisition of Office Depot, Inc. would violate the antitrust laws by...
FTC Returns Money to Consumers Conned into Paying for Business Directory Listings
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 774 checks totaling more than $444,000 to consumers who lost money to a business directory scam. In 2013, the FTC charged the Online Public Yellow Pages...
Federal Trade Commission Appoints Lorrie Cranor as Chief Technologist
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Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez has appointed Lorrie Faith Cranor as the agency’s Chief Technologist, succeeding Ashkan Soltani. Cranor will join the FTC staff in January and be...
FTC Halts Online ‘Yellow Pages’ Scammers
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At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court has banned the Montreal, Quebec, area-based operators of a business directory scam from the directory business and ordered them to pay the...
Tommie Copper to Pay $1.35 Million to Settle FTC Deceptive Advertising Charges
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Athletic apparel company Tommie Copper, Inc. and its founder have agreed to pay $1.35 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceptively advertised the company’s copper-infused...
FTC Requires NXP Semiconductors N.V. to Divest RF Power Amplifier Assets as a Condition of Acquiring Freescale Semiconductor Ltd.
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NXP Semiconductors N.V. has agreed to sell its RF power amplifier assets in order to settle FTC charges that its proposed $11.8 billion acquisition of Freescale Semiconductor Ltd. is anticompetitive...
FTC Staff Advises New York State Public Service Commission On Improving Proposal to Transform Electric Distribution System
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The Federal Trade Commission staff submitted a comment in the New York State Public Service Commission’s (NY PSC’s) Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) proceeding regarding that agency’s “Staff White...
FTC Seeks Public Input in Review of Holder Rule
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As part of the Federal Trade Commission's systematic review of all current FTC rules and guides, the FTC is seeking public comment on the efficiency, costs, benefits, and impact of the Holder Rule...
FTC Obtains Contempt Ruling Against ‘Yellow Pages’ Scam
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At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court has banned Robert Ray Law and his company, CPU Service Incorporated (CPU) from sending unsolicited direct mail to advertise or promote goods...
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