| 2020 |
| December |
- FTC Seeks Data from Nine Social Media and Video Streaming Services About How They Collect, Use, and Present Information
- As Scammers Leverage Pandemic Fears, FTC and Law Enforcement Partners Crack Down on Deceptive Income Schemes Nationwide
- FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization
- FTC Chairman Addresses Firms’ Acquisitions of Emerging Competitive Threats.
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| November |
- FTC Requires Zoom To Enhance Its Security Practices as Part of Settlement
- FTC Signs Updated Memorandum of Understanding with Nigerian Consumer Protection and Criminal Enforcement Authorities
- Court Issues Order Halting Operators of Fake Websites Claiming to Sell Clorox and Lysol Products
- FTC Releases FY 2020 National Do Not Call Registry Data Book
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| October |
- International Competition Network Addresses Enforcement and Policy Challenges of the Digital Economy at United States-Hosted 19th Annual Conference
- FTC Expands Merger Retrospective Program
- Second Round of Refunds, Totaling $147 Million, Sent to Consumers As a Result of Multi-Agency Case Against Western Union
- Brazil’s SENACON Joins econsumer.gov
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| September |
- International Competition Network Addresses Enforcement and Policy Challenges of the Digital Economy at United States-Hosted 19th Annual Conference
- U.S. Agencies Sign Antitrust Cooperation Framework with Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and United Kingdom
- Court Orders $120 Million Judgment in Sanctuary Belize, the Largest Land Fraud Case in FTC History
- FTC Sends Letters Warning 20 More Marketers To Stop Making Unsupported COVID-19 Treatment Claims
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| August |
- Save the Date - September 14-17 - for This Year's ICN Annual Conference, Co-hosted by the FTC and Department of Justice
- FTC Reports to Court That Volkswagen Returned More Than $9.5 Billion to Car Buyers Deceived by “Clean Diesel” Ad Campaign
- FTC and econsumer.gov Members Launch an Updated Website
- FTC Commissioners Testify at Senate Committee Oversight Hearing
- FTC Testifies Before the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Efforts to Combat COVID-19 Scams
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| July |
- FTC and DOJ Issue Antitrust Guidelines for Evaluating Vertical Mergers
- FTC Settles Two Privacy Shield Cases
- FTC Issues Staff Report on Made in USA Workshop, Seeks Comment on Proposed Labeling Rule
- FTC and DOJ Release FY 2019 Hart-Scott-Rodino Premerger Notification Report
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| June |
- FTC Submits Comments on Telehealth During Pandemic
- FTC Issues More Warnings to Businesses About COVID-19 Claims
- Swiss Digital Game Developer Settles FTC Allegations That It Falsely Claimed It Was a Member of COPPA Safe Harbor Program
- Developer of Apps Popular with Children Agrees To Settle FTC Allegations It Illegally Collected Kids’ Data Without Parental Consent
- FTC Releases Funeral Home Compliance Results, Offers New Business Guidance on Funeral Rule Requirements
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| May |
- FTC Imposes Conditions on Össur Hf’s Acquisition of College Park Industries, Inc.
- Court Approves $5 Billion Facebook Settlement
- FTC Intensifies Enforcement Against Unsupported COVID-19 Health Claims
- FTC Launches Two New Interactive Dashboards Detailing Consumer Reports About International Fraud
- FTC Seeks Comment as Part of Review of Health Breach Notification Rule
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| April |
- FTC and DOJ Announce Expedited Antitrust Procedure and Guidance for Coronavirus Public Health Efforts
- International Competition Network Annual Conference Rescheduled for September
- FTC Data Shows Jump in Coronavirus-Related Consumer Complaints
- FTC Warns VoIP Service Providers Against Helping Telemarketers Make Illegal Coronavirus-Related Robocalls; Joins with Federal Communications Commission in Additional Warning Letters to Gateway Providers
- Medical Diagnostic Device Maker Settles Allegations That It Misled Consumers About Its Participation in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
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| March |
- FTC Challenges Proposed Merger of Two Hospital Systems
- FTC, FDA Send Warning Letters to Seven Companies About Unsupported Claims That Products Can Treat or Prevent Coronavirus
- FTC 2019 Privacy and Data Security Update Highlights Record Fines and International Cooperation
- First Round of Refunds Totaling $153 Million Sent to Consumers As a Result of Multi-Agency Case Against Western Union
- New FTC Data Show Consumers Reported Losing More Than $200 Million to Romance Scams in 2019
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| February |
- FTC To Examine Past Acquisitions by Large Technology Firms
- FTC Challenges Anticompetitive Scheme To Maintain a $4,000 Percent List-Price Increase for Life-Saving Drug Daraprim
- Razor Manufacturer Abandons Proposed Acquisition of Disruptive Rival After FTC Sues To Block Merger
- Background Check Services Provider Agrees To Settle FTC Allegations That It Falsely Claimed Participation in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
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| January |
- FTC and DOJ Issue Draft Vertical Merger Guidelines for Public Comment
- FTC Alleges Fuel Card Marketer FleetCor Charged Hundreds of Millions in Hidden Fees
- Defendants Who Helped Blast Consumers with Millions of Cruise Line Robocalls Settle FTC Complaint
- FTC Calls for Presentations for Privacy Con 2020
- FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection Publishes Blog Post on Notable Cases and Initiatives from the Past Year
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| 2019 |
| December |
- For-Profit University To Pay Record $191 Million To Resolve FTC Charges That It Deceived Prospective Students
- FTC Determines That Cambridge Analytica Deceived Consumers About the Collection of Facebook Data, Compliance with EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
- Five Companies Settle FTC Allegations That They Falsely Claimed Participation in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
- FTC Testifies Before House Judiciary Subcommittee About Competition Enforcement and Policy, Including in Technology Markets
- FTC Consumer Blog: What To Ask Before Buying Internet-Connected Toys for the Holidays
- Bureau of Competition Publishes Blog Post Clarifying That in Merger Analysis a Firm’s Closest Competitor Is Not Its Only Competitor
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| November |
- Consummated Merger of Microprocessor Prosthetic Knee Companies To Be Unwound
- Agency Heads from the United States, Canada, and Mexico Discuss Antitrust Policy and Enforcement
- FTC and DOJ Approve Procedural Amendments to HSR Rules for Foreign Entities
- FTC Sues Multi-Level Marketer for Operating as an Illegal Pyramid Scheme and Falsely Promoting Brain Health Supplements
- AT&T To Pay $60 Million To Resolve FTC Allegations It Misled Consumers with ‘Unlimited Data’ Promises
- FTC Charges Data Storage Services Company with Falsely Claiming Participation in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
- FTC Is Hosting Nine International Fellows and Interns and Accepting Nominations for February 2020 Class
- FTC Releases Advertising Disclosures Guidance for Online Influencers
- FTC Joins Charity Regulators Around the Nation, World To Raise Awareness of Charity Fraud
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| October |
- FTC Sues Owner of Online Dating Service Match.com for Using Fake Love Interest Ads to Trick Consumers into Paying for a Subscription
- Multi-Level Marketer AdvoCare Will Pay $150 Million to Settle FTC Charges It Operated an Illegal Pyramid Scheme
- FTC Acts Against Company Using Celebrity Endorsements, Bogus Earnings Claims to Sell Real Estate Seminars
- Econsumer.gov Launches Social Media Campaign on Reporting International Scams
- Belizean Bank to Pay $23 Million to Settle FTC Charges It Provided Substantial Assistance to the Sanctuary Belize Real Estate Scam
- NEXUS Gas Transmission Eliminates Non-Compete as Condition of Pipeline Acquisition
- FTC to Study E-Cigarette Manufacturers’ Sales, Advertising, and Promotional Methods
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| August/September |
- FTC Chairman Announces Output from Hearings and Highlights Recommendations for SAFE WEB Act Renewal and Enhanced Cooperation Tools from International Hearing
- Google and YouTube Will Implement Compliance System and Pay Record $170 Million for Alleged Violations of Children’s Privacy Law
- Five Companies Settle FTC Allegations That They Falsely Claimed Participation in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
- FTC Challenges Proposed Merger of Hydrogen Peroxide Producers
- FTC Requires Divestitures and Imposes Conditions on Boston Scientific Corp.’s Acquisition of BTG plc
- FTC Seeks Comments on Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule
- FTC to Hold Workshop on Made in USA Advertising and Marketing Claims
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| July |
- FTC Imposes Historic $5 Billion Penalty and Sweeping New Privacy Restrictions on Facebook; Also Sues Cambridge Analytica, Settles with Former CEO and App Developer
- Equifax to Pay $575 Million as Part of Settlement with FTC, CFPB, and States Related to 2017 Data Breach
- FTC Takes Action Against Companies Falsely Claiming to Participate in Cross-Border Data Privacy Arrangements
- G7 Competition Authorities Adopt Common Understanding on Competition and the Digital Economy
- El Salvador’s Defensoría del Consumidor Joins econsumer.gov
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| June |
- Qualcomm’s Licensing Practices Violate Antitrust Laws
- FTC Staff Report on Branded Drug Firms’ Patent Settlements with Generic Competitors Shows Decrease in Reverse Payments
- Canon and Toshiba Pay $5 Million for Violating Pre-Merger Notification Waiting Period
- FTC Adds Latvian Payment Processor and Its CEO to “Free Trial” Litigation
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| May |
- International Competition Network Adopts Framework for Competition Agency Procedures; U.S. Agencies to Host 2020 Annual Conference
- FTC Charges Surescripts with Illegal Monopolization of E-Prescription Markets
- FTC and DOJ Meet with Officials from Japan and South Korea
- Agencies from Nearly 20 countries Participate in 10th Annual African Consumer Protection Dialogue Conference
- FTC Announces First Actions Exclusively Enforcing the Consumer Review Fairness Act
- FTC to Host Meeting on Indian Call Center Fraud
- Econsumer.gov Releases Top International Fraud Report Data for 2018
- FTC Submits Comment on FDA Guidance Regarding Nonproprietary Naming of Biological Products
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| April |
- FTC Holds Hearings on the Agency’s International Programs
- FTC Chairman Releases 2018 Annual Highlights
- FTC Signs Consumer Protection Memorandum of Understanding with United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority
- FTC Releases 2018 Privacy and Data Security Update
- FTC Sends Warning Letters to Companies Regarding Diamond Ad Disclosures
- FTC Concludes that Impax Entered into Illegal Pay-for-Delay Agreement
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| March |
- FTC to Hold Hearings on the Agency’s Role in a Changing World
- FTC Launches Technology Task Force
- FTC Enters Global Settlement to Resolve Reverse-Payment Charges Against Teva
- FTC Issues Modified Final Order Imposing Conditions on Merger of International Industrial Gas Suppliers Praxair, Inc. and Linde AG
- Record Civil Penalty Imposed Against Operator of China-Based Video Social Networking App to Settle FTC Allegations That it Violated Children’s Privacy Law
- FTC Brings First Case Challenging Fake Paid Reviews on an Independent Retail Website, Alleges Weight Loss Supplement Claims Were Deceptive
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| January/February |
- FTC Announces Hearings on International Engagement To Be Held in March
- FTC Enforcement Actions Yield More than $2.3 Billion in Refunds to Consumers between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018
- FTC Obtains Order Barring U.S. and Canadian Scammers from Marketing Internet-related Services and Misrepresenting Their Relationship with Consumers
- FTC and FDA Send Warning Letters to Companies Selling Dietary Supplements Claiming to Treat Alzheimer’s and Other Diseases
- New FTC Data Spotlight Details Big Jump in Losses, Complaints about Romance Scams
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| 2018 |
| December |
- FTC Hearings Turn to Issues of Common Ownership, Data Security, and Consumer Privacy
- Court Halts International Internet Marketing Operation
- FTC International Fellows Program Is Now Accepting Nominations for February and September 2019 Classes
- Latest Consumer Protection Data Spotlight Finds Seniors Sending Thousands in Cash to Scammers Claiming to be their Grandchildren
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| November |
- FTC Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century Examine Emerging Issues Stemming from Technology and Innovation
- MoneyGram Agrees to Pay $125 Million to Settle Allegations that the Company Violated Earlier Agreements
- At FTC’s Request, Court Halts Massive “Sanctuary Belize” Real Estate Investment Scam
- American Immigration Center Settles with FTC on Government Imposter Allegations
- International Industrial Gas Suppliers Divest Assets in Nine Industrial Gas Markets as a Condition of Merger
- FTC Chairman Joseph J. Simons Meets with Counterparts from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico to Discuss Antitrust Enforcement
- FTC and International Partners Hold First Annual International Charity Fraud Awareness Week
- FTC is Making Consumer Complaint Data More Accessible
- Econsumer.gov Consumer Education Video is Now Available in Seven Languages
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| October |
- FTC Team Receives Prestigious Public Service Award for Negotiating Historic Half-Billion Dollar Western Union Settlement to Redress Fraud-Induced Money Transfers
- In Memoriam: Robert Pitofsky
- FTC Reaches Settlements with Four Companies That Falsely Claimed Participation in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
- FTC and DOJ Return a Record $505 Million in Monetary Redress to Consumers Harmed by Massive Payday Lending Scheme
- Christine S. Wilson Sworn in as FTC Commissioner
- Econsumer.gov Releases Top Complaint Categories for April to June
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| September |
- First FTC Hearing on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century Held Today with Additional Hearings Scheduled
- Federal Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction in Tronox/Cristal Merger
- Hockey Puck Seller, Companies Selling Recreational and Outdoor Equipment Agree To Stop Making False ‘Made in USA’ Claims
- FTC Welcomes New Foreign Fellows and Is Now Accepting Nominations for February 2019 Class
- Econsumer.gov Consumer Education Video Is Now Available in Six Languages
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| August |
- Wilhelmsen Maritime Services Abandons Acquisition of Drew Marine Group
- Grifols to Divest Assets as Condition of Acquiring Biotest US Corp
- Search Cross-Border Complaint Trends in Your Country
- FTC Testifies Before Two House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittees About the Agency’s Work to Combat Payment Processors Who Facilitate Fraud
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| July |
- FTC Announces Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century and Invites First Round of Comments by August 20
- FTC, BBB, and Law Enforcement Partners Announce Results of Small Business Scam Law Enforcement and Education Initiative
- California Company Settles FTC Charges Related to Privacy Shield Participation
- FTC Hosts Semi-Annual Forum for Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities
- Report International Scams to econsumer.gov Using Your Mobile Device
- Court Rules that AbbVie Sham Litigation is Anticompetitive Monopolization and Orders $448 Million in Relief
- FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection Staff Submits Comment on Internet of Things and Consumer Product Hazards
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| June |
- FTC Imposes Conditions on Acquisition of Solid Rocket Motor Supplier
- Administrative Law Judge Dismisses Complaint Against Generic Pharmaceutical Company
- FTC Action Halts Massive International Internet Business Coaching Scheme
- FTC Engages Public and Private Partners to Combat Indian Call Center Fraud
- Econsumer.gov Releases Top Complaint Categories for January to March
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| May |
- FTC, FDA Take Action Against Companies Marketing E-liquids Resembling Children’s Juice Boxes, Candies, and Cookies
- Mobile Phone Maker BLU Reaches Settlement with FTC over Deceptive Privacy and Data Security Claims
- FTC Warns China-based and Sweden-based Companies that Online Services Might Violate COPPA
- FTC Holds Workshop with ASEAN Consumer Protection Partners
- Generic Drug Marketers Divest Rights to 10 Generic Medications as Condition of Merger
- Scammers Impersonate Chinese Consulates
- FTC and econsumer.gov Members Launch econsumer.gov Consumer Education Video in French, Korean, and Turkish (Subtitled)
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| April |
- FTC Acting Chairman Releases 2017 Annual Highlights
- International Competition Network Adopts Guiding Principles for Procedural Fairness and New Recommendations for Merger Review
- CDK Global Abandons Proposed Acquisition of Auto/Mate Following FTC Challenge
- Uber Agrees to Expanded Settlement with FTC Related to Privacy, Security Claims
- Acting Director of FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection Issues Statement Regarding Reported Concerns About Facebook Privacy Practices
- FTC Joins More Than 20 Countries at African Consumer Protection Dialogue Conference
- FTC Shares Its Experience with Privacy and Data Security Experts in India
- FTC Holds International Enforcers Roundtable
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| March |
- FTC Releases Annual Summary of Complaints Reported by Consumers
- FTC to Provide Certified econsumer.gov Members Access to More Cross-Border Complaint Data
- PayPal Settles FTC Charges that Venmo Failed to Disclose Information to Consumers on the Ability to Transfer Funds and on Privacy Settings; Violated Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
- FTC Challenges Schemes That Target or Affect Senior Citizens in the U.S. and Abroad
- FTC Closes Essilor/Luxottica Merger Investigation
- FTC Challenges Proposed Merger of World’s Largest Suppliers of Water Treatment Chemicals and Services
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| February |
- Acting FTC Chairman Ohlhausen Reports One Year of Agency Accomplishments
- U.S. Officials Meet with Chinese Anti-Monopoly Agencies
- FTC Requires Divestiture of Retail Fuel Outlets as Condition of Acquisition
- Online Talent Search Company Settles FTC Allegations it Collected Children’s Information without Consent and Misled Consumers
- Marketers Barred from Making Deceptive Claims about Products’ Ability to Mitigate Side Effects of Cancer Treatment
- FTC Releases Annual Privacy and Data Security Update
- FTC Posts Videos on Burdens of Unnecessary Occupational Licensing Requirements
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| January |
- FTC Returns $6.4 Billion in Refunds to Consumers
- Electronic Toy Maker VTech Settles FTC Allegations That it Violated Children’s Privacy Law and the FTC Act
- FTC and econsumer.gov Members Launch New econsumer.gov Consumer Education Video
- Agency Releases Staff Report Summarizing FTC Consumer Research on Online Advertising
- FTC Challenges Consummated Merger of Companies That Make Microprocessor Prosthetic Knees
- FTC Requires Divestiture of Two Medical Device Product Lines as Condition of Merger
- Canadian Fertilizer and Chemical Companies Divest Production Facilities as Condition of Merger
- FTC Staff Perspective Recaps Workshop Examining Privacy, Security Issues Related to Connected Cars
- FTC, FCC Outline Agreement to Coordinate Online Consumer Protection Efforts Following Adoption of the Restoring Internet Freedom Order
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