| 2023 |
| February |
- FTC Hosts Forum Examining Proposed Rule To Ban Noncompete Clauses
- FTC Asks Federal Court To Hold ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli in Contempt
- More Than $115 Million in Refunds Sent to Consumers As a Result of FTC, DOJ Charges That MoneyGram Failed To Crack Down on Scams
- FTC Order Requires HomeAdvisor To Pay up to $7.2 Million and Stop Deceptively Marketing Its Leads for Home Improvement Projects
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| January |
- Fortnite Video Game Maker Epic Games To Pay More Than Half a Billion Dollars over FTC Allegations of Privacy Violations and Unwanted Charges
- FTC Proposes Rule To Ban Noncompete Clauses, Which Hurt Workers and Harm Competition
- New FTC Analysis Shows Adults Under 60 Report Losses to Online Shopping Scams, Investment Scams More Than Older Adults
- FTC Orders an End to Illegal Mastercard Business Tactics and Requires It To Stop Blocking Competing Debit Card Payment Networks
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| 2022 |
| December |
- FTC Seeks To Block Microsoft Corp.’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Inc.
- FTC, States Sue Google and iHeartMedia for Deceptive Ads Promoting the Pixel 4 Smartphone
- FTC Acts To Stop Deceptive COVID-19 Advertising Claims by Precision Patient Outcomes, Inc.
- FTC Explores Changes, Possible Expansion of Its Business Opportunity Rule
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| November |
- FTC Action Against Vonage Results in $100 Million to Customers Trapped by Illegal Dark Patterns and Junk Fees When Trying To Cancel Service
- FTC Restores Rigorous Enforcement of Law Banning Unfair Methods of Competition
- FTC Issues Annual Report to Congress on Agency’s Actions To Protect Older Adults
- FTC Seeks Public Comment on Initiative To Reduce Energy Costs and Strengthen Right-To-Repair
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| October |
- FTC Chair Lina M. Khan Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights
- New Mexico Physician Association To Pay $263,000 Civil Penalty To Settle FTC Allegations That It Violated 2005 Order
- FTC, California Take Action To Shut Down Mortgage Relief Operation That Preyed on Struggling Homeowners
- FTC, Justice Department, and European Commission Hold Their Second US-EU Joint Technology Competition Policy Dialogue
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| September |
- FTC Holds Public Forum on Commercial Surveillance and Lax Data Security Practices To Help Inform FTC Initiative Aimed at Determining Whether New Rules Are Needed To Protect Consumer Privacy
- FTC Sues Kochava for Selling Data That Tracks People at Reproductive Health Clinics, Places of Worship, and Other Sensitive Locations
- FTC and Justice Department Hold Trilateral Meetings with Competition Enforcers from Mexico and Canada
- FTC Policy Paper Warns About Pitfalls of COPA Agreements for Patient Care and Healthcare Workers
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| August |
- FTC Seeks To Block Virtual Reality Giant Meta’s Acquisition of Popular App Creator Within
- FTC, National Labor Relations Board Forge New Partnership To Protect Workers from Anticompetitive, Unfair, and Deceptive Practices
- FTC Returning Almost $25 Million to Consumers Worldwide Who Were Defrauded by Next-Gen Sweepstakes Scheme
- FTC Takes Action To Stop Online Home Buying Firm Opendoor Labs, Inc. from Cheating Potential Sellers with Misleading Claims About Its Home-Buying Service
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| July |
- FTC Sues Walmart for Facilitating Money Transfer Fraud That Fleeced Customers Out of Hundreds of Millions
- As Energy Prices Rise, FTC Prevails in Deceptive Energy-Efficiency Case
- FTC Marks One-Year Anniversary of Government-Wide Initiative To Promote Competition in the American Economy
- FTC Takes Action To Protect Pet Owners from Private Equity Firm’s Rollup of Veterinary Services Clinics
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| June |
- FTC Sues To Block Healthcare Mergers
- FTC Protects Pet Owners from Private Equity Firm’s Anticompetitive Acquisition of Veterinary Services Clinics
- FTC Charges Twitter with Deceptively Using Account Security Data To Sell Targeted Ads
- FTC To Crack Down on Companies That Illegally Surveil Children Learning Online
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| May |
- FTC Chair Khan Delivers Keynote at 21st ICN Annual Conference
- FTC Takes Action To Stop Voice over Internet Provider from Facilitating Illegal Telemarketing Robocalls, Including Scams Relating to the Pandemic
- FTC Takes Action Against Frontier for Lying About Internet Speeds and Ripping Off Customers Who Paid High-Speed Prices for Slow Service
- FTC Proposes Small Business Protections Against Telemarketing Tricks and Traps
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| April |
- FTC and DOJ Antitrust Division Host Enforcers Summit
- FTC and Justice Department Launch Listening Forums on Firsthand Effects of Mergers and Acquisitions
- Court Rules That Fake Government Websites Deceived Consumers; Makes $102 Million in Refunds Available
- FTC Sues Intuit for Its Deceptive TurboTax “Free” Filing Campaign
- The FTC’s First Report on E-Cigarette Sales and Advertising Reveals Disturbing Trends Affecting the Health of Young Americans
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| March |
- FTC Enforcement Action Leads U.S. Dept. of Education To Forgive $71.7 Million in Loans for Students Deceived by DeVry University
- Operators of Investment Coaching Scheme Banned from Industry and Ordered To Pay Millions in Redress to Defrauded Consumers
- Nvidia Corp. Abandons Vertical Transaction To Acquire Arm Ltd. in the Face of FTC Challenge
- Rhode Island’s Two Largest Healthcare Providers Terminate Attempted Merger Following Challenge by FTC and Rhode Island Attorney General
- New Data Shows FTC Received 2.8 Million Fraud Reports from Consumers in 2021
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| February |
- Court Orders Lifetime Industry Ban Against “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli in Vyera Pharmaceuticals Matter Concerning Monopoly for Daraprim
- Lockheed Martin Abandons Vertical Acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Following FTC Challenge
- In Wake of Omicron Variant, FTC Orders More Marketers To Stop Falsely Claiming Their Products Can Effectively Prevent or Treat COVID-19
- Fashion Nova Will Pay $4.2 Million As Part of Settlement of FTC Allegations It Blocked Negative Reviews of Products
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| January |
- FTC, DOJ Obtain Ban on Negative Option Marketing and $21 Million for Consumers Deceived by Background Report Provider MyLife
- FTC Returns Additional $25 Million to Consumers Who Lost Money to Business Coaching Scam
- FTC Order Protects Retail Fuel Customers Following Global Partners LP’s Acquisition of Wheels
- FTC and DOJ Hold Virtual Public Workshop Exploring Competition in Labor Markets
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| 2021 |
| December |
- FTC, States To Recoup Millions in Relief for Victims Fleeced by ‘Pharma Bro’ Scheme To Illegally Monopolize Life-Saving Drug Daraprim
- FTC, DOJ Antitrust Division, and European Commission Launch EU-U.S. Joint Technology Competition Policy Dialogue
- FTC Order Protects Retail Fuel Customers Following Global Partners LP’s Acquisition of Wheels
- FTC Chair Lina M. Khan Announces New Appointments in Agency Leadership Positions
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| November |
- FTC To Ramp up Enforcement Against Illegal Dark Patterns That Trick or Trap Consumers into Subscriptions
- FTC Sues Nasal Spray Seller for Falsely Claiming Its Products Can Prevent and Treat COVID-19
- FTC To Restrict Future Acquisitions for Firms That Pursue Anticompetitive Mergers
- FTC Approves Fiscal Year 2020 Hart-Scott-Rodino Premerger Notification Report
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| October |
- Alabama Board of Dental Examiners Settles Charges That It Unreasonably Excluded Lower Cost Online and Teledentistry Providers from Competition
- FTC Puts 700 Advertisers on Notice About Fake Reviews and Other Misleading Endorsements; Also Puts For-Profit Colleges on Notice of False Promise Crackdown
- FTC Testifies Before the Senate Special Committee on Aging About the Agency’s Work To Halt Practices That Prey on Older Americans
- FTC Chair Lina M. Khan Appoints Directors of Bureau of Competition and Bureau of Consumer Protection
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| September |
- FTC Warns Health Apps and Connected Device Companies To Comply with Health Breach Notification Rule
- FTC Withdraws Vertical Merger Guidelines and Commentary
- FTC Staff Presents Report on Nearly a Decade of Unreported Acquisitions by the Biggest Technology Companies
- FTC Streamlines Consumer Protection and Competition Investigations in Eight Key Enforcement Areas To Enable Higher Caseload
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| August |
- FTC Withdraws Action Against AbbVie After Supreme Court Limits FTC Power To Request Disgorgement
- LendingClub Agrees To Pay $18 Million To Settle FTC Charges That It Deceived Consumers with Hidden Fees and Misrepresentations
- FTC Testifies Before Congressional Subcommittee on Legislation To Modify the Commission’s Authority and Address Challenges Facing the Agency
- Acting BCP Director Sends Letter to Facebook Concerning the Company’s Misleading Claims Regarding Its Consent Decree with the FTC
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| July |
- Lina M. Khan Sworn in As FTC Chair
- FTC Authorizes Investigations into Key Enforcement Priorities
- FTC Issues Rule To Deter Rampant Made in USA Fraud
- FTC and DOJ To Consider Revisions to Merger Guidelines in Response to President’s Executive Order on Promoting Competition
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| June |
- FTC Returns Nearly $60 Million Resulting from Product-Hopping Scheme To Thwart Generic Entry into Opioid Addiction Drug Market
- EU Investigation Obviates Need for Injunction in DNA Sequencing Case
- FTC Data Shows Huge Spike in Cryptocurrency Investment Scams
- FTC Submits Annual Budget Request, Performance Plan, and Performance Report to Congress
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| May |
- OECD Committee on Consumer Policy To Hold International Conference on Consumer Marketplace of the Future
- FTC Staff Report Highlights Agency’s Ongoing Efforts To Protect Consumers a Year into COVID-19 Pandemic
- FTC Acting Chairwoman Responds to U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Eliminating FTC Authority To Recover Money for Consumers; Commission Asks Congress To Pass Legislation Reviving Authority
- ACCC Adding Additional Complaints to Consumer Sentinel Network
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| April |
- Acting FTC Chairwoman Releases 2020 Annual Highlights
- FTC Obtains Court Order Banning Work-from-Home Scammer from Selling Business Opportunities and Using Robocalls
- FTC Announces Multilateral Working Group To Build a New Approach to Pharmaceutical Mergers
- FTC Acting Chairwoman Slaughter Announces New Rulemaking Group
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| March |
- FTC Report Explores Agency’s International Role
- New FTC Data Show Massive Increase in Romance Scams, $304M in Losses
- FTC Launches Initiative To Encourage Lower-Income Communities To Report Fraud
- FTC Issues Annual Report on Ethanol Market Concentration 2020
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| February |
- President Biden Names FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter Acting Chair, Replacing Departing FTC Chairman Joseph Simons
- Amazon To Pay $61.7 Million To Settle FTC Charges It Withheld Some Customer Tips from Amazon Flex Drivers
- FTC Brings First-Ever Cases Under the BOTS Act
- FTC Received 4.7 Million Complaints from Consumers in 2020 and Returned More Than $482 Million to Consumers
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| January |
- FTC Seeks Data from Nine Social Media and Video Streaming Services About How They Collect, Use, and Present Information
- Developer of Popular Women’s Fertility-Tracking App Settles FTC Allegations That It Misled Consumers About the Disclosure of Their Health Data and Violated Privacy Shield Principles
- FTC Imposes Conditions on E. & J. Gallo Winery’s Acquisition of Assets from Constellation Brands, Inc.
- Bureau of Competition Publishes Blog Post on Ten Memorable Developments in 2020
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| 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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