Tag: Bureau of Consumer Protection

If you prescribe eyeglasses or contact lenses, you must give patients copies of their prescriptions any time you perform a refraction exam. Even if the patient doesn’t ask for it. At no extra charge.

This week, just in time for the start of football ticket sales season, the FTC announced Bureau of Consumer Protection staff sent a warning letter to a company in the business. The issue? According to...

It’s hard not to glance at your phone when you hear the ding of an incoming text. Scammers bet on it. And reports to the FTC’s Consumer Sentinel Network suggest their odds of a big payout have...

Fans want to know that when tickets to their favorite artist’s summer tour drop, they have a chance of getting good seats at face value. They don’t want to have to compete with people cheating the...

They say April showers bring May flowers. April also marks the one-year anniversary of the FTC’s Impersonation Rule, which gives the FTC more tools to fight impersonation scams that cost nearly $3...

Maybe you’re opening a small business or hiring a household employee? Or you’re starting a nonprofit or administering an estate? If you’re creating or reorganizing a legal entity, chances are you’re...

Blizzards. Hurricanes. Floods. Wildfires. No matter the season, an extreme weather event or natural disaster could be right around the corner. And when – not if – an emergency happens, you may need to...

When businesses know the rules of the road, they can confidently invest in new ventures, technologies, and products. Under my leadership, the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection (BCP) is committed to...

The FTC recently filed a case to stop what it describes as a fast-moving scam involving a group of companies offering business opportunities and a supposed credit repair service. Although the names...