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Sellers of At-Home Treatment for Opioid Withdrawal and Addiction Barred from Making Deceptive Claims
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Defendants also required to pay $235,000
FTC Approves Final Order in Vipvape APEC Cross Border Privacy Rule Case
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After a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order resolving the Commission’s complaint against Very Incognito Technologies, Inc., doing business as Vipvape...
FTC Raises Civil Penalty Maximums to Adjust for Inflation
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The Federal Trade Commission has approved final amendments to Commission Rule 1.98 that adjust the maximum civil penalty dollar amounts for violations of 16 provisions of law the FTC enforces, as...
FTC Testifies on Efforts to Stop Fraud Affecting Older Americans Before Senate Judiciary Committee
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The Federal Trade Commission highlighted to Congress its multi-faceted approach to protecting older Americans from fraud in testimony today before the Senate Judiciary Committee . Testifying on behalf...
Volkswagen to Spend up to $14.7 Billion to Settle Allegations of Cheating Emissions Tests and Deceiving Customers on 2.0 Liter Diesel Vehicles
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In two related settlements, one with the United States and the State of California, and one with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) , German automaker Volkswagen AG and related entities have...
FTC Alerts Telemarketers that TSR Prohibits Certain Payment Methods; Warns Consumers that Use of the Payment Methods Is Illegal
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The Federal Trade Commission wants businesses to know about important Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) amendments that are now in effect. These changes make it unlawful for telemarketers to use three...
FTC Returns More Than $6 Million to Consumers Who Bought Infomercial Marketer Kevin Trudeau’s Weight-Loss Book
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing checks totaling approximately $6.3 million to consumers who bought Kevin Trudeau’s book, “The Weight Loss Cure ‘They’ Don’t Want You to Know About.” In 2009, a...
Mobile Advertising Network InMobi Settles FTC Charges It Tracked Hundreds of Millions of Consumers’ Locations Without Permission
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Singapore-based mobile advertising company InMobi will pay $950,000 in civil penalties and implement a comprehensive privacy program to settle Federal Trade Commission charges it deceptively tracked...
FTC Action Halts Phony OSHA Scam that Targets New Small Businesses
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged a Florida man and his company with bilking at least $1.3 million from newly-opened small businesses by pretending to be a federal government agency, and...
Operators of Phony Doctor Certification Program and Misleading Health and Lifestyle Websites Settle FTC Charges
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According to the FTC’s complaint, between June 2013 and October 2015 the defendants marketed and sold the “Doctor Trusted” seal and certification program to websites that primarily offered health...
D&S Marketing Solutions LLC
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
162 3022
X160042
SmartClick Media LLC, also doing business as Doctor Trusted
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
152 3063
Jun21
Something New Under the Sun: Competition & Consumer Protection Issues in Solar Energy
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The Federal Trade Commission held a one-day public workshop on June 21, 2016 to explore competition and consumer protection issues that may arise when consumers generate their own electric power by...
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