Tag: Consumer Protection

Sweepstakes Promoters Will Pay $1.4 Million To Settle FTC Charges

Date

April 23, 2007

A sweepstakes operation that enticed consumers to send money in order to win cash prizes has agreed to pay almost $1.4 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated federal laws...

Apr20

Event

Conference on Behavioral Economics and Consumer Policy

April 20, 2007 | 12:00AM

The FTC's Bureau of Economics sponsored a conference to explore research into how consumer behavior should influence consumer protection policy. The event brought together economists and other...

Opinion 07-1

Date

April 5, 2007

Discusses the application of the Telemarketing Sales Rule to a proposed business plan involving the sale of automobile service contracts.

Opinion 07-1 (145.35 KB)

Commission Approves Final Consent Order in Matter of Guidance Software

Date

April 3, 2007

Commission approval of final consent order: Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved the issuance of a final consent order and letter to the one commenter of record in the matter...

National Restaurant Company Settles FTC Charges for Deceptive Gift Card Sales

Date

April 3, 2007

Darden Restaurants Inc., which owns restaurant chains Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Smokey Bones, and Bahama Breeze, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it engaged in deceptive...

Guidance Software, Inc., In the Matter of

Type of Action

Administrative

Last Updated

April 3, 2007

FTC Matter/File Number

062 3057

Report

Rotational Health Warnings for Cigarettes (December 2006 – April 2007)

Date

April 1, 2007

Rotational Health Warnings for Cigarettes (December 2006 – April 2007) (269.69 KB)

Report

Marketing Violent Entertainment to Children: A Fifth Follow-Up Review of Industry Practices in the Motion Picture, Music Recording & Electronic Game Industries: A Federal Trade Commission Report to Congress

Date

April 1, 2007

Text of the Commission Report (1.44 MB)

Opinion 07-1

Date

March 30, 2007

Addresses whether a franchisor may distribute disclosure documents in a foreign language.

Opinion 07-3

Date

March 21, 2007

Reiterates the long-standing policy that funeral providers may not require consumers to inspect and accept third-party merchandise.

Opinion 07-3 (125.84 KB)

Opinion 07-2

Date

March 21, 2007

Discusses whether funeral providers may routinely charge a fee for the refrigeration of bodies that is separate from the non-declinable basic services fee, and whether funeral providers may charge a...

Opinion 07-2 (267.84 KB)

Opinion 07-1

Date

March 21, 2007

Discusses under what circumstances a funeral provider may need a contract with a cemetery provider to provide either a good faith estimate of the cemetery costs or the actual costs.

Opinion 07-1 (196.32 KB)

Federal Register Notice

Trade Regulation Rule Relating to Power Output Claims for Amplifiers Utilized in Home Entertainment Products

Date

March 20, 2007

120194 Canada, Ltd., et al.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

March 20, 2007

Kmart Settles With FTC Over Gift Card Sales Practices

Date

March 12, 2007

Kmart Corporation has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it engaged in deceptive practices in advertising and selling its Kmart gift card. As part of the settlement, Kmart will...

Capital Acquisitions and Management Corp.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

March 12, 2007

FTC Matter/File Number

X040036

Programmer Gives Up All The Money He Made Distributing Spyware

Date

February 28, 2007

An affiliate Webmaster who used the allure of “free” music downloads to spread malicious computer code is settling Federal Trade Commission charges he violated federal law. The defendant, who was paid...

Information Search, Inc., and David J. Kacala (District of Maryland, Northern Division)

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

February 22, 2007

FTC Matter/File Number

062 3102

Consumerinfo.com., Inc., d/b/a Experian Consumer Direct, Qspace, Inc., and Iplace Inc.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

February 21, 2007

FTC Matter/File Number

022 3263