Tag: Consumer Protection

Bad Bonds: FTC Charges Canadian Defendant with Defrauding Elderly U.S. Consumers with Promises of Cash Winnings

Date

October 27, 2005

The Federal Trade Commission has charged the operator of a Vancouver, Canada-based telemarketing operation with targeting elderly U.S. consumers in connection with offering nonexistent foreign bonds...

3rd Union Card Services Inc., et al.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

October 26, 2005

FTC Matter/File Number

X040056

Opinion 05-5

Date

October 25, 2005

Discusses: (1) a successor's obligation to prepare audited financial statements following an asset purchase agreement; and (2) the disclosure of parent information.

Service Brokers Associates, Inc., and Daniel Gonzalez, FTC

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

October 25, 2005

Sun Spectrum Communications Organization, Inc., et al.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

October 24, 2005

FTC Matter/File Number

032 3032

Mortgage Company Settles Information Security Charges

Date

September 28, 2005

Superior Mortgage Corp., a lender with 40 branch offices in 10 states and multiple Web sites, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated federal law by failing to provide...

Announced Actions for September 23, 2005

Date

September 23, 2005

Commission approval of final consent orders: Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved the issuance of a final consent order in the matter concerning Partners Health Network, Inc...

BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc., In the Matter of

Type of Action

Administrative

Last Updated

September 23, 2005

FTC Matter/File Number

042 3160

Announced Action for September 26, 2005

Adjudicative Proceedings

Telebrands Corp., TV Savings LLC, and Ajit Khubani, In the Matter of

Type of Action

Administrative

Last Updated

September 23, 2005

FTC Matter/File Number

022 3279

Docket Number

9313

Advocacy Filings

FTC Staff Comment Before the Department of the Treasury Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau Concerning Alcohol Labeling

Date

September 1, 2005

Matter Number

V050019

FTC Staff Comment Before the Department of the Treasury Alchohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau Concerning Alcohol Labeling (50.75 KB)

Related Release

Opinion 05-4

Date

August 30, 2005

Addresses a request to conduct a demonstration project for electronic compliance with the Franchise Rule.

Cytodyne, LLC; et al., In the Matter of

Type of Action

Administrative

Last Updated

August 26, 2005

FTC Matter/File Number

032 3144

Datatech Communications, Inc., a corporation, 9106-3925 Quebec Inc., a corporation, d/b/a Datatech Communications, Inc., 9102-3127 Quebec, Inc., a corporation, d/b/a I-Point Media, Robert Brewer, individually and as an owner, officer or director of the

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

August 25, 2005

Emerson Direct, Inc., d/b/a Council on Natural Health, et al.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

August 23, 2005

Letter from James A. Kohm, Associate Director, Division of Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer Protection, in response to a question about the appropriate way to disclose fabric thread count (279.2 KB)

National Textile Association

Date

August 2, 2005

Jul14

Event

Perspectives on Marketing, Self-Regulation, and Childhood Obesity

July 14, 2005 | 12:00AM - July 15, 2005 | 12:00AM

The FTC and the Department of Health and Human Services sponsored a workshop that brought together representatives from the food and beverage industry and media and entertainment companies, medical...

Advisory opinion on the lawful construction of the term “cash advance item” as used in the FTC’s Funeral Rule, 16 C.F.R. § 453.1(b) (108.07 KB)

Advisory opinion on the lawful construction of the term “cash advance item” as used in the FTC’s Funeral Rule, 16 C.F.R. § 453.1(b)

Date

July 7, 2005

Letter to State Representative Dan Flynn, Decisions Volume 140

Collection Company Settles Unauthorized Billing Charges

Date

July 7, 2005

A company that sent bills to consumers for services consumers did not order has agreed to settle FTC charges that the billing scheme violated federal law. The company is barred from billing consumers...

Children's Book Publisher to Pay $710,000 to Settle Charges it Violated Commission's Negative Option and Telemarketing Sales Rule

Date

June 21, 2005

New York-based Scholastic Inc. (Scholastic) and two of its subsidiaries, Scholastic-at-Home (SAH) and Grolier Incorporated (Grolier), have agreed to settle allegations that they violated laws enforced...