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Mercury Marketing LLC, FTC v.
The FTC filed a complaint alleging that Mercury Marketing, LLC, and other defendants impersonated substance use disorder treatment clinics in Google search ads to deceptively route consumers trying to call those clinics to defendant clinics.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
242 3079
Case Status
Pending
Walmart Inc., FTC et al. v. (Walmart Spark Driver)
Walmart, Inc. has agreed to a $100 million judgment to settle FTC allegations that the company caused delivery drivers to lose tens of millions of dollars’ worth of earnings, by deceiving them about the base pay, incentive pay and tips they could earn.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
232 3055
Case Status
Pending
Walmart Agrees to $100 Million Judgment to Settle FTC, States’ Charges Over Deceptive Earnings Claims Related to the Company’s Spark Driver Delivery Service
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Walmart, Inc. has agreed to a $100 million judgment to settle allegations from the Federal Trade Commission and 11 states that the company caused delivery drivers to lose tens of millions of dollars’...
Federal Register Notice
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension (Used Car Rule)
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FTC Issues COPPA Policy Statement to Incentivize the Use of Age Verification Technologies to Protect Children Online
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The Federal Trade Commission issued a policy statement today announcing that the Commission will not bring an enforcement action under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule)...
FTC to Host February 26 Workshop on Measuring Injuries and Benefits in the Data-Driven Economy
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WHAT: The Federal Trade Commission is hosting a workshop, “Measuring Injuries and Benefits in the Data-Driven Economy,” to explore efforts to measure consumers’ privacy preferences, as well as the...
Federal Register Notice
Express Scripts, Inc., et al.; Analysis of Agreement Containing Consent Order To Aid Public Comment
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FTC Sends Checks to Consumers Who Bought Certain Products from Golden Sunrise Nutraceutical Between 2017 and 2020
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The Federal Trade Commission is sending checks to eligible consumers who bought certain products deceptively marketed by Golden Sunrise Nutraceutical, Inc. between July 2017 and July 2020. In June...
FTC Reminds Data Brokers of Their Obligations to Comply with PADFAA
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The Federal Trade Commission sent letters to 13 data brokers warning them of their responsibility to comply with the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 (PADFAA). PADFAA...
Federal Register Notice
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension; Correction (Regulation O)
Date
FTC Issues Second Report to Congress on its Work to Fight Ransomware and other Cyberattacks
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The Federal Trade Commission issued a second report to Congress detailing the agency’s efforts to fight against ransomware and other cyberattacks. The report is mandated by the Reporting Attacks from...
Kars-R-Us.com
The Federal Trade Commission, along with 22 agencies from 19 states, stopped a deceptive charity fundraising scheme and its operators who made false or deceptive claims to U.S. donors.
Kars-R-Us.com, Inc. (Kars) and its operators, Michael Irwin and Lisa Frank, solicited charitable donations nationwide on behalf of United Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. (UBCF), a charity that claims to assist individuals affected by breast cancer, according to a complaint filed by the FTC and states (link to complaint).
Under a proposed settlement order reached with the FTC and its state partners, Kars and its operators face restrictions on future fundraising activities and Irwin, Kars’s President and co-owner until 2022, will be permanently banned from fundraising.
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
Case Status
Pending
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