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FTC Seeks Comment on Identity Theft Detection Rules
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The Federal Trade Commission is seeking comment on whether the agency should make changes to rules requiring that financial institutions and creditors take certain steps to detect signs of identity...
SmartStart Employment Screening, Inc., In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
182 3154
FTC Commissioners Find that 1-800 Contacts Unlawfully Harmed Competition in Online Search Advertising Auctions, Restricting the Availability of Truthful Advertising to Consumers
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The Federal Trade Commission has held that 1-800 Contacts, the nation’s largest online retailer of contact lenses, unlawfully entered into a web of anticompetitive agreements with rival online contact...
Nov13
FTC Hearing #7: The Competition and Consumer Protection Issues of Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, and Predictive Analytics
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The Federal Trade Commission held the seventh session of its Hearings Initiative, with a two-day hearing at the Howard University School of Law in Washington, D.C., on November 13-14, 2018. Howard...
Statement of Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter In the Matter of Uber Technologies, Inc.
Date
By
Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Former Commissioner
Matter Number
152 3054
Statement of Commissioner Rohit Chopra In the Matter of Uber Technologies, Inc.
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By
Rohit Chopra, Former Commissioner
Matter Number
152 3054
Federal Trade Commission Gives Final Approval to Settlement with Uber
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The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a settlement with Uber Technologies, Inc. over allegations that the ride-sharing company deceived consumers about its privacy and data security...
Oct23
FTC Hearing #4: Innovation and Intellectual Property Policy
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The Federal Trade Commission held the fourth session of the Hearings initiative with two full-day sessions held at the FTC’s Constitution Center facilities in Washington, D.C. on October 23-24, 2018...
FTC Details Efforts to Protect Older Consumers in Report to Congress
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A new report released today by the Federal Trade Commission details the agency’s comprehensive efforts to protect older consumers from fraud, identity theft, and other problems in the marketplace. The...
IDmission LLC, In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
182 3150
Agilent Technologies, Inc., In the Matter of
Agilent Technologies, Inc. and Varian, Inc., two leading global suppliers of high-performance scientific measurement instruments, have agreed to sell three of their product lines in order to proceed with their proposed $1.5 billion merger. According to the FTC’s complaint, Agilent’s acquisition of Varian would have reduced competition for three types of scientific measurement instruments. To resolve these competitive concerns, the parties have agreed to sell assets related to the manufacture and sale of: 1) Micro Gas Chromatography (Micro GC) instruments; 2) Triple Quadrupole Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (3Q GC-MS) instruments; and 3) Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) instruments.
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
091 0135
Docket Number
C-4292
FTC Sending Out Refunds in Cramming Case
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The Federal Trade Commission is sending out 22,671 refund checks to people who lost money to a mobile cramming operation that placed tens of millions of dollars in charges on their mobile phone bills...
BLU Products and Samuel Ohev-Zion, In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
172 3025
FTC Gives Final Approval to Settlement with Phone Maker BLU
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The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a settlement with mobile phone manufacturer BLU Products, Inc. and its co-owner over allegations that they deceived consumers about the...
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