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March 4, 2010
March 3, 2010
FTC, Partners Launch 12th National Consumer Protection Week
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The Federal Trade Commission and other government agencies and national consumer groups are sponsoring the 12th annual National Consumer Protection Week from March 7-13, 2010. The event is a...
Debt Collectors Will Pay More Than $1 Million to Settle FTC Charges
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A nationwide debt collector has agreed to pay a civil fine of more than $1 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated federal law by inaccurately reporting credit information...
FTC Bars Transitions Optical, Inc. from Using Anticompetitive Tactics to Maintain its Monopoly in Darkening Treatments for Eyeglass Lenses
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Transitions Optical, Inc., the nation’s leading manufacturer of photochromic treatments that darken corrective lenses used in eyeglasses, has agreed to stop using allegedly anticompetitive practices...
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Credit Bureau Collection Services (timeline item) - March 3, 2010
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Consent Decree
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Transitions Optical, Inc. (timeline item) - March 3, 2010
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Agreement Containing Consent Order
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Decision and Order
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Complaint
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Analysis To Aid Public Comment
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March 2, 2010
FTC Seeks Public Comments on Trustee's Proposal to Divest Two Stores under Whole Foods Market Inc. Divestiture Order; FTC To Review Three Agency Rules in 2010
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FTC Seeks Public Comments on Trustee's Proposal to Divest Two Stores under Whole Foods Market Inc. Divestiture Order The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comments on applications filed by...
March 1, 2010
Report
Federal Trade Commission Enforcement of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: The Thirty-Second Annual Report to Congress: Commission Initiatives During 2009 To Curtail Illegal Debt Collection Practices, Including Summaries of the Types of Consumer Com
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Text of the Annual Report
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Payment Processing CEO Banned from the Business; Company Illegally Debited Millions from Consumers Bank Accounts
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The chief executive officer of a payment processing company will be banned from the business as part of a settlement resolving Federal Trade Commission charges that the company illegally debited...
FTC Halts Massive Cramming Operation that Illegally Billed Thousands; Alleges Scam Took in $19 Million over Five Years
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A U.S. district court judge has ordered a halt to the illegal practices of an Internet services company that crammed unauthorized charges onto the telephone bills of thousands of consumers and small...
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INC21.com Corporation, et al. (timeline item) - March 1, 2010
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