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March 17, 2015
FTC Approves Final Order Barring Patent Assertion Entity From Using Deceptive Tactics
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that a company and its law firm used deceptive sales claims and phony legal threats in...
FTC To Host Workshop on Cross-Device Tracking Nov. 16
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The Federal Trade Commission will host a workshop on Nov. 16, 2015, to examine the privacy issues around the tracking of consumers’ activities across their different devices for advertising and...
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MPHJ Technology Investments, LLC, In the Matter of (timeline item) - March 17, 2015
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Complaint
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Exhibits A-C
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Decision and Order
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Letters to Commenters
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March 16, 2015
Former Bureau of Competition Director Bill Baer and Former FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection Director David Vladeck Named Recipients of 2015 Kirkpatrick Award
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Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez today named former Bureau of Competition Director William J. Baer and former Bureau of Consumer Protection Director David C. Vladeck the 2015...
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Sysco/USF Holding/US Foods, In the Matter of (timeline item) - March 16, 2015
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Scheduling Order
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Home Relief Foundation, Inc. (timeline item) - March 16, 2015
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Preliminary Injunction
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March 13, 2015
Commission Approves Revisions to Its Rules of Practice
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The Federal Trade Commission today adopted revisions to the agency’s Rules of Practice. Changes to Part 3 return to the approach of an earlier rule that automatically suspends administrative...
FTC Returns More Than $2.9 Million to Inc21 Cramming Victims In Second Round of Refunds to Consumers
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing a second round of 58,239 checks totaling more than $2.9 million to consumers and businesses who were victimized by a massive fraudulent operation that placed...
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Jerk, LLC, d/b/a Jerk.com, In the Matter of (timeline item) - March 13, 2015
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Respondent John Fanning's Trial Brief
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Respondent Jerk, LLC's Pre-Trial Brief
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March 12, 2015
Court Orders Ringleader of Scam Targeting Seniors Banned From Telemarketing
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A U.S. district court has permanently barred the ringleader of a multi-million dollar fraud that targeted seniors from all telemarketing activities, agreeing with the Federal Trade Commission’s...
FTC, CFPB Reauthorize Memorandum of Understanding
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The Federal Trade Commission and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have reauthorized their ongoing memorandum of understanding. The memorandum outlines the working relationship between the two...
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First Consumers, et al. (timeline item) - March 12, 2015
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March 11, 2015
FTC Charges DIRECTV with Deceptively Advertising the Cost of Its Satellite Television Service
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Company advertises discounted monthly prices, fails to tell consumers about 2-year contract obligation...
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Sysco/USF Holding/US Foods, In the Matter of (timeline item) - March 11, 2015
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Jerk, LLC, d/b/a Jerk.com, In the Matter of (timeline item) - March 11, 2015
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DIRECTV (timeline item) - March 11, 2015
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Exhibit 3
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Exhibit 4
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March 10, 2015
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