FTC Advises Save This Date
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The Federal Trade Commission will host three days of public hearings to examine how evolving technology will shape and change the habits, opportunities and challenges of consumers and businesses in...
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FTC Testifies on Competition in the Real Estate Brokerage Industry
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The Federal Trade Commission today told the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity of the House Financial Services Committee that changes in the real estate industry, which increasingly...
Announced Actions for July 25, 2006
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Commission approval of petition to reopen and modify final order: – Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved a petition from Koninklijke Ahold N.V. requesting that the FTC reopen...
Marketers of Seasilver Ordered to Pay Almost $120 Million
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The marketers of Seasilver, an alleged phony cure-all, have been ordered to pay almost $120 million for failing to comply with an earlier order requiring them to pay $3 million in consumer redress. In...
FTC Submits DNC Registry Report for FY 2005 to Congress; Commission Approves Final Consent Order in Matter of Take-Two Interactive and Rockstar Games; District Court Modifies Order in FTC v. Perrigo Company; FTC Releases Transcript of New Mortgage
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Commission approval of report to Congress: – The Commission has approved the issuance of a report to Congress regarding the Do Not Call Registry for Fiscal Year 2005. The report, which is available...
FTC Charges Puerto Rico Endodontists With Price Fixing
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced its decision to challenge the Puerto Rico Association of Endodontists, Corp. (PRAE) for coordinating and carrying out agreements among its 30 competing...
FTC Testifies on Barriers to the Entry of Generic Drugs
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Testifying today on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission before the U.S. Senate’s Special Committee on Aging, Commissioner Jon Leibowitz described the FTC’s work in the area of branded and generic...
Promised Location Services Not Found
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The Federal Trade Commission is charging a “location services” operator with falsely promising to find locations for their customers’ vending machines and display racks and making false earnings...
FTC Calls for Openness, Accessibility in Whois Database System
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The Federal Trade Commission today told the U.S. House of Representatives that access to Whois databases – the directories that contain information about Web site operators – are "critical to the...
16 C.F.R. Part 681: Identity Theft Red Flags and Address Discrepancies Under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003: Joint Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, With the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the
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WASHINGTON -- The federal financial institution regulatory agencies and the Federal Trade Commission are soliciting comments on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) concerning identity theft “red...
FTC Charges Austin Board of Realtors with Illegally Restraining Competition
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The Federal Trade Commission today charged the Austin Board of Realtors with violating the antitrust laws by effectively preventing consumers with real estate listing agreements for potentially lower...
FTC Senior Staff to Discuss Real Estate Competition Enforcement Case
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The Federal Trade Commission will hold a media availability on Thursday, July 13, 2006, at 11 am EDT to field reporter questions related to a real estate competition enforcement case that will be...
FTC Advises Consumers Not to Use Wire Transfers for Online Purchases
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The Federal Trade Commission is warning consumers that paying for an online purchase with a wire transfer is risky. When making purchases from Internet auctions, the FTC says credit cards and online...
FTC Approves Consent Order Modifications in Matter of Associated Octel Company
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Commission approval of consent order modifications: – Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved certain modifications to a supply agreement in response to a request for approval...
Federal Trade Commission/Department of Justice Hearings on Single-firm Conduct to Continue on July 18
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The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division today announced that the third in a series of planned joint public hearings designed to examine the antitrust...
FTC Challenges Hologic/Fischer Imaging Deal
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced its decision to challenge Hologic Inc.’s 2005 purchase of the breast cancer screening and diagnosis business of Fischer Imaging Corporation. In its...
Repeat Offenders Can No Longer Sell Academic Goods & Services
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An operation that sold bogus college financial aid services has been permanently banned from selling academic goods or services for repeatedly violating court orders. The Federal Trade Commission...
Debt Collectors Agree to Settle With FTC
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A debt collection agency that allegedly used lies and threats to collect debts has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its tactics violated federal laws. Under the court settlement...
FTC Approves Final Consent Order in Matter of Fresenius and Renal Care
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Commission approval of final consent order: Following a public comment period, the FTC has approved the issuance of a final consent order in the matter concerning Fresenius AG and Renal Care Group...
Federal Register Notice: Test Procedures and Labeling Standards for Recycled Oil
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Publication of Federal Register notice: The Commission has authorized the publication of a Federal Register notice soliciting public comments on the Recycled Oil Rule, as part of the FTC’s ongoing...
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