Press Releases January 2023

The Federal Trade Commission has taken enforcement action for the first time under its Health Breach Notification Rule against the telehealth and prescription drug discount provider GoodRx Holdings...

FTC Commissioners voted to deny a motion by the agency’s Bureau of Consumer Protection seeking a summary decision against Intuit Inc. for engaging in allegedly deceptive advertising of its TurboTax...

On December 14, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission announced it is seeking public comments on potential updates and changes to the Green Guides for the Use of Environmental Claims . The Commission’s...

The number of cigarettes that the largest cigarette companies in the United States sold to wholesalers and retailers nationwide decreased from 203.7 billion in 2020 to 190.2 billion in 2021, according...

The Criminal Liaison Unit of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection (BCP CLU) has issued its 2022 Criminal Liaison Unit Report , describing the history of the BCP CLU, its...

The Federal Trade Commission has finalized its order with education technology provider Chegg Inc. for its careless data security practices that exposed sensitive information about millions of Chegg’s...

The Federal Trade Commission is sending payments totaling more than $973,000 to 17,064 people who lost money after NutraClick LLC automatically enrolled them in unwanted membership programs for...

The Federal Trade Commission will mark its annual Identity Theft Awareness Week with a series of free events January 30-February 3 focused on how identity theft affects people of every community and...

The Federal Trade Commission has approved revised jurisdictional and filing fee thresholds for the Hart‑Scott‑Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976. Section 7A(a)(2) of the act requires the...

Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission finalized a consent order settling charges that credit services company Credit Karma deployed dark patterns to misrepresent that...

The Federal Trade Commission today issued a proposed order requiring Denver-based HomeAdvisor, Inc. – a company affiliated with Angi, formerly known as “Angie’s List” – to pay up to $7.2 million for...

The Federal Trade Commission asked a federal judge to hold “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli in contempt for failing to provide the FTC with information needed to determine whether he is violating a...

The Federal Trade Commission today issued an order requiring Ohio-based LCA-Vision, doing business as LasikPlus and Joffe MediCenter, to pay $1.25 million for using deceptive bait-and-switch...

The Federal Trade Commission opened a claims process for former AT&T customers who have yet to claim a refund stemming from the FTC’s lawsuit against the company for misleading consumers about its...

The Federal Trade Commission has taken action against Instant Brands, manufacturer of Pyrex-brand kitchen and home products, for falsely claiming that all its popular glass measuring cups were made in...

The Federal Trade Commission has voted to extend the public comment period for its advanced notice of proposed rulemaking on changes to the Business Opportunity Rule to January 31, 2023. A number of...

As a result of a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit, investment advice company WealthPress has agreed to a proposed court order that would require it to refund more than $1.2 million to consumers and...

Today, Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina M. Khan announced that an open meeting of the Commission will be held virtually on Thursday, January 19, 2023. The open meeting will commence at 11am ET and...

The Federal Trade Commission has finalized an order with online alcohol marketplace Drizly and its CEO over security failures by the company that the FTC said led to a data breach exposing the...

The Federal Trade Commission is sending payments totaling more than $2.9 million to 20,402 people who paid thousands of dollars for Warrior Trading’s investment programs. The company made misleading...