FTC Takes Action Against LifeLock for Alleged Violations of 2010 Order
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FTC asserts LifeLock failed to institute security program and misled consumers about its identity protection services
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FTC Will Keep Consumer Product Warranty Rules in Current Form with Some Modifications
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The official version of the Federal Register Notice announcing the Commission’s final action with respect to its review of the Interpretations, Rules, and Guides under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act...
FTC Returns Money to Consumers in Online ‘Yellow Pages’ Scam
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The FTC is mailing 3,133 checks totaling more than $87,000 to consumers who lost money to the Your Yellow Book scheme, which allegedly bilked money from small businesses, doctors’ offices, retirement...
FTC Approves Panasonic’s Application to Sell Assets It Uses to Manufacture Portable Sub-C Nickel Metal Hydride Batteries
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved an application by Panasonic Corporation to sell to FDK Corporation assets from Panasonic’s facility in Suzhou, China that...
FTC Staff Supports North Carolina Legislative Proposal to Limit Certificate of Need Rules for Health Care Facilities
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Federal Trade Commission staff has submitted comments to North Carolina State Representative Marilyn W. Avila in response to her request for a comment on the possible competitive effects of a...
Auto Loan Relief Scammer Banned from Telemarketing, Debt Relief Services Under FTC Settlement
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Regency Financial Services, Inc., and its CEO Ivan Levy have agreed to a permanent ban on telemarketing and the advertising, marketing, or sale of any debt relief products or services to settle FTC...
FTC Action Puts an End to Fraudulent Debt Collection Scheme that Targeted Spanish-Speaking Consumers
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The operators of a fraudulent debt collection scheme have agreed to be banned from the debt collection business and telemarketing, to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they bilked millions...
Supplement Marketers Will Relinquish $1.4 Million to Settle FTC Deceptive Advertising Charges
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The marketers of a dietary supplement called Procera AVH will relinquish $1.4 million under settlements resolving Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceived consumers with claims that the...
FTC and State of Florida Charge Debt Relief Scammers
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A federal court has halted, and frozen the assets of, a nationwide debt relief telemarketing scam that bilked millions of dollars from consumers, pending resolution of allegations made by the Federal...
FTC Action Stops Massive Payday Loan Fraud Scheme
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The operators of a payday lending scheme that allegedly bilked millions of dollars from consumers by trapping them into loans they never authorized will be banned from the consumer lending business...
FTC, Florida Attorney General Sue to Stop Deceptive Robocalls from Operation That Pitched Seniors “Free” Medical Alert Systems
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The Federal Trade Commission has filed a joint complaint with the Florida Attorney General’s Office charging a New York-based operation known as Lifewatch with using blatantly illegal and deceptive...
Is Solar Power Right for You? FTC Tips Highlight Homeowners’ Options
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If you’re thinking about using solar power at home, the Federal Trade Commission has new information to help you sort through the options. Solar Power for Your Home explains costs and benefits of...
FTC Issues Final Order Preserving Supermarket Competition in 130 Local Markets
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that the $9.2 billion merger of supermarket operators Albertsons and Safeway Inc. would be...
FTC Requires Dollar Tree and Family Dollar to Divest 330 Stores as Condition of Merger
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Divestiture order requires stores in 35 states to be sold to private equity firm Sycamore Partners
FTC Staff Urges Minnesota Legislature to Weigh Benefits and Risks of Disclosing Terms of State Health Care Services Contracts
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Federal Trade Commission staff has submitted comments to Minnesota state legislators Joe Hoppe and Melissa Hortman in response to their request for comment on the possible competitive effects of a...
Following Sysco’s Abandonment of Proposed Merger with US Foods, FTC Closes Case
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Following a June 23, 2015 ruling by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granting the Federal Trade Commission request for a preliminary injunction, Sysco and US Foods abandoned their...
FTC Kicks Off “Start With Security” Business Education Initiative
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The Federal Trade Commission is expanding its efforts to help businesses protect consumers’ information through a new initiative that will provide them with more information on data security. Called...
FTC Returns Almost $4 Million to Consumers in Debt Collection Scam
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing almost 95,000 checks totaling approximately $4 million to consumers who lost money to a debt collection operation that extorted payments from them using false...
Statement of FTC Bureau of Competition Director Debbie Feinstein on Sysco and U.S. Foods’ Abandonment of Their Proposed Merger
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Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Competition Director Debbie Feinstein issued this statement following the announcement from Sysco and U.S. Foods that they will abandon their proposed merger: “Sysco...
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