Direct Marketer Agrees to Pay $8 Million for Deceiving Consumers
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Company pitched snuggies and other products on TV, often billing consumers without their consent
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FTC Announces New Robocall Contests to Combat Illegal Automated Calls
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The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it is launching two new robocall contests challenging the public to develop a crowd-source honeypot and better analyze data from an existing honeypot...
FTC and Ten State Attorneys General Take Action Against Political Survey Robocallers Pitching Cruise Line Vacations to the Bahamas
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Settling defendants to pay more than $500,000 in penalties for billions of illegal robocalls
FTC Approves Community Health Systems’ Application to Divest Riverview Regional Medical Center to Prime Healthcare
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved an application from Community Health Systems to sell Riverview Regional Medical Center and its associated assets near...
FTC Approves Final Order Preserving Competition in Market for Treating Heartworm Disease in Dogs
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that Eli Lilly and Company’s acquisition of Novartis Animal Health would likely be...
FTC Approves Final Orders Requiring Trade Associations to Eliminate Rules that Restrict Competition
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved final orders settling charges in two separate cases alleging that the bylaws of the trade associations restrained...
Scammers Banned from Telemarketing, Selling Weight-Loss Products
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The defendants in a scheme that charged Spanish-speaking consumers for unordered or defective products and made it costly or practically impossible for them to get their money back are banned from...
FTC Stops Automobile Shipment Broker from Misrepresenting Online Reviews
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AmeriFreight, an automobile shipment broker based in Peachtree City, Georgia, has agreed to a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission that will halt the company’s allegedly deceptive practice of...
Identity Theft Tops FTC’s Consumer Complaint Categories Again in 2014
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Identity theft topped the Federal Trade Commission’s national ranking of consumer complaints for the 15 th consecutive year, while the agency also recorded a large increase in the number of complaints...
FTC Approves Surgery Center Holdings, Inc.’s Application to Divest Assets in Central Florida to Dr. Mark W. Hollmann
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved an application from the owners of Surgery Center Holdings, known as Surgery Partners to divest Symbion Holdings Corporation...
FTC, Partners to Promote Education During 17th Annual National Consumer Protection Week March 1-7
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The Federal Trade Commission and 89 partners including nonprofit groups, businesses, and federal, state and local government agencies across the country will spotlight their efforts to protect...
FTC, New York Attorney General Crack Down on Abusive Debt Collectors
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The Federal Trade Commission, jointly with the New York State Office of the Attorney General, has filed complaints aimed at shutting down two particularly egregious and abusive debt collection...
Statement by FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez on U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Regarding North Carolina Dental Board Matter
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“Today, the Supreme Court affirmed the FTC's position in recognizing that a state may not give private market participants unsupervised authority to suppress competition even if they act through a...
FTC Sues to Stop Deceptive Debt Relief Operation
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The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint in federal district court, aiming to stop an operation that has targeted consumers with outstanding payday loans, saying they could help resolve...
FTC Cracks Down on Marketers of “Melanoma Detection” Apps
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Complaints allege marketers’ claims lack scientific support
FTC Puts Conditions on Novartis AG’s Proposed Acquisition of GlaxoSmithKline’s Oncology Drugs
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Global pharmaceutical company Novartis AG has agreed to divest all assets related to its BRAF and MEK inhibitor drugs, currently in development, to Boulder, Colorado-based Array BioPharma to settle...
FTC Charges Company, Owner with Deceptively Marketing Mosquito Repellent Wristbands
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged Lou Lentine and Viatek Consumer Products Group, Inc. (Viatek) with making deceptive, unsubstantiated claims for Mosquito Shield Bands. The complaint also...
FTC Sends Refund Checks Totaling More Than $464,000 to Consumers Who Lost Money Buying Deceptively Marketed ‘Fat Burning’, ‘Calorie Blocking’ Diet Pills
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 11,585 refund checks totaling more than $464,000 starting today to consumers who lost money buying dietary supplements deceptively marketed as “fat burning” and...
FTC Challenges Proposed Merger of Sysco and US Foods
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Agency Charges Merger Would Create a National Broadline Foodservice Distributor With 75 Percent Market Share, and Harm Customers in Numerous Local Markets
FTC Staff Provides Annual Report to CFPB on Equal Credit Opportunity Act Activities
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The staff of the Federal Trade Commission have provided an annual report to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on the FTC’s activities related to the enforcement of the Equal Credit Opportunity...
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