FTC Acts to Halt Vemma as Alleged Pyramid Scheme
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Promised unlimited income potential, but most participants lose money
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FTC Seeks Public Input in Review of Eyeglass Rule
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As part of the Federal Trade Commission's systematic review of all current FTC rules and guides, the FTC is seeking public comment on the efficiency, costs, benefits, and impact of the Ophthalmic...
FTC Seeks Public Input in Review of Contact Lens Rule
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As part of the Federal Trade Commission's systematic review of all current FTC rules and guides, the FTC is seeking public comment on the efficiency, costs, benefits, and impact of the Contact Lens...
Statement from FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez on Appellate Ruling in the Wyndham Hotels and Resorts Matter
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“Today’s Third Circuit Court of Appeals decision reaffirms the FTC’s authority to hold companies accountable for failing to safeguard consumer data. It is not only appropriate, but critical, that the...
Third Point Funds Agree to Settle FTC Charges that They Violated U.S. Premerger Notification Requirements
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The complaint alleges that three affiliated hedge fund companies and their management company failed to observe the filing and waiting requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act before purchasing...
FTC Sends Refund Checks Totaling Almost $175,000 to Consumers Who Bought Deceptively Marketed Supplements to Treat Childhood Speech Disorders
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing refund checks to consumers who lost money buying dietary supplements, Speak and Speak Smooth, deceptively marketed as proven effective at treating childhood...
FTC Requires Pfizer Inc. to Sell Rights to Four Products as a Condition of Acquiring Hospira, Inc.
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Pfizer Inc. has agreed to sell the rights and assets related to four pharmaceutical products in order to settle FTC charges that its proposed $16 billion acquisition of Hospira, Inc. is...
FTC Staff Comment: FDA Should Reevaluate Its Current Regulatory Framework for Homeopathic Products
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The staff of the Federal Trade Commission has recommended that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reconsider the framework it uses to regulate homeopathic medications because it may appear to...
FTC: Lights Out for Falsely Advertised UV Disinfectant Devices
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Two marketers of ultraviolet light “disinfectant” devices have agreed to stop making claims that their devices can wipe out foot fungus and dangerous bacteria like MRSA, E. coli, and Salmonella in...
FTC Approves Final Order Preserving Competition in U.S. Markets for Three Orthopedic Medical Products
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that Zimmer Holdings, Inc.’s $13.35 billion acquisition of Biomet, Inc. is anticompetitive...
FTC Stops Elusive Business Opportunity Scheme
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Eighteen elusive marketers who cheated American and Canadian consumers out of more than $7 million are banned from selling business or work-at-home opportunities under court orders obtained by the...
FTC Announces Agenda for First Start with Security Conference in San Francisco
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Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez will provide the opening remarks at the FTC’s first Start with Security conference, being held Sept. 9 at the University of California Hastings...
Pharmaceutical Companies Settle FTC Charges of an Illegal Agreement not to Compete, which Resulted in Higher Prices for Generic Version of ADHD Drug
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Pharmaceutical companies Concordia Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. have settled FTC charges that they entered into an unlawful agreement not to compete in the sale of generic...
FTC Commissioner Joshua D. Wright to Resign
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Joshua D. Wright, who has served as a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission since January 2013, will resign his position with his last day as a commissioner on Monday, August 24, 2015. “It has...
FTC Awards $25,000 Top Cash Prize for Contest-Winning Mobile App That Blocks Illegal Robocalls
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The Federal Trade Commission announced that judges for its Robocalls: Humanity Strikes Back contest selected a first place winner for the $25,000 cash prize for building a mobile app that blocks and...
Thirteen Companies Agree to Settle FTC Charges They Falsely Claimed To Comply With International Safe Harbor Framework
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Thirteen companies have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they misled consumers by claiming they were certified members of the U.S.-EU or U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor Frameworks when...
FTC Issues Statement of Principles Regarding Enforcement of FTC Act as a Competition Statute
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The Federal Trade Commission has issued a Statement of Enforcement Principles that describes the underlying antitrust principles that guide the Commission’s application of its statutory authority to...
“Melanoma Detection” App Sellers Barred from Making Deceptive Health Claims
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The final defendant remaining in a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit challenging false or unsubstantiated claims for a set of purported “melanoma detection” apps is barred from making any further...
FTC Charges Data Brokers with Helping Scammer Take More Than $7 Million from Consumers' Accounts
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged a data broker operation with illegally selling payday loan applicants’ financial information to a scam operation that took millions of dollars from consumers...
FTC Approves Fiscal Year 2014 HSR Premerger Notification Report
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The Federal Trade Commission, together with the Department of Justice’s Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, released the agencies’ 37 th Annual Hart-Scott-Rodino Report. The report presents...
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