FTC Shuts Down Spyware Operation
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An operation that uses the lure of free lyric files, browser upgrades, and ring tones to download spyware and adware on consumers’ computers has been ordered to halt its illegal downloads by a U.S...
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FTC Warns Web Sites Peddling Hormone Replacement Therapy Alternatives to Review Their Claims
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The Federal Trade Commission staff today sent warning letters to 34 Web site operators making claims that products advertised as natural alternatives to hormone replacement therapy will prevent or...
FTC Testifies on Auto Repair Options
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The Federal Trade Commission today told a congressional subcommittee that a “voluntary, self-regulatory approach is the best solution,” to resolve the difficulties independent car repair facilities...
Georgia Lender Targeting Seniors Settles with FTC
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Stewart Finance Company, seven related companies, and their principals have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the companies deceived consumers, many of them elderly, by, among...
Georgia Lender Targeting Seniors Settles with FTC
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Stewart Finance Company, seven related companies, and their principals have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the companies deceived consumers, many of them elderly, by, among...
FTC Provides Joint Senate Committee Testimony on Gasoline Prices and Competition in the U.S. Petroleum Industry
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today testified before a joint Senate hearing of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and the Committee on Energy and Natural...
Announced Action for November 8, 2005
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Application for approval of proposed divestiture: The Commission has received a petition for proposed divestiture from The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) and The Gillette Company (Gillette). The...
FTC Sues to Stop Anticompetitive Agreement in U.S. Drug Industry
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The Federal Trade Commission today filed a complaint in federal district court seeking to put an end to an agreement between drug manufacturers Galen Chemicals Ltd. (now known as Warner Chilcott) and...
FTC Stops Bogus Ads for "Bio Trim" and Other Weight-loss Products
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Under the terms of a consent agreement approved by the Federal Trade Commission and announced today, Tustin, California based Natural Products, LLC, All Natural 4 U, LLC and their owner, Ana M...
New Spin on Sweepstakes Scams; Scammers May Impersonate Government Agencies
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The Federal Trade Commission has issued an alert for consumers warning that sweepstakes scam artists may be impersonating government agencies in an effort to convince consumers that they have won a...
FTC Requires Divestiture of Assets to Allow Johnson & Johnsons Purchase of Guidant Corp.
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced a consent agreement that will protect competition and consumers in three significant medical device product markets affected by Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J)...
Announced Actions for November 1, 2005
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Issuance of staff comments: The Commission has authorized the staffs of the Office of Policy Planning, Bureau of Consumer Protection, and Bureau of Economics to file comments with Illinois State...
FTC Announces San Bernardino County Funeral Homes Are Complying with Consumer Protection Law
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced the results of a recent sweep of 19 funeral homes in San Bernardino County, California, to test compliance with the FTC’s Funeral Rule. All 19 homes were...
Bad Bonds: FTC Charges Canadian Defendant with Defrauding Elderly U.S. Consumers with Promises of Cash Winnings
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged the operator of a Vancouver, Canada-based telemarketing operation with targeting elderly U.S. consumers in connection with offering nonexistent foreign bonds...
FTC Still Battling Telemarketing Fraud and Abuse
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The Federal Trade Commission today issued its tenth quarterly summary of the agency’s enforcement actions against telemarketing fraud and abuse, listing significant developments in 19 federal district...
FTC Continues Crackdown on Scams Aimed at Hispanics
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As law enforcement officials, consumer groups, and Hispanic leaders met in Los Angeles today to discuss new ways to fight fraud in the community, the Federal Trade Commission announced five law...
U.S. and Canadian Telemarketers Pay $415,000 to Settle FTC Charges
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A group of U.S. and Canadian telemarketers will pay $415,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges they were selling nonexistent credit cards to U.S. consumers, the agency announced today. The...
United States, Mexico, Canada (MUCH) Combat Weight Loss Fraud
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Under a Trilateral Cooperation Charter agreement between the United States, Mexico, and Canada signed in 2003, six agencies (two from each country) today announced that they have taken nearly 730...
Federal Officials Announce Hispanic Fraud Prevention Initiative in Los Angeles
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LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service are hosting a one-day seminar for law...
FTC and DOJ to Host Workshop on Competition Policy and the Real Estate Industry
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The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division will host a one-day joint workshop entitled “Competition Policy and the Real Estate Industry” on Tuesday, October...
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