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The Federal Trade Commission will host a public workshop, “Monitoring Software on Your PC: Spyware, Adware, and Other Software,” on April 19, 2004, from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. The workshop will...
UMG Recordings, Inc. and Bonzi Software, Inc. each have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by knowingly...
Chief Administrative Law Judge Stephen J. McGuire today issued his initial decision and order in the matter of Rambus, Inc. The order states "Accordingly, Complaint Counsel having failed to sustain...
The Tenth Circuit’s ruling represents a major victory for American consumers. In upholding the constitutionality of the National Do Not Call Registry, the court has made it clear that the FTC and FCC...
Commission authorization to file consent in settlement of court action: The Commission has authorized the staff to file a consent order resolving the current court action against defendant Shaun...
The Federal Trade Commission today released Do Not Call registration and complaint figures for 2003, indicating fewer than 45 companies have received more than 100 consumer complaints. Consumers...
Commission authorization of the staff to file amended complaint : The Commission has authorized the staff to file an amended complaint in the matter currently pending against Assail, Inc ., et al. The...
The Federal Trade Commission has charged two debt negotiation companies and their principals with violating federal law. Defendants Innovative Systems Technology, Inc. (doing business as Briggs &...
Have you submitted your e-mail address to a “National Do Not E-mail Registry” that promises to reduce the amount of spam (unsolicited e-mail) you receive? If so, you are the victim of a scam...
Defendants who sent spam promising a free Sony Playstation to lure consumers to pornographic Web sites, then redirected consumers’ Internet connections through a 900-number with a significant per...
The Federal Trade Commission has issued a new consumer publication, “Charitable Donations: Give or Take?”, advising consumers on how to avoid potential charity scams. With more than 700,000 federally...
The Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced topics, times, and locations, along with a tentative list of participants for their...
The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it has closed its antitrust investigation into Caremark Rx, Inc.’s proposed acquisition of Advance PCS, and that it has notified the companies of this...
The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint in U.S. district court charging First American Payment Processing, Inc., CET Corp., and Check Processing Center, LLC, and their principals with...
The Federal Trade Commission today issued an antitrust complaint against a corporation - which owns a system of hospitals in Cook and Lake counties, Illinois - that acquired a nearby hospital and...
As required by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2004, the Federal Trade Commission today announced a proposal to amend the "Do Not Call" provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) to...
San Francisco-based Brown & Toland Medical Group, which was sued by the Federal Trade Commission for allegedly fixing the prices and terms under which its doctors would contract with payors to provide...
Commission approval of amicus brief filing : The Commission has approved the filing of an amicus brief jointly with the U.S. Department of Justice in the matter concerning Hoffmann-LaRoche, Ltd. v...
Publication of Federal Register notice: The Commission has approved joint final rules with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, setting effective dates for provisions of the Fair and...
The Fountain of Youth Group, LLC, and its principal, Edita Kaye, have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they made false and unsubstantiated weight-loss and health claims for their dietary...