Federal Register Notice
1-800 Contacts, Inc. Oral Argument Before the Commission; Oral Argument; Open Meeting Federal Register Notice
Date
Displaying 21 - 40 of 84
FTC Action Halts Deceptive Robocalls Aimed at Small Business Owners
Date
The Federal Trade Commission has charged a Florida-based scheme with deceiving small business owners by falsely claiming to represent Google, falsely threatening businesses with removal from Google...
FTC Approves Red Ventures’ Application to Sell Caring.com
Date
The Federal Trade Commission has approved an application by Red Ventures to divest Caring.com, a subsidiary of Bankrate, to Caring Holdings, LLC, a newly formed company backed by a group of private...
FTC Requests Public Comment on Red Ventures’ Application to Approve Sale of Caring.com
Date
The Federal Trade Commission is currently accepting public comments on an application by Red Ventures to divest the assets of Caring.com, as required under the FTC’s March 12, 2018, final order...
FTC Approves Final Order Requiring Divestiture of Senior Living Facilities Referral Service Caring.com as a Condition of Red Venture’s Acquiring Bankrate
Date
Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that the Red Ventures’ $1.4 billion acquisition of Bankrate would likely harm competition in...
Parties Agree to Divestiture of Senior Living Facilities Referral Service Caring.com as a Condition of Red Venture’s Acquiring Bankrate
Date
Red Ventures and Bankrate have agreed to a divestiture of Bankrate’s Caring.com business unit to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their $1.4 billion merger would likely harm competition in...
Administrative Law Judge Upholds FTC’s Complaint that 1-800 Contacts Unlawfully Harmed Competition in Online Search Advertising Auctions, Restricting the Availability of Truthful Advertising to Consumers
Date
In an Initial Decision announced today, Chief Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell upheld a Federal Trade Commission complaint against 1-800 Contacts, ruling that the agency has proved that...
FTC Halts Operation That Unlawfully Shared and Sold Consumers’ Sensitive Data
Date
The operators of a lead generation business have agreed to settle charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission that the company misled consumers into filling out loan applications and sold those...
FTC “Sharing Economy” Report Explores Evolving Internet And App-Based Services
Date
A Federal Trade Commission staff report released today provides an in-depth assessment of evolving business models that rely on internet and app-based “sharing economy” platforms used by millions of...
FTC Issues Final Rule Amendments Related to the E-Warranty Act
Date
The Federal Trade Commission has announced final amendments to its Disclosure Rule and Pre-Sale Availability Rule to give effect to the E-Warranty Act. Under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act (MMWA), in...
FTC Sues 1-800 Contacts, Charging that It Harms Competition in Online Search Advertising Auctions and Restricts Truthful Advertising to Consumers
Date
The Federal Trade Commission has sued 1-800 Contacts, the largest online retailer of contact lenses in the United States, alleging that it unlawfully orchestrated and now maintains a web of...
FTC Seeks Comment on Proposed Rule Amendments Related to the E-Warranty Act
Date
The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on proposed amendments to its Disclosure Rule and Pre-Sale Availability Rule to give effect to changes required by the 2015 E-Warranty Act, Pub...
FTC Charges Education Lead Generator with Tricking Job Seekers by Claiming to Represent Hiring Employers
Date
In the agency’s first enforcement action against an education lead generator, operators of Gigats.com have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the company claimed it was “pre...
FTC Returns Money to Consumers Harmed in Payday Loan Ploy
Date
The Federal Trade Commission is mailing checks to consumers who lost money to a scam that promised to help consumers get payday loans, then debited their bank accounts instead, in increments of $30...
FTC Announces Agenda, Panelists for Upcoming Lead Generation Workshop
Date
The Federal Trade Commission has announced the final agenda for its October 30 workshop in Washington, D.C., “Follow the Lead: An FTC Workshop About Online Lead Generation,” which begins at 8:30 a.m...
FTC Announces Workshop to Examine Online Lead Generation
Date
The Federal Trade Commission will hold a workshop on October 30, 2015, to explore the growing use of online lead generation in various industries, including consumer lending and education. Lead...
FTC Issues Final Amendments to Mail or Telephone Order Merchandise Rule
Date
The Federal Trade Commission has issued final amendments to the Mail or Telephone Order Merchandise Rule as part of its systematic review of all of the agency’s rules and guides. The Rule, issued in...
FTC Obtains $2.2 Million Judgment against Supplement Marketer that Made Phony Claims for Treating and Preventing Diabetes
Date
A federal court has ordered marketers of bogus diabetes remedies to pay for violating Section 5 of the FTC Act.
Displaying 21 - 40 of 84