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Free tax identity theft webinar

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If you operate a business, how you handle personal information can affect whether your customers, employees, and yes, even your business, are at risk of identity theft during tax season and all...
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The lesson of the MARS Rule: Not one penny up front

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Like calling an NFL lineman “Tiny,†we appreciate an ironic name as much as the next person. But it’s different when a company calls itself – among other things – Consumer Defense, Preferred Law, and...
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Making Made in USA claims? Hang your hat on accuracy.

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As the saying goes, some people wear their hearts on their sleeve. And many consumers who feel strongly that “American Made Matters†wear their hearts on their head. In other words, when selecting...
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So You Received a CID: FAQs for Small Businesses

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So you’ve received a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) from the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission related to a consumer protection matter. Now what? We appreciate that it can be daunting for any company –...
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Telemarketing Sales Rule requires clarity on charity

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Some people say charity begins at home. But for telemarketers, truthful information about charity begins on the phone. That’s the message of an FTC settlement with InfoCision, an Ohio-based for-profit...
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FTC staff offers perspectives on connected car workshop

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Car ads used to include shorthand like 2D, AWD, and AC. Today’s car buyer is just as likely to ask about USB, GPS, and wifi. Last June, the FTC and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...
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FTC staff answers questions about MLMs

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Multi-level marketers sell a wide variety of products and services and they structure their companies in different ways. But there’s a lodestar that all industry members can use to navigate through...
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Refundamentals: How the FTC returns billions to consumers

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You’ve seen the sentence in FTC news releases or blog posts: “The order includes a $__ million financial remedy.†So how do provisions like that translate into real help for real consumers? That’s the...