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Business Blog

One truth to take from the Trudeau story

Lesley Fair
Recently, the FTC sent hundreds of thousands of refund checks to people who bought the book The Weight Loss Cure “They†Don’t Want You to Know About by pitchman Kevin Trudeau. Court decisions have
Business Blog

Doctor who?

Lesley Fair
Short of jumping into the Tardis to consult with intergalactic medical experts, how can consumers separate the hope from the hype when evaluating claims for health products? That’s where SmartClick
Business Blog

Practice Fusion case suggests 6 health privacy pointers

Lesley Fair
Combine two of the most talked-about consumer protection topics – health privacy and consumer-generated online content – and what do you get? A proposed FTC settlement with Practice Fusion, the
Competition Matters

Wiring your HSR filing fee just got easier

Premerger Notification Office Staff, Bureau of Competition
The PNO handles Hart-Scott-Rodino Premerger Notification Filings for well over a thousand transactions each year. Each transaction requires the acquiring person to pay an HSR filing fee, which must be
Competition Matters

What’s the interest in partial interests?

Mike Moiseyev, Bureau of Competition
Most mergers reviewed by the Commission involve the acquisition of an entire company, or an identifiable set of assets – that is, the buyer seeks to control the assets of the seller through an
Business Blog

7 quotes of note from the Amazon decision

Lesley Fair
In Amazon’s Appstore, many apps geared toward kids prompted them to use fictitious currency, like a “boatload of doughnuts†or a “can of stars,†as part of game play. But a federal district court
Business Blog

Deceptive “safe†indoor tanning claims burn consumers

Lesley Fair
“Slash your risk of cancer†– by using a tanning bed? That claim caught our attention, too. A settlement with Dr. Joseph Mercola and two Illinois-based companies includes $5.3 million in refunds for
Business Blog

Are your “all natural†claims all accurate?

Lesley Fair
If companies market their products as “all natural†or “100% natural,†consumers have a right to take them at their word. That’s the message of four proposed FTC settlements and one just-issued
Competition Matters

Quo Vadis Post-Actavis?

Jamie Towey, Bureau of Competition
For more than 15 years, one of the FTC’s top priorities has been to put an end to anticompetitive reverse-payment settlements between brand-name drug makers and their potential generic rivals. In our
Business Blog

Suspension and prevention: The story behind suspended judgments

Lesley Fair
It’s a phrase you see every now and then in announcements about FTC settlements: “The order includes a $___ judgment, which has been partially suspended based on the defendants’ inability to pay.â€
Technology Blog

Time to rethink mandatory password changes

Lorrie Cranor, Chief Technologist
Data security is a process that evolves over time as new threats emerge and new countermeasures are developed. The FTC’s longstanding advice to companies has been to conduct risk assessments, taking