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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today released the agenda for its second roundtable on consumer privacy issues scheduled for January 28, 2010. The second roundtable, hosted by the Berkeley Center for Law...

A mortgage broker who discarded consumers’ personal financial records in a publicly- accessible dumpster paid a $35,000 civil penalty to settle Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission charges. According to an FTC...

Commission Announces Revised Filing Thresholds for Clayton Act Antitrust Reviews The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission, by a vote of 4-0, has approved a Â鶹´«Ã½ Register notice announcing the revised...

In the wake of the devastation caused by the earthquake in Haiti, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission warns consumers to choose carefully when considering urgent appeals for aid in the news, online, and at...

Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz and key members of Congress, including Representative Chris Van Hollen, Chairman Bobby Rush, and Representative Mary Jo Kilroy, today renewed their call...

WHO: FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz will joinU.S. Representative Chris Van HollenU.S. Representative Bobby Rush U.S. Representative Mary Jo KilroyandMr. G. Don Gading, of Bloomington, Indiana, a retiree...

A federal district court has ordered the marketers of an herbal tea and a diet patch to pay nearly $2 million to the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission for making deceptive claims that both products would allow...

FTC Approves Final Consent Order in Matter of Panasonic Corporation/Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. Following a public comment period, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has approved a final consent order on...

Concluding a case that drew the largest civil penalty ever imposed on a debt collection business, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission settled with the two remaining individual defendants who allegedly misled...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission is seeking public comment on proposed guidelines that are designed to help Web site operators comply with the FTC’s Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule. The proposed...

FTC Seeks Public Comments on Petition of SCI Corporation International for Approval to Divest Cemetery and Related Funeral Home to Legacy Funeral Holdings The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission is seeking...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission, as required by The Do-Not-Call Registry Fee Extension Act of 2007, has approved two reports to Congress: a biennial report focusing on the use of the Do Not Call Registry...

Starting January 6, 2010, more than 356,000 checks will be mailed to consumers who were victimized by a fraudulent telemarketing scheme operated by Suntasia Marketing in Largo, Florida. An...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has launched its Web site and blog for National Consumer Protection Week 2010, which will be held March 7-13. Consumer.gov/ncpw, encourages people to learn about their...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today issued a Fraud Forum staff report that examines more effective ways to protect consumers from fraudulent schemes and focus the collective knowledge and experience of...

FTC Staff: Proposed Modifications to Louisiana’s Administrative Rules on Portable and Mobile Dentistry Would Deny Many of State’s Children Access to Dental Care The staff of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today upheld charges against Daniel Chapter One, an herbal products company, and its officer for making deceptive claims that shark cartilage and certain other herbal...

A federal court has jailed the marketer of a deceptive envelope-stuffing scheme for ignoring a court order that required him to stop his illegal practices. The defendant targeted Spanish-speaking...

Agricultural products supplier Agrium Inc. has agreed to sell a range of assets as part of an agreement with the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission that will allow the company to move forward with its...

Richard Feinstein, Director of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition, has issued a statement on the agency’s decision to close its investigation into a consummated hospital merger in...