FTC to Host "Fraud Forum"
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission will host a free two-day Fraud Forum on February 25 and 26, 2009, in Washington, DC. The Forum will examine how the FTC can more effectively protect consumers from...
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Kevin Trudeau Banned from Infomercials For Three Years, Ordered to Pay More Than $5 Million for False Claims About Weight-Loss Book
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A federal judge has banned Kevin Trudeau from infomercials in which he has an interest for three years and ordered him to pay more than $5 million in profits from his book, "The Weight Loss Cure 'They...
FTC Announces Agenda for Section 5 Public Workshop on October 17, 2008
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today announced the agenda and panelists for its upcoming workshop on Section 5 of the FTC Act. The workshop will be held on October 17, 2008, and will consider the...
FTC Intervenes in Hexions Proposed Acquisition of Huntsman Corp.
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Hexion LLC has agreed to settle Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission charges that its proposed $10.6 billion acquisition of rival chemical manufacturer Huntsman Corporation would violate antitrust laws by...
FTC, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law to Host Workshop for Businesses on Best Practices for Protecting Personal Information and Securing Data
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission and the Southern Methodist University (SMU) Dedman School of Law will host a half-day public workshop in Dallas on Thursday, November 13, 2008, on how businesses can...
FTCs Cyber Security Site Gets an Upgrade
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission’s Web site that helps consumers stay on guard against Internet fraud is revamping to provide extra tools for cyber safety. The FTC’s announcement of the newly designed and...
Proposed Order Will Bar List Broker from Helping Telemarketers Defraud Consumers
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Under the terms of a settlement announced by the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today, a list broker, formerly based in Arizona, and the two companies he ran have agreed to a proposed court order barring...
Marketers of Weight-Loss Patch to Pay More Than $110,000 for Violating Previous FTC Settlements
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Marketers of a weight-loss patch have agreed to pay $110,539 to settle Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission charges that they violated two 2004 consent orders by continuing to make false claims that their product...
FTC Testifies on Small Business Competition Policy: Are Markets Open for Entrepreneurs?
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission provided testimony today before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Small Business hearing on “Small Business Competition Policy: Are Markets Open for...
FTC Seeks Comments on Proposed Amendments to its Rules of Practice Regarding Adjudicative Proceedings
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking public comment on proposed rule revisions that would amend Parts 3 and 4 of the agency’s Rules of Practice...
Debt-Negotiation Defendants Agree to Settle FTC Charges in Nationwide Operation that Led Many Into Financial Ruin
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Four debt-negotiation companies have agreed to settle Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission charges that they violated federal law by falsely claiming they could reduce consumers’ debt by up to 60 percent, leading...
FTC Earns 2008 Privacy Innovation Award
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission announced today that the agency has received the 2008 HP/IAPP Privacy Innovation Award for excellence in protecting personally identifiable information. The annual award...
FTC To Host Workshop On Debt Settlement Industry
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission staff will hold a workshop on September 25, 2008, to explore the growth of the for-profit debt settlement industry and to analyze how this model is affecting consumers and...
FTC Testifies on Report Regarding Food Marketing to Children and Adolescents
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today testified before two subcommittees of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee about the results of an FTC study released in July on food marketing to children and...
Commission Approves Final Consent Order in Matter of Negotiated Data Solutions, LLC
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– Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved the issuance of a final consent order and letters to the commenters of record in the matter concerning Negotiated Data Solutions, LLC...
FTC to Hold Half-Day Workshop on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology
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WHAT: Transatlantic RFID Workshop on Consumer Privacy and Data Security BACKGROUND: Open to the public, this free workshop will bring together industry representatives, government officials, and...
FTC Acts Against Two Family-Owned Mortgage Foreclosure Rescue Operations
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has charged a Florida couple with violating federal law by deceiving consumers into believing that their homes could be saved from foreclosure in return for a fee. At the...
Advance-Fee Credit Card Telemarketers to Turn Over $1 Million for Consumer Redress
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Under the terms of a court order announced by the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today, a Florida-based telemarketer and his company have been barred from violating the FTC Act, the agency’s Telemarketing...
FTC Extends Public Comment Period Related to Used Car Rule Review; Commission Approves Final Consent Order in Matter of Sun Pharmaceuticals and Taro Pharmaceuticals; FTC Approves Final Consent Order in Matter of Carlyle Group Partners IV, L.P.
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Commission approval of public comment period extension – The Commission has approved the publication of a Â鶹´«Ã½ Register notice extending the pubic comment period related to the current regulatory...
FTC Sweep Stops Peddlers of Bogus Cancer Cures
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today announced 11 law enforcement actions challenging deceptive advertising of bogus cancer cures. The FTC charged the companies with making unsupported claims that their...
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