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5 Jul 2023, 3:30 am
Ferguson and Melissa Holyoak to fill the two open Republican Commissioner seats on the Federal Trade Commission. [read post]
13 Nov 2006, 5:18 am
When the Federal Trade Commission proposed new rules this spring for multilevel marketers, businesses best known for commercials that promise riches selling herbal supplements and beauty supplies, it drew howls of protest. [read post]
20 Oct 2024, 10:00 pm
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently issued its Final Rule requiring businesses subject to its authority to establish equivalency between the ease of signing up and canceling subscriptions, memberships, and other recurring charges. [read post]
13 Mar 2011, 11:55 am
The Federal Trade Commission accepted a settlement with Internet messaging service Twitter Inc. to resolve charges that Twitter deceived consumers and put their privacy at risk by not safeguarding personal information. [read post]
9 Mar 2024, 3:51 pm
Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission issued their updated Merger Guidelines, hitting the "Refresh" button for the first time since the publication of their 2010 Horizontal Guidelines and 2020 Vertical Guidelines. [read post]
1 May 2024, 2:49 pm
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission voted 3 – 2, adopting a rule banning nearly all noncompete provisions that block workers from switching jobs within an industry, a decision that could possibly impact tens of millions of US workers and the companies that employ them. [read post]
5 Jul 2024, 11:15 am
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) a blow when it issued a preliminary injunction against the agency's proposed ban on noncompete agreements; the company behind President Trump’s shoe line filed a lawsuit accusing counterfeiters of trademark and copyright infringement; the FTC is set to start an investigation into Teva Pharmaceuticals after it refused to remove junk patent listings; WIPO released a report on generative AI showing China head and shoulders above the… [read post]
29 Sep 2021, 10:00 pm
According to recent guidance from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), providers of health apps and connected devices that collect consumers’ health information must comply with the FTC’s Health Breach Notification Rule, 16 CFR Part 318, and therefore are required to notify consumers and others when their health data is breached. [read post]
19 Nov 2021, 8:05 am
The Federal Trade Commission has finalized amendments to the Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information (“Safeguards Rule”), specific to defined financial institutions, designed to strengthen security for consumer financial information following a recent uptick in data breaches. [read post]
26 Jan 2022, 9:15 am
If passed, the bill would give the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the U.S. [read post]
17 Aug 2009, 10:49 am
The Federal Trade Commission published its final rule requiring vendors of web-based personal health records to notify consumers when security of their information has been breached. [read post]
13 Sep 2013, 1:27 pm
The Federal Trade Commission will require Honeywell International Inc. to license patents critical to the manufacture of two-dimensional (2D) bar code scanners, under a settlement resolving FTC charges that Honeywell’s acquisition of rival scan engine manufacturer Intermec Inc. would be anticompetitive. [read post]
21 Dec 2018, 7:08 am
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that an online payday lender’s “loan note” violated § 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act because, although it was “technically accurate,” the lender’s online loan portal made it difficult to discern the loan terms… Jeffrey Karek [read post]
1 Dec 2010, 12:27 pm
The Federal Trade Commission advocated a plan that lets consumers on the Internet choose whether they want information about their browsing habits to be collected, an option known as “do not track. [read post]
16 Jun 2008, 12:44 pm
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently issued new rules under the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (better known as the CAN-SPAM Act). [read post]
13 Mar 2012, 1:13 pm
Federal Trade Commission subpoenaed Apple Inc. as part of its antitrust probe of Google Inc., seeking information on how the computer maker incorporates the search engine on the iPhone and iPad, two people familiar with the matter said. [read post]
10 May 2010, 5:25 am
And last Wednesday, the Electronic Privacy Information Center filed a complaint (38 page pdf) with the Federal Trade Commission, demanding that Facebook cancel new features introduced in mid-April that [read post]
6 May 2024, 10:00 pm
This is the second in a multipart series on ML BeneBits discussing the implications and fallout from the Final Rule recently adopted by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) banning the enforcement of almost all noncompete agreements with workers. [read post]
23 Jul 2024, 10:00 pm
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on July 12, 2024 released a policy statement warning that the use of contract provisions that prohibit franchisees from communicating with the government about legal violations are unlawful. [read post]
2 Oct 2024, 9:00 am
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been struck between the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Department of Labor (DOL) and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) which will significantly strengthen the four agencies’ ability to investigate and evaluate the potential impact of proposed mergers and acquisitions on labor markets and jobs. [read post]
