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8 May 2012, 12:50 pm by Hunton & Williams LLP
According to the FTC, these activities constituted deceptive acts or practices in violation of the FTC Act. [read post]
26 May 2011, 9:15 am by Jenna Greene
The FTC will seek public comment for 45 days, beginning today and continuing through July 11. [read post]
22 Feb 2024, 7:53 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
The FTC alleged Avast sold that data to more than 100 third parties through its subsidiary, Jumpshot. [read post]
29 Jan 2009, 4:53 am
Obama's Key Antitrust Nomination: What to Expect From the FTC and DOJ Now From a Paul Weiss alert: President Barack Obama has announced his nomination of Christine Varney to serve as assistant attorney general in charge of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice. [read post]
8 Oct 2012, 3:04 pm by GS Hans
In the US, by contrast, the FTC can only use the FTC Act of 1914, which established the agency and gave it the power to regulate unfair and deceptive acts or practices in commerce. [read post]
Hunton partner Phyllis Marcus, who works on FTC compliance cases, commented that, “While some have said they would have wanted a higher penalty, this cost sets the bar for future [FTC] actions. [read post]
1 Apr 2011, 9:49 am by Mehmet Munur
This type of disclosure, which the FTC first required in the Sears enforcement action, is likely to be carried on to other FTC privacy enforcement actions. [read post]
The complaint requests that the court enter a permanent injunction to prevent future violations of the FTC Act by D-Link and award costs to the FTC. [read post]
14 Nov 2013, 11:13 am by Federal Trade Commission
The FTC’s complaints, first announced in July, 2013, against Relief-Mart, Inc.; Esssentia Natural Memory Foam Company, Inc.; and Ecobaby Organics, Inc., charged the companies with making unsupported claims that the mattresses they sell are free of harmful volatile organic compounds (VOCs). [read post]
14 Feb 2013, 12:42 pm by Christine Nielsen
The deadline to provide comments to aid the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in its review of the Fred Meyer Guides (Guides) was reopened and extended until March 4, 2013. [read post]
30 Aug 2012, 2:33 pm by Doug Isenberg
The agency’s staff will present its findings to the FTC’s five commissioners by mid-September and probably recommend whether to sue the company for hurting competition through its Internet dominance or suggest a basis for settlement, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the progress of the probe is confidential. [read post]
1 Jun 2010, 2:09 pm by Doug
The FBI, FTC and several other federal agencies announced an education campaign aimed at making consumers more aware of mass marketing fraud schemes that use low-tech and high-tech communications tools to target their victims. [read post]
8 Nov 2011, 6:07 pm by Doug Isenberg
According to the FTC, the site collected the first and last names of its 5,600 underage users, their dates of birth — even the cities in which they lived. [read post]
13 Aug 2009, 3:47 am
FTC investigates whether Apple and Google have illegally interlocked their boardsSidley Austin LLP"On August 3, 2009, Apple announced that Google CEO Eric Schmidt would voluntarily resign from Apple's board of directors"   [read post]
5 Dec 2011, 10:15 pm by Consumer Litigation Group
At an alarming rate, debt collection dominates the financial industry generating the most complaints.Read the article here: Debt Collectors Reported Most by Consumers, FTC SaysFor more information, visit Consumer Litigation Group. [read post]
29 Oct 2013, 9:59 am by Federal Trade Commission
All of these cases are part of the FTC’s program to ensure compliance with the agency’s recently revised Green Guides. [read post]
26 Apr 2012, 1:22 pm by Doug Isenberg
Beth Wilkinson, a former Justice Department prosecutor who played a lead role in the conviction of the Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, will take over the Google investigation, FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said in a meeting with reporters. [read post]
24 Jun 2010, 9:50 am by Doug
The FTC said that the popular social networking site allowed hackers in 2009 to obtain “tweets,” the 140-character micro-blogs users sent out, that were designated private and send out phony tweets pretending to be from then-President elect Barack Obama and Fox News, among others. [read post]