FTC Approves Amended Complaint in Matter of Publishers Business Services – The Commission has approved an amended complaint in the matter currently pending against defendants Publishers Business Services, Inc., and Ed Dantuma Enterprises, Inc., also d/b/a Publishers Direct Services and Publishers Business Services. According to the FTC’s original complaint, filed in May 2008 as part […]
Monthly Archives: February 2009
FTC Targets Weight-Loss Marketers Allegedly Bogus Free Sample Offers
Two dietary supplement marketers that lured consumers on the Internet with allegedly deceptive weight-loss claims and bogus “free” sample offers, and then debited their bank accounts or charged their credit cards for continuing shipments without their consent, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they violated federal law. With the increase in Internet […]
FTC Targets Weight-Loss Marketers Allegedly Bogus Free Sample Offers
Two dietary supplement marketers that lured consumers on the Internet with allegedly deceptive weight-loss claims and bogus “free” sample offers, and then debited their bank accounts or charged their credit cards for continuing shipments without their consent, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they violated federal law. With the increase in Internet […]
Court Orders Permanent Halt to Illegal Qchex Check Processing Operation Court Finds Qchex Unfair Practices Created a Dinner Bell for FraudstersOperators to Give Up All Their Ill-Gotten Gains
At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a United States District Court has ordered a permanent halt to the illegal operations of an Internet-based check creation and delivery service and ordered the operators to give up all the money they made from the illegal operation. In September 2006, the FTC charged Qchex with violating […]
Bureau of Economics Releases Economic Issues Paper on Treatment of Efficiencies in Merger Matters
– The Bureau of Economics has released an Economic Issues Paper that studies the treatment of efficiencies in FTC merger matters. It is available on the Commission’s Web site. The paper was undertaken to determine the types of efficiencies claims made by parties in merger matters before the Commission. Further work explored how the staff […]
Bureau of Economics Releases Economic Issues Paper on Treatment of Efficiencies in Merger Matters
– The Bureau of Economics has released an Economic Issues Paper that studies the treatment of efficiencies in FTC merger matters. It is available on the Commission’s Web site. The paper was undertaken to determine the types of efficiencies claims made by parties in merger matters before the Commission. Further work explored how the staff […]
Consumer Electronics Company Agrees to Settle Data Security Charges; Breach Compromised Data of Hundreds of Consumers
An online seller of computer supplies and other consumer electronics has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated federal law by failing to provide reasonable security to protect sensitive customer data. According to the FTC’s complaint, Compgeeks.com (Compgeeks), which operates the www.geeks.com Web site, and its parent company, Genica Corporation (Genica), collect […]
Statement by David P. Wales, Acting Director of the FTCs Bureau of Competition
Statement by David P. Wales, Acting Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition, on the Commission’s Order today extending by thirty days the time the lawsuit against Whole Foods Market, Inc. will be withdrawn from Part 3 adjudication: “We look forward to continuing our discussions with Whole Foods to determine whether we can reach a […]
Statement by David P. Wales, Acting Director of the FTCs Bureau of Competition
Statement by David P. Wales, Acting Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition, on the Commission’s Order today extending by thirty days the time the lawsuit against Whole Foods Market, Inc. will be withdrawn from Part 3 adjudication: “We look forward to continuing our discussions with Whole Foods to determine whether we can reach a […]
Commission Approves Final Consent Order in Matter of AllCare IPA; FTC Approves Final Consent Order in Matter of King Pharmaceuticals/Alpharma Inc.
Commission Approves Final Consent Order in Matter of AllCare IPA – Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved a final consent order in the matter of AllCare IPA. The vote approving the final order was 4-0. (FTC File No. 061-0258; the staff contact is John P. Wiegand, FTC Western Region, San Francisco, 415-848-5174 […]