Commission Reopens Public Comment Period On Used Car Rule – The Commission has reopened the public comment period for the regulatory review of the Used Motor Vehicle Trade Regulation Rule (Used Car Rule) through June 10, 2009. On July 21, 2008, the FTC issued a Federal Register notice seeking public comments on the effectiveness and […]
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Commission Reopens Public Comment Period On Used Car Rule; Commission Approves Amended Complaint in Matter of Group One Networks, Inc.; Commission Proposes Amendments to Fuel Economy Guide; Joint FTC/DOJ Comment Says Supreme Court of Hawaiis Draft Rule
Commission Reopens Public Comment Period On Used Car Rule – The Commission has reopened the public comment period for the regulatory review of the Used Motor Vehicle Trade Regulation Rule (Used Car Rule) through June 10, 2009. On July 21, 2008, the FTC issued a Federal Register notice seeking public comments on the effectiveness and […]
FTC Concludes Case Against Marketers of Xenadrine EFX; Court Ruling Requires Final Defendant to Accept Settlement Terms
The Federal Trade Commission’s case against the marketers of Xenadrine EFX, a purported weight-loss product, has ended, with the final defendant in the case settling charges of false and unsubstantiated advertising. The marketers claimed that Xenadrine EFX was clinically proven to cause rapid and substantial weight loss and was more effective than ephedrine-based diet products, […]
FTC Issues Staff Report on Mobile Commerce Marketplace
For Your Information April 22, 2009 The Federal Trade Commission staff has issued a report based upon a public town hall meeting the FTC hosted in May 2008 to explore consumer protection issues arising in the mobile commerce marketplace. The report, “Beyond Voice: Mapping the Mobile Marketplace,” includes the following findings: Cost disclosures about mobile […]
FTC to Hold Public Workshop on Proposed Business Opportunity Rule Changes
The Federal Trade Commission will hold a day-long public workshop on June 1, 2009 in Washington, DC, to explore proposed changes to the FTC’s Business Opportunity Rule. The workshop, which is free and open to the public, will examine possible changes to the rule that were outlined in a Revised Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (RNPR) […]
FTC to Hold Public Workshop on Proposed Business Opportunity Rule Changes
The Federal Trade Commission will hold a day-long public workshop on June 1, 2009 in Washington, DC, to explore proposed changes to the FTC’s Business Opportunity Rule. The workshop, which is free and open to the public, will examine possible changes to the rule that were outlined in a Revised Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (RNPR) […]
Kellogg Settles FTC Charges That Ads for Frosted Mini-Wheats Were False
Kellogg Company, the world’s leading producer of cereal, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that advertising claims touting a breakfast of Frosted Mini-Wheats as “clinically shown to improve kids’ attentiveness by nearly 20%” were false and violated federal law. The proposed settlement bars deceptive or misleading cognitive health claims for Kellogg’s breakfast foods […]
Commission Approves Federal Register Notice Seeking Comments on Cooling-Off Rule; Commission Approves Final Consent Order in Matter of American Telecom Services, Inc.
Commission Approves Federal Register Notice Seeking Comments on Cooling-Off Rule The Commission has approved a Federal Register notice seeking public comments on the costs and benefits of the agency’s Cooling-Off Rule, as part of its systematic review of its rules and guides. Put in place in 1972, the Cooling-Off Rule was last amended in October […]
DIRECTV, Comcast to Pay Total of $3.21 Million for Entity-Specific Do Not Call Violations
Satellite television provider DIRECTV, and Comcast Corp., one of the nation’s largest providers of cable and Internet services, have agreed to pay a total of $3.21 million to settle separate Federal Trade Commission charges that they violated the Do Not Call provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR), including charges that they or their telemarketers […]
DIRECTV, Comcast to Pay Total of $3.21 Million for Entity-Specific Do Not Call Violations
Satellite television provider DIRECTV, and Comcast Corp., one of the nation’s largest providers of cable and Internet services, have agreed to pay a total of $3.21 million to settle separate Federal Trade Commission charges that they violated the Do Not Call provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR), including charges that they or their telemarketers […]