FTC Staff: Proposed Kentucky Legislation Could Benefit Consumers; Would Expand Patient Care by Advance Practice Registered Nurses

Federal Trade Commission staff, in response to a request from Kentucky State Senator Paul Hornback, stated that a bill proposed in the Kentucky legislature could benefit consumers by making it simpler for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) to prescribe certain drugs. Kentucky Senate Bill 187 would remove a requirement that APRNs must have a signed […]

FTC Issues Final Commission Report on Protecting Consumer Privacy

The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s chief privacy policy and enforcement agency, issued a final report setting forth best practices for businesses to protect the privacy of American consumers and give them greater control over the collection and use of their personal data. In the report, “Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change: […]

FTC To Host Press Conference on Release of Final Privacy Framework Report

WHAT: Press Conference to Discuss the FTC’s Final Privacy Framework WHO: Jon Leibowitz, Chairman WHEN: Monday, March 26, 2012 11:00 am (EDT) WHERE: Federal Trade Commission 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room 432 Washington, DC 20580 CALL-IN INFORMATION:  1-800-553-03271-888-423-3275 (international)Confirmation number: 242349Host: Bruce Jennings The press conference will be webcast. Click here to view live webcast. […]

FTC Seeks U.S. Supreme Court Review of Appeals Court Rulingin Phoebe Putney/Palmyra Park Hospital Case

Acting at the request of the Federal Trade Commission the Solicitor General of the United States petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review a recent federal appeals court ruling concerning Phoebe Putney Health System’s acquisition of Palmyra Park Hospital in Albany, Georgia. The filing, known as a petition for certiorari, was made with the Court […]

FTC Legal Action Halts Alleged Mortgage Relief Scammers Who Lured Homeowners with Bogus Claims

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. district court has halted an operation that took in more than $1 million by allegedly selling homeowners bogus mortgage relief and foreclosure rescue products, including a scam that falsely promised to get help for homeowners who joined others to file so-called “mass joinder” lawsuits against […]

FTC Permanently Stops Two More Operations Charged with Using Fake News Sites to Deceive Consumers about Acai Berry Products, Defendants will Pay Nearly $1.5 Million to Settle Charges

Two more online marketers have agreed to settlements with the Federal Trade Commission that will permanently halt their allegedly deceptive practice of using fake news websites to promote acai berry supplements and so-called “colon cleansers” with deceptive claims that consumers could use them to lose weight. In the first case, the FTC settlement with Intermark […]

FTC Highlights Expanded Work on Debt Collection Issues over the Past Year

The Federal Trade Commission stepped up enforcement of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act in the last year by cracking down on collectors who allegedly used abusive tactics to intimidate consumers, misled consumers while seeking payment on time-barred debts, used faulty data to identify debtors and the amount they owe, used deceptive tactics to collect […]

Second Firm Agrees to Settle FTC Charges of Collusion in the Market for Pipe Fittings Used by Municipal Water Systems

Star Pipe Products, Ltd., a leading supplier of ductile iron pipe fittings, which are used in municipal water systems around the United States, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it conspired with the two other largest manufacturers to increase the prices at which pipe fittings were sold nationwide. Under a proposed order […]

FTC Approves Dow Chemical’s Application to Sell Torrance, California, Chemicals Facility to Hager Pacific Acquisitions LLC

Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved an application by The Dow Chemical Company to sell a chemical production facility and associated property in Torrance, California, to Hager Pacific Acquisitions LLC. The sale is required by a 2009 settlement order resolving the FTC’s concerns that Dow’s acquisition of Rohm & Haas […]

FTC Approves Healthcare Technology’s Application to Sell SDI Health’s Audit Businessess

Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved an application by Healthcare Technology Holdings, Inc., in which the company requested approval to sell two audit businesses of SDI Health LLC to inVentiv Health, Inc. The divestiture is required by the final FTC settlement order allowing Healthcare Technology’s subsidiary IMS Health Inc. to […]