FTC Seeks Return of $52 Million Worth of Bogus Phone Bill Cramming Charges; Agency Charges Nation’s Largest Third-Party Billing Company with Contempt

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking a civil contempt ruling against the nation’s largest third-party billing company, alleging that it placed more than $70 million in bogus “cramming” charges on consumers’ phone bills in violation of a previous court order. The FTC is asking a federal court to make the company pay more than $52.6 […]

Myspace Settles FTC Charges That It Misled Millions of Users About Sharing Personal Information with Advertisers

Social networking service Myspace has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it misrepresented its protection of users’ personal information. The settlement, part of the FTC’s ongoing efforts make sure companies live up to the privacy promises they make to consumers, bars Myspace from future privacy misrepresentations, requires it to implement a comprehensive privacy […]

New York City Funeral Home Settles FTC Charges it Failed to Disclose Casket Prices

The operator of a New York City funeral home has agreed to settle a Federal Trade Commission enforcement action charging it with a violation of the Funeral Rule, an FTC consumer protection rule designed to give consumers itemized price information so they can buy only the funeral goods and services they want. This is the […]

FTC Announces Preliminary Agenda for Workshop about Advertising Disclosures in Online and Mobile Media

The Federal Trade Commission will host a one-day public workshop on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 to consider the need for new guidance for online advertisers about making disclosures.  New guidance is likely to address technological advancements and marketing developments that have emerged since the FTC first issued its online advertising disclosure guidelines known as “Dot […]

FTC Requires Kinder Morgan to Sell Rocky Mountain Pipelines as a Condition of Acquiring El Paso Corporation

The Federal Trade Commission will require Kinder Morgan, Inc., one of the largest U.S. transporters of natural gas and other energy products, to sell three natural gas pipelines and other related assets in the Rocky Mountain region as part of a settlement resolving charges that Kinder Morgan’s $38 billion acquisition of El Paso Corporation would […]

FTC Wins Court Judgment Against Massive Get-Rich-Quick Infomercial Scam

The Federal Trade Commission won a court judgment against the marketers of three get-rich-quick systems who deceived nearly a million consumers. As part of its ongoing efforts to stop scams that prey upon financially distressed consumers, the FTC is seeking more than $450 million in monetary relief. On April 20, 2012, Federal District Judge Jacqueline […]