Federal Trade Commission staff submitted a comment to the Federal Communications Commission on proposed amendments to the FCC regulations that limit robocalls to consumers. The proposed amendments implement a recent change in the law that permits robocalls to collect debt owed to or guaranteed by the federal government without a consumer’s prior express consent. The […]
Monthly Archives: June 2016
FTC Action: Debt Collector Banned from Debt Collection Business
The head of an unlawful debt collection operation is banned from that business under a court order obtained by the Federal Trade Commission. The court granted the FTC’s request for summary judgment on all counts against Gail Daniels and The Primary Group Inc. charged in an action filed by the agency in May 2015. The […]
FTC Reports on Fighting Fraud in African American and Latino Communities
The Federal Trade Commission today issued a report to Congress describing the agency’s substantial work on fraud prevention, law enforcement, and consumer outreach and education in African American and Latino communities, and outlining a strategy to build on this prior work. The report, Combating Fraud in African American and Latino Communities: The FTC’s Comprehensive Strategic […]
FTC Sending Refund Checks Totaling More Than $9 Million to Consumers Who Bought Pure Health or Genesis Today Green Coffee Weight-Loss Supplements
The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 191,748 refund checks totaling $9,190,842.68 to consumers who bought Pure Health or Genesis Today green coffee bean extract weight-loss supplements. Consumers who purchased the products online will receive a full refund, with the average check totaling $47.93. Consumers who bought the supplements in a retail store such as Walmart […]
FTC, Florida Attorney General Take Action Against Illegal Robocall Operation
The Federal Trade Commission and the Office of the Florida Attorney General have charged a web of related defendants based in Orlando with bombarding consumers with illegal robocalls in an attempt to sell them bogus credit-card interest rate reduction and debt relief services. In all, the complaint alleges the defendants’ robocall scheme bilked consumers out […]
Federal Antitrust Agencies Submit Joint Statement to the North Carolina General Assembly on Legislation Regarding Online Legal Forms
In response to a request by North Carolina State Senator Bill Cook, the Federal Trade Commission staff and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division have submitted a statement to the North Carolina legislature on the possible competition and consumer impacts of a legislative proposal regarding online legal forms and the practice of law. North […]
FTC Settlement Bans Telemarketer from Claiming Sales Help Disabled Persons
Adli Dasuqi and his companies, American Handicapped Inc. and American Handicapped and Disadvantaged Workers Inc., have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they tricked consumers into buying household products on the false pretext that the proceeds would go to help disabled people. The defendants will be banned from making any similar claims in […]
FTC Puts Conditions on Merger of Energy Transfer Equity, L.P., and The Williams Companies, Inc.
Energy companies Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. (“ETE”), and The Williams Companies, Inc., will divest Williams’ interest in an interstate natural gas pipeline to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that ETE’s proposed acquisition of Williams would likely harm competition in Florida. According to the FTC’s complaint, the proposed merger, initially valued at $37.7 billion, would have […]
OCC Newsletter Focuses on Financing Community Health Centers
News Release 2016-66 | June 8, 2016 Share This Page: WASHINGTON—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today published the latest edition of its Community Developments Investments electronic newsletter entitled “Financing Health Centers: Supporting Community Wellness.” The articles in this edition of Community Developments Investments provide an in-depth look at bank financing of federally […]
Electronic Health Records Company Settles FTC Charges It Deceived Consumers About Privacy of Doctor Reviews
Practice Fusion, a cloud-based electronic health record company, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges it misled consumers by soliciting reviews for their doctors, without disclosing adequately that these reviews would be publicly posted on the Internet resulting in the public disclosure of patients’ sensitive personal and medical information. The settlement with the FTC […]