FTC Proposes Changes to Energy Labels for Home Heating and Cooling Equipment

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on changes the agency is proposing to make to the EnergyGuide labels…

12 years ago

FTC Announces Final Agenda and Panelists for Workshop about Advertising and Privacy Disclosures in Online and Mobile Media

8:30 am  Registration  9:00 am Welcome & Opening RemarksCommissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Federal Trade Commission 9:15 am Presentation on Usability…

12 years ago

FTC Staff: Proposed North Carolina Dental Services Law Would Likely Reduce the Benefits of Competition for Consumers

Federal Trade Commission staff, in response to a request from North Carolina Representative Stephen LaRoque, stated that a bill proposed…

12 years ago

FTC Approves Modified Final Order Settling Charges that Fresenius Medical Care’s Acquisition of Liberty Dialysis Holdings Was Anticompetitive in Market for Outpatient Dialysis Clinics

Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a modified final order settling charges that Fresenius Medical…

12 years ago

Commission Approves Filing of Joint Amicus Brief with DOJ on Direct Purchaser Antitrust Issues

The Commission has approved the filing of a joint amicus brief with the U.S. Department of Justice in the matter…

12 years ago

Consumers Who Bought Two Oreck Products Will Receive FTC Refunds

Thousands of consumers who purchased two home cleaning products from Oreck Corporation will receive refunds from the Federal Trade Commission…

12 years ago

Administrative Law Judge Upholds FTC’s Complaint that POM Deceptively Advertised Its Products as Treating, Preventing, or Reducing the Risk of Heart Disease, Prostate Cancer, and Erectile Dysfunction

In an Initial Decision announced today, Chief Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell upheld a Federal Trade Commission complaint, and…

12 years ago

FTC Approves Final Orders Settling Charges that Window Marketers Made Deceptive Energy Efficiency and Cost Savings Claims

Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved final orders settling charges that five companies that make…

12 years ago

Skechers Will Pay $40 Million to Settle FTC Charges That It Deceived Consumers with Ads for “Toning Shoes”

The Federal Trade Commission announced that Skechers USA, Inc. has agreed to pay $40 million to settle charges that the…

12 years ago

FTC Approves Final Settlement with CVS Caremark

Following a public comment period, the FTC has accepted as final an order with CVS Caremark settling charges that it…

12 years ago