FTC To Provide Refunds to Victims of Bogus Scareware Scam

Starting this week, more than 300,000 consumers who were victims of a "scareware" scam will receive refunds resulting from Federal…

12 years ago

FTC Puts Conditions on LabCorp’s Acquisition of Rival Orchid Cellmark, Inc.

The Federal Trade Commission will require laboratory testing companies Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp) and Orchid Cellmark Inc. (Orchid)…

12 years ago

FTC Testifies Before House Judiciary Subcommittee on Agency’s Work to Promote Competition and Benefit Consumers

In testimony today before a U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Subcommittee, the Federal Trade Commission detailed its work to promote…

12 years ago

FTC Concludes North Carolina Dental Board Illegally Stifled Competition by Stopping Non-Dentists From Providing Teeth Whitening Services

The North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners illegally thwarted competition by working to bar non-dentist providers of teeth whitening…

12 years ago

FTC Sends Refunds to Consumers Lured by Work-At-Home Scam

The Federal Trade Commission is mailing approximately 75,000 refund checks to consumers who were deceived by an online marketing operation…

12 years ago

FTC Action Temporarily Halts Operation that Allegedly Used Fake News Sites to Make Deceptive Claims about Acai Berry Weight-Loss Products

As part of its ongoing crackdown on deceptive health claims, the Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint jointly with…

12 years ago

FTC Issues The FY 2011 National Do Not Call Registry Data Book; Nearly 210 Million Phone Numbers on Do Not Call List

The Federal Trade Commission today issued the National Do Not Call Registry Data Book for Fiscal Year 2011. The FTC's…

12 years ago

Facebook Settles FTC Charges That It Deceived Consumers By Failing To Keep Privacy Promises

The social networking service Facebook has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers by telling them…

12 years ago

FTC Seeks Second Round of Public Comments for Follow-up Study of Alcohol Industry’s Voluntary Guidelines for Reducing Advertising and Marketing to Underage Audiences

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comments on a proposal to require information from alcoholic beverage manufacturers for a…

12 years ago

Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice Meet With Chinese Ministry of Commerce on Merger Enforcement Matters

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz and Acting Assistant Attorney General Sharis Pozen of the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division…

12 years ago