Planning to cap off your Halloween costume with a pair of cat-eye contact lenses? The Federal Trade Commission wants you to know that all contacts — even those that are cosmetic or theatrical — require a prescription. A new publication from the nation’s consumer protection agency, “Avoiding an Eyesore: What to Know Before You Buy […]
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No Tricks, No Treats: FTC Warns Halloween Consumers that Even Cosmetic Contact Lenses Require Prescriptions
Planning to cap off your Halloween costume with a pair of cat-eye contact lenses? The Federal Trade Commission wants you to know that all contacts — even those that are cosmetic or theatrical — require a prescription. A new publication from the nation’s consumer protection agency, “Avoiding an Eyesore: What to Know Before You Buy […]
Alleged Swindlers Agree to Settle FTC Charges of Deceptive Business Opportunity Sales
Two persons who operated a business opportunity scam have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they tricked more than 1,300 consumers into paying between $5,000 and $25,000 for a bogus business opportunity. The settlement is a result of last year’s Project Fal$e Hope$, an FTC-led effort that targeted bogus business opportunities and work-at-home […]
Alleged Swindlers Agree to Settle FTC Charges of Deceptive Business Opportunity Sales
Two persons who operated a business opportunity scam have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they tricked more than 1,300 consumers into paying between $5,000 and $25,000 for a bogus business opportunity. The settlement is a result of last year’s Project Fal$e Hope$, an FTC-led effort that targeted bogus business opportunities and work-at-home […]
Providers of Locations for Business Opportunities Ordered to Stop Misrepresentations
Four members of a South Carolina family have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they operated “location services” companies that falsely promised to find locations for their customers’ vending machines and display racks and made false earnings claims. The defendants promised customers they would secure “profitable locations,” charging from $150 to as much as $6,000, […]
Providers of Locations for Business Opportunities Ordered to Stop Misrepresentations
Four members of a South Carolina family have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they operated “location services” companies that falsely promised to find locations for their customers’ vending machines and display racks and made false earnings claims. The defendants promised customers they would secure “profitable locations,” charging from $150 to as much as $6,000, […]
FTC Stops International Spamming Enterprise that Sold Bogus Hoodia and Human Growth Hormone Pills
Spammers must stop sending unwanted and illegal e-mail messages about hoodia weight-loss products and human growth hormone anti-aging products that the Federal Trade Commission alleges don’t work. At the FTC’s request, a district court judge ordered a halt to the e-mails and to product claims that the FTC charges are false and unsubstantiated. The law […]
FTC Stops International Spamming Enterprise that Sold Bogus Hoodia and Human Growth Hormone Pills
Spammers must stop sending unwanted and illegal e-mail messages about hoodia weight-loss products and human growth hormone anti-aging products that the Federal Trade Commission alleges don’t work. At the FTC’s request, a district court judge ordered a halt to the e-mails and to product claims that the FTC charges are false and unsubstantiated. The law […]
FTC Challenges Kyphons Acquisition of Disc-O-Tech
The Federal Trade Commission today announced a complaint challenging Kyphon, Inc.’s (Kyphon) proposed acquisition of the spinal assets of Disc-O-Tech Medical Technologies, Ltd. and Discotech Orthopedic Technologies, Inc. (collectively Disc-O-Tech) as anticompetitive in the U.S. market for minimally invasive vertebral compression fracture (MIVCF) treatment products. Under the terms of a consent order allowing the transaction […]
FTC Challenges Kyphons Acquisition of Disc-O-Tech
The Federal Trade Commission today announced a complaint challenging Kyphon, Inc.’s (Kyphon) proposed acquisition of the spinal assets of Disc-O-Tech Medical Technologies, Ltd. and Discotech Orthopedic Technologies, Inc. (collectively Disc-O-Tech) as anticompetitive in the U.S. market for minimally invasive vertebral compression fracture (MIVCF) treatment products. Under the terms of a consent order allowing the transaction […]