Tag Archives: Consumer Protection

The Federal Trade Commission today released the results of its latest nationwide undercover shop of movie theaters and movie, music, and video game retailers. The FTC conducted a survey with 13-to-16-year-old undercover shoppers to collect data about the extent to which retailers prevent unaccompanied children from buying tickets to R-rated movies, R-rated DVDs, Unrated DVDs […]

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that Florida attorney Randall L. Leshin, his debt management services company, Express Consolidation, Inc., and telemarketer Consumer Credit Consolidation, Inc. have agreed to settle charges that they used abusive telemarketing and deception to sell debt management services to consumers nationwide. Two court orders entered in the FTC’s lawsuit bar, […]

An operation that offered “free trials” of its herbal products, including smoking cessation patches, has agreed to halt its allegedly deceptive practices, pending trial. The Federal Trade Commission sued, alleging that the trials weren’t free, the patches didn’t work as claimed, and the operation was illegally debiting consumers’ bank accounts without their authorization. The defendants […]

Issuance of letter regarding motion divestiture time period extension –– The Commission has approved issuance of a letter responding to a motion by Service Corporation International (SCI) in which SCI sought to extend the time allowed to divest several assets obtained through its 2006 acquisition of Alderwoods. On July 3, 2007, SCI filed its final […]

Media Advisory May 2, 2008   WHAT: Two-day Town Hall meeting to explore the evolving mobile commerce marketplace and its implications for consumer protection policy. Industry experts, academics, consumer advocates, privacy professionals and government analysts will discuss topics such as the use of text messaging and related messaging services as instruments of commerce; consumers’ ability […]

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has entered a final order and default judgment against a group of individual and corporate defendants based in Ontario, Canada, for their role in a cross-border telemarketing scheme that cost U.S. consumers millions of dollars. Under the […]

A one-day “back to basics” workshop on complying with truth-in-advertising laws is being presented in Dallas, Texas, on Thursday, May 29, 2008, by the Federal Trade Commission and Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan Dallas. Green Lights & Red Flags: FTC-BBB Rules of the Road for Advertisers features a roster of national experts discussing the latest […]

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the issuance of a stipulated final court order against Emma G. Wanjiku, a Kenyan citizen and Canadian resident who participated in a wide-ranging scheme to trick U.S. consumers into paying for bogus business and travel directory advertisements and listings, office supplies, and consulting services they never authorized, ordered, or […]

The Federal Trade Commission today announced several court actions obtained against a nationwide telemarketing scheme that the media has dubbed the “Wal-Mart Shopping Spree” scam. In this scam, consumers were falsely promised free gifts and wrongfully paid monthly fees for “program memberships” such as discount buyers’ and travel clubs. The actions announced today ban Brian […]

Commission approval of public comment period extension – By a vote of 4-0, the Commission has approved an extension of the public comment period related to the recently proposed amendment to the platinum section of the FTC’s Guides for the Jewelry, Precious Metals, and Pewter Industries, commonly known as the Jewelry Guides. On February 26, […]