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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) commended Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum for his proactive efforts to combat mortgage foreclosure rescue and loan modification scams in Florida.
The Federal Trade Commission last week sent 10 warning letters to Web site operators who made questionable claims that their products can prevent, treat, or cure the H1N1 flu, commonly known as swine flu.
A company that offered free Internet auction kits settles charges from the FTC that it then charged customers a monthly fee.
ADA — Shares of Pre-Paid Legal Services plummeted in heavy trading Thursday after the Ada-based company disclosed that the Federal Trade Commission has alleged the business made misleading claims in the marketing of its identity theft products.The stock fell $7.86 to close Thursday at $33.27, with the number of shares trading at nearly 20 times its average daily volume. That 19.1 percent loss ...
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - 11/17/09) - ALL AMOUNTS ARE STATED IN U.S.$ Agrium Inc. (TSX: AGU - News ) (NYSE: AGU - News ) announced today that it has signed a proposed Consent Agreement with the Staff of the Federal Trade Commission relating to Agrium's proposed acquisition of CF Industries Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CF - News ). The remedies in the Consent Agreement are not material to the ...
ADA — The Federal Trade Commission has alleged that Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc. made misleading claims in the marketing of its identity theft products, the Ada-based company disclosed today.The news sent Pre-Paid shares sharply lower on the New York Stock Exchange . The stock was down 22 percent in early afternoon trading.A Federal Trade Commission spokesman said the agency does not comment on ...
Sen. Charles Schumer said the federal government was notifying 10 companies in a crackdown on phony remedies to the swine flu now on the market. The Federal Trade Commission action followed Schumer's request earlier this month to address what he calls gimmicks and fake cures. He says the products threaten efforts to vaccinate as many people as possible. Schumer said Tuesday the FTC effort was a ...
The Federal Trade Commission today released an agenda for its December 1-2, 2009 workshop on the future of journalism in the Internet age.
The U.S. FTC asks a court to declare an online check-writing service in contempt of a January order to authenticate users.
Recently, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has gotten tough with US companies that have not lived up to their own privacy promises to European consumers.
WASHINGTON----Washington, D.C. communications law firm Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP has announced that Maureen Ohlhausen will join the firm as a partner, effective December 1, 2009, and will lead the firm’s Federal Trade Commission practice.
