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Body Solutions is back in business...$155 million before rising debt forced it into bankruptcy court in 2002. As 2002 ended, Mark Nutritionals faced lawsuits from the FTC and the Texas attorney general's office over "outrageous" and untruthful advertising. Radio... In this article: Federal Trade Commission, Bankruptcy, San Antonio, Attorney General, and Obesity |
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ABC | 17 hours ago
Blue Hippo Facing More Legal Trouble from FTC
...with Blue Hippo last year. But the agency recently filed contempt charges, claiming the company continues to deceive customers. The FTC says the company continues taking money and orders, but has not been delivering in many cases.
In this article: Complaint, Better Business Bureau, Baltimore, Maryland, All rights reserved, The E.W. Scripps Co., and Ohio
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AP Online | 1 day ago
Pre-Paid Legal Services says FTC may sue
...a customer restore their credit rating if they are a victim of identity theft. Pre-Paid Legal Services, based in Ada, Okla., said the FTC had sent a draft of the proposed lawsuit and may decide to formally sue. The draft also names CEO...
In this article: Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc., Oklahoma, Defendant, and Harland Stonecipher
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PC World: Latest Technology News | 1 day ago
Company Selling 'free' Web Auction Kits Settles With FTC
...by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for charging consumers US$59.95 a month for enrollment in an "online-supplier" program, the FTC said Thursday. The proposed settlement, filed in U.S. District Court for the Central District of...
In this article: FTC, Defendant, EBay, Complaint, and Informed consent
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Ars Technica | 1 day ago
FTC Threatens Fines, Jail For Online Check Service Operators
...new site-a Qchex clone-with the same questionable policies that made Qchex a "dinner bell for fraudsters." This has left the FTC fuming, and it wants the site's operators to quit helping criminals rip people off-now. You may remember Qchex...
In this article: Complaint and Goods and services
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Computer World | 2 days ago
FTC: Online check-writing service not authenticating users
...business model could help customers engage in fraud by stealing funds from unsuspecting people's bank accounts, the FTC said. The FTC has asked the court to impose fines of $10,000 a day or send the defendants to prison, for their "utter...
In this article: Defendant, Complaint, Injunction, Linux, and IDC
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AP Online | 3 days ago
Obama tabs NC attorney to Federal Trade Commission
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's consumer protection chief for Attorney General Roy Cooper has been picked to join the Federal Trade Commission. President Obama nominated Julie Brill to the five-member commission that oversees...
In this article: Barack Obama, North Carolina, Roy Cooper, Columbia University School of Law, Department of Justice, The White House, and Vermont
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washingtonpost.com | 4 days ago
Obama picks Brill, Ramirez as FTC commissioners
...Deborah Majoras, who stepped down in March 2008, and independent Pamela Jones Harbor, whose term ended in September. The FTC also divides the work of enforcing antitrust law with the U.S. Justice Department. The FTC is assessing...
In this article: Barack Obama, Schering-Plough Corp, Northrop Grumman Corp., and Mattel Inc
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The Charleston Gazette | 7 days ago
BlueHippo still misleading customers, FTC alleges
...that purports to finance computers for consumers with bad credit in contempt for continuing to make false representations. In April 2008, the FTC and BlueHippo, a Maryland-based company whose Web site states, "Your approval is guaranteed!
In this article: BlueHippo, Injunction, Darrell McGraw, Maryland, and West Virginia
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Baltimore Sun | November 12, 2009
FTC seeks contempt order against BlueHippo
...to take millions of dollars from consumers and failing to deliver computers as promised. If the court issues a contempt order, the FTC also seeks bans that would prevent BlueHippo from financing and selling consumer electronics, said James...
In this article: BlueHippo Funding, Complaint, Maryland, Better Business Bureau, and Attorney General
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is an independent agency of the United States government, established in 1914 by the Federal Trade Commission Act. Its principal mission is the promotion of "consumer protection" and the elimination and prevention of what regulators perceive to be harmfully "anti-competitive" business practices, such as coercive monopoly.
The Federal Trade Commission Act was one of President Wilson's major acts against trusts. Trusts and trust-busting were significant political concerns during the Progressive Era. Since its inception, the FTC has enforced the provisions of the Clayton Act, a key antitrust statute, as well as the provisions of the FTC Act, et seq. Over time, the FTC has been delegated the enforcement of additional business regulation statutes and has promulgated a number of regulations (codified in Title 16 of the Code of Federal Regulations).
- Name:
- Federal Trade Commission
- Headquarters:
- Washington, D.C.
- Head:
- William Kovacic
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