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Our developments section tracks activities of the legislature, regulatory activities and court decisions as well as other relevant developments in the jurisdictions we follow.
Sites may trick consumers into thinking they are, or are affiliated with, the IRS when they are not Federal Trade Commission staff sent letters to operators of websites that sell Employer Identification Number (EIN) filing and delivery services warning that some of their practices may violate the FTView Press Release
Today, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N Ferguson issued a letter to the U.S. Trustee regarding the 23andMe bankruptcy proceeding, expressing the concerns American consumers have with the potential sale or transfer of their 23andMe data. View Press Release
The Federal Trade Commission named five additional corporate defendants and two individuals in its ongoing case against a student loan debt relief operation. View Press Release
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson issued the following statement on Former Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya: View Press Release
FTC complaint charges that Cleo misleads consumers about amounts and timing of available cash advances and obstructs efforts to cancel subscriptions Online cash advance company Cleo AI has agreed to pay $17 million to settle the Federal Trade Commission’s allegations that the company deceived consumers about how much money they could get and how fast … Read more
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson today announced he has appointed Taylor C. Hoogendoorn as Deputy Director of the Bureau of Competition and Katherine White as Deputy Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection. View Press Release
The workshop will be held in-person and online Today, the Federal Trade Commission announced a workshop entitled “The Attention Economy: How Big Tech Firms Exploit Children and Hurt Families.” The workshop will be held on May 28th at the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C. and streamed online. View Press Release
Court orders lifetime bans, monetary judgments The Federal Trade Commission is requiring operators of a deceptive business opportunity to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to settle allegations they misled consumers with false promises of big returns selling goods through Amazon and Walmart. View Press Release
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson issued the following statement on Former Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya: View Press Release
Court order temporarily halts operation that falsely promised big profits through supposed AI-powered online stores At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court temporarily halted a business opportunity scheme known as Click Profit, which took millions from consumers by falsely promising consumers that they could earn big profits through online sales. View Press … Read more