Data ‘Surveillance’ Crackdown Begins With FTC Privacy Pitch August 12, 2022 By Andrea Vittorio The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public feedback on a proposed rulemaking to limit what it’s dubbed “commercial surveillance” by...
FTC Fires Warning Shot at Drug Middlemen Over Rebates, Fees June 17, 2022 By Diane Bartz The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted unanimously Thursday to increase scrutiny of pharmacy benefit managers that act as middlemen between...
Twitter Will Pay $150M to Settle With U.S. Over Data Privacy Violations May 26, 2022 By Diane Bartz and Katie Paul Twitter Inc. has agreed to pay $150 million to settle allegations it misused private information, like phone numbers, to target...
NFL’s Washington Commanders Deny Financial, Workplace Misconduct Allegations April 20, 2022 By Stephen Whyno The NFL’s Washington Commanders denied several allegations of financial impropriety in a letter sent Monday to the U.S Federal Trade...
FTC Sues to Stop Merger of Rhode Island’s Two Biggest Hospital Firms February 18, 2022 By Diane Bartz The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday that it would file a lawsuit aimed at stopping the merger of...
Valentine Heartbreaker: Romance Scammers Took in $547 Million in 2021 February 14, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson New data show that more consumers than ever are falling prey to romance scammers. Consumers reported losing $547 million in...
U.S. Volkswagen Owners Cheated in Diesel Scam Receive $9.8 Billion in Settlements July 28, 2020 By David Shepardson U.S. buyers of polluting Volkswagen AG vehicles received more than $9.8 billion in settlements, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said...
Supreme Court to Hear Federal Trade Commission’s Appeal Over Ill-Gotten Gains July 10, 2020 By Diane Bartz The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Thursday to decide whether the Federal Trade Commission can continue to require scam artists...
U.S. Says 7 Firms Falsely Claiming Products Treat COVID-19 March 9, 2020 The Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have warned seven companies for allegedly selling unapproved products...
FTC’s Chopra Tells House Antitrust Panel Big Tech’s Data Practices Threaten Competition October 21, 2019 By Ben Brody, Daniel R. Stoller and David McLaughlin U.S. technology companies sent tens of thousands of documents to the House committee investigating whether they’re using their dominance to...