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...
Privacy Law Favored by Tech Firms Gains Support Among House Democrats October 17, 2019 By Ben Brody A group of more than 100 centrist Democratic House lawmakers is throwing its weight behind a privacy bill that has...
Title Insurers Fidelity National, Stewart Information Call Off Merger September 10, 2019 Fidelity National Financial and Stewart Information Services Corp. have agreed to terminate FNF’s proposed merger with Stewart due to the...
Equifax’s $700 Million Data Breach Settlement Includes $300 Million for Consumers July 22, 2019 By Pete Schroeder Credit-reporting company Equifax Inc. will pay up to $700 million to settle U.S. federal and state probes into a massive...
Senator Calls for Facebook, YouTube, Twitter to Lose Immunity If Politically Biased June 20, 2019 By Ben Brody Technology platforms such as Facebook Inc. and Google’s YouTube could face a flood of lawsuits unless they can demonstrate their...
How Much Do Facebook Users Really Care About Privacy? April 29, 2019 By Supantha Mukherjee and Diane Bartz Facebook Inc. is preparing for a record-setting fine from U.S. regulators over privacy issues, but Wall Street shrugged at the...