Consumer Alert

FTC Targets Security to Combat Identity Theft

The Federal Trade Commission today told Congress that it is using a variety of initiatives to combat identity theft.

FTC Competition Director Announces Guidelines for Negotiating Merger Remedies

Federal Trade Commission Competition Director Joe Simons today announced the issuance of the Bureau's new "Statement of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition on Negotiating Merger Remedies." This Statement is the latest in a continuing effort of the Commission to increase the transparency of its processes - this one relating specifically to negotiation of merger remedies.

Price Increases May Result from Combination of the Two Full-service Hospitals in Slidell, Louisiana

FTC Staff Comments to State Attorney General Address Tenet Health System's Proposed Acquisition of Slidell Memorial Hospital

FTC & DOJ Urge Rhode Island Legislature To Continue Allowing Non-Lawyers to Close Real Estate Deals

The Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a letter on March 28, 2003, urging the Rhode Island House of Representatives to reject two proposed bills that would prevent non-lawyers from competing with lawyers to perform real estate closings.

Florida Couple Banned from Selling Work-At-Home Business Opportunities

A husband and wife team doing business through six corporations and five unincorporated entities are permanently banned from selling work-at-home business opportunities and from selling chain marketing schemes, including pyramid and Ponzi schemes, as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission.

Alabama Vending Machine Franchisor Settles FTC Charges

Defendants Were Part of "Project Busted Opportunity" Sweep

FTC Releases 2002 Statistics on Cross-border Consumer Fraud

Number of Complaints by U.S. Consumers Nearly Double; More than $60 Million Paid by U.S. Consumers for Fraudulent Products or Services

Bogus Business Opportunity Operators Settle FTC Charges

Defendants who used false earnings claims, shills, and other misleading representations to sell greeting card business ventures have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their operation violated federal laws. The settlements will permanently ban the defendants from participating in the sale of any business venture and require them to give up their ill-gotten gains.

Seal lifted on FTC federal district court complaint

On November 13, the Federal Trade Commission and 12 federal, state, and local law enforcement and consumer protection agencies announced a four-part initiative to fight deceptive spam and Internet scams.

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