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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently unveiled its Fiscal Year 2023 Agency Financial Report, spotlighting the agency’s accomplishments in safeguarding consumers and fostering competition. The report also reemphasizes the FTC’s …
FTC Releases Fiscal Year 2023 Agency Financial Report Read More
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has recently launched the Voice Cloning Challenge, aimed at fostering the development of ideas to shield consumers from the potential misuse of artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled …
FTC Launches Voice Cloning Challenge to Protect Consumers from AI Misuse Read More
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently submitted its annual summary of consumer protection activities in the debt collection sector to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The CFPB will use …
FTC Provides CFPB with Annual Summary of Debt Collection Activities Read More
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it recently reached settlement agreements with the last four defendants and their associated companies involved in a mobile cramming scheme. The FTC alleges that …
FTC Secures Settlement with Four Defendants in $100 Million Mobile Cramming Scheme Read More
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued warning letters to two trade associations and 12 registered dieticians and online health influencers over inadequate disclosures in their social media posts promoting …
FTC Warns Health Influencers and Trade Associations over Misleading Endorsements Read More
The Federal Trade Commission recently approved an amendment to the Safeguards Rule that would require non-banking institutions to report certain data breaches and other security events to the agency.
New FTC Amendment: Non-Banking Financial Institutions Now Required to Report Data Breaches Impacting 500+ Users Read More
The Federal Trade Commission announced it sued to stop four related defendants from deceptively marketing their 1 Virus Buster Invisible Mask (Invisible Mask) that purportedly creates a three-foot barrier of …
FTC Cracks Down on ‘Invisible Mask’ Scam: False COVID-19 Protection Claims Lead to Legal Action Read More Two groups of student loan debt relief scammers will be permanently banned from the debt relief industry and are required to turn over their assets as part of a settlement with the …
Student Loan Debt Relief Scammers Banned and Stripped of Assets: FTC Read More
PENNSYLVANIA — Attorney General Michelle Henry, along with Attorneys General in the District of Columbia and Illinois, is leading a bipartisan coalition to combat fake and deceptive consumer reviews that …
Attorney General Henry Supports FTC Rule that Would Halt Fake, Falsified Consumer Reviews Read More
PENNSYLVANIA — Attorney General Michelle Henry and the Federal Trade Commission took action this week to resolve antitrust concerns surrounding a $5.2 billion cash-and-stock deal between private equity firm, Quantum …
Anti-Competitive Practices: Pennsylvania AG and FTC Unite to Block EQT-Quantum Energy Deal Read More