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In response to FTC charges, Americall entered into a settlement requiring it to pay a half-million dollar fine for telemarketing violations.

Beware of Loan Modification Companies, FTC has changed the rules.

Academic essay written for college senior level Media Law course, analyzing a controversial news event involving commercial speech and advertising.

The new FTC green guide aims to reduce consumer confusion on environmental claims.

Are you becoming bombarded with offers from debt settlement companies? There is a reason for this. The FTC is beginning to place new laws on these types of companies.

This insidious ailment can develop at any time and to anyone. When Failure to Complete appears, steps should be taken to cure it at once, before it has the chance to spread to other household members.

If you have an online presence, the reality is that it is constantly being regulated. The legal scrutiny of Web sites is becoming more rigorous and more frequent all of the time.

The FTC sending a warning to 100 companies and agencies that their employees are leaking client and sensitive data on the web via Peer to Peer file sharing (P2P)

BlueHippo promised computers, preying on Texans with poor credit history, but didn't deliver. The company is already in Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Now, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has charged BlueHippo with violating the state's Deceptive Practices Act.

At the intersection of Technology and Policy, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on January 29, 2010 addressed the potential dangers of cookie trails and the collection of consumer data in its second "Exploring Privacy" Roundtable.

If you believe the claims in diet ads, please call me. I have a bridge in Brooklyn I am selling and I can get you a heck of a deal on it. Here, according to the Federal Trade Commission are the top seven diet ad lies:

If you've read the FTC's new 81-page Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising, you might think the FTC is a really nice bunch of guys trying to do the right thing by consumers-which, for the most part, is true.

Advance-fee scams are common among email accounts and can lead to consumer fraud. If you suspect advance-fee scams are hitting your Inbox, file a complaint with the FTC

On October 5, the FTC passed new rules forcing bloggers to disclose any material connections to companies for products they review. However upon a closer look at the regulation it is evident something is very wrong.

Every day, in many different ways, the FTC ensures that American citizens are treated fairly by the nation's corporations.

Is it okay for online reviewers to secretly receive freebies and compensation in return for their review? Not if the FTC has a say. The world of word-of-mouth advertising may experience a major shake up.

A company claiming to be able to reduce consumer debt is under fire from the Federal Trade Commission-so much so that it is now agreeing to settle charges that it violated federal law.

Today the Federal Trade Commission, FTC, announced that they will not block Google Inc.'s proposition to buy DoubleClick Inc., which ends an eight-month long investigation.

Adteractive, which directed internet users to its website via spam e-mails, is said to have not disclosed that people claiming "free" gifts from the company had to pay money to receive their prizes. The company has now settled with the FTC for the deceptive practice.

Work at home and make $5,000 a week!" "Lose 50 pounds by next month!" We come across such claims every day, and as a new Federal Trade Commission survey reveals, some 30.2 million American adults have fallen prey to such frauds.

The Federal Trade Commission and partner organizations spent two days surfing the net advertisements as well as print advertisements and found that around two thirds of the more than 300 Spanish language work at home opportunities were possibly deceptive.

Explore the ethical responsibilities of advertising.

The Federal Trade Commission had specific information and advice for consumers for them to fully understand what an auto service contract is and what it will and won't do.

TrimSpa, a popular supplement that contains hoodia, settled with the FTC for $1.5 million for deceptive advertising in January of 2007. This may be just the beginning of the FTC's crack down on the hoodia industry.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a federal agency that works to prevent fraud, deception and unfair practices in the marketplace, reported that in 2003 the average victim was taken for $195. They stated that of the 516,740 complaints

This article reviews the advantages and disadvantages of an open, insecure website or internet environment.

What should you do when you are not happy with the Dun & Bradstreet's treatment of your company?

The Federal Trade Commission recently released the list of the most common consumer complaints in 2010. Identity theft topped the list for the eleventh year in a row.

An article about the FTC's proposal of a "Do Not Track List" to stop advertising companies from tracking consumer's movements online.

Credit disputing is the primary task involved in credit repair, and it is something that consumers can do for themselves without shelling out hundreds of dollars. Find out why the FTC recommends that consumers tackle credit repair on their own!