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As court losses mount, Khan remakes FTC with like-minded hires
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan will face a hostile audience tomorrow morning when she appears before the Republican-run House Judiciary Committee to explain, as the committee puts it, her “record of enforcement actions and politicized rulemakings.” -
Walmart launches Constitutional attack on Lina Khan's FTC
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Days after the Federal Trade Commission accused Walmart of helping scam artists defraud customers by using its money-transfer service, the retailer fired back with a frontal assault on the agency’s constitutional authority to sue or seek financial penalties.The FTC sued Walmart on Friday for failing to protect customers against sending money to scam artists. -
Biden's antitrust chief pick may face scrutiny over social justice agenda
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - President Biden’s candidate to run the Justice Department’s antitrust division may face tough questioning at congressional hearings starting today, as business leaders and Republican lawmakers complain the administration is twisting antitrust law into a tool for vague social justice goals and income redistribution. -
Chemical Free Solutions to pay more than $224,00 for refunds to settle deceptive marketing claims
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Jan. 25 that Chemical Free Solutions LLC (CFS) will pay $224,356 for consumer refunds to settle allegations of deceptively marketing its Cedarcide Original product. -
FTC warns 11 opioid cessation product marketers over product claims
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Jan. 24 that they warned 11 marketers and distributors of opioid cessation products to stop making allegedly unproven claims about their products. -
FTC targets alleged Florida credit card interest-rate reduction scam
ORLANDO, Fla. (Legal Newsline) — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Dec. 4 that it has filed a complaint in federal district court in Orlando to stop to an alleged credit card interest rate reduction scam. -
FTC announces defendants posing as lawyers are banned from debt collecting
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Dec. 6 that after a settlement, three defendants posing as lawyers that falsely threatened consumers into paying debts they did not owe will be banned from the debt collection business. -
FTC to hold workshop on 'informational injury' from data breaches
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will hold a workshop later this fall to explore the harm done when consumer information is misused, as can happen after data breaches.