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Our developments section tracks activities of the legislature, regulatory activities and court decisions as well as other relevant developments in the jurisdictions we follow.
FTC complaint charges that Cleo misleads consumers about amounts and timing of available cash advances and obstructs efforts to cancel subscriptions Online cash advance company Cleo AI has agreed to pay $17 million to settle the Federal Trade Commission’s allegations that the company deceived consumers about how much money they could get and how fast … Read more
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson today announced he has appointed Taylor C. Hoogendoorn as Deputy Director of the Bureau of Competition and Katherine White as Deputy Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection. View Press Release
The workshop will be held in-person and online Today, the Federal Trade Commission announced a workshop entitled “The Attention Economy: How Big Tech Firms Exploit Children and Hurt Families.” The workshop will be held on May 28th at the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C. and streamed online. View Press Release
Court orders lifetime bans, monetary judgments The Federal Trade Commission is requiring operators of a deceptive business opportunity to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to settle allegations they misled consumers with false promises of big returns selling goods through Amazon and Walmart. View Press Release
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson issued the following statement on Former Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya: View Press Release
Court order temporarily halts operation that falsely promised big profits through supposed AI-powered online stores At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court temporarily halted a business opportunity scheme known as Click Profit, which took millions from consumers by falsely promising consumers that they could earn big profits through online sales. View Press … Read more
Today, Federal Trade Commission staff again urged the Indiana Department of Health to deny Union Hospital, Inc. (Union Health) and Terre Haute Regional Hospital, L.P.’s (THRH) application to merge. View Press Release
As a result of the agency’s law enforcement actions, the Federal Trade Commission sent $337.3 million in refunds to consumers in 2024, according to the FTC’s annual report on refunds released today. View Press Release
Brussels, 14 March – During its March 2025 plenary meeting, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted a statement on the implementation of the Passenger Name Record Directive (PNR) in light of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) judgment C-817/19*. In its second statement on the implementation of the PNR Directive, which follows … Read more
The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $934,000 in refunds to consumers who were harmed by online used car dealer Vroom’s shipment delays. View Press Release Giovani AndersonOffice of Public Affairs