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Proposed settlement would ban business ‘coaching’ and require defendants to turn over assets The operators of Ascend Ecom, an online business opportunity that allegedly cost consumers millions of dollars, will be banned from selling business opportunities and required to turn over assets to the Federal Trade Commission under the terms of a proposed court order. … Read more
Today, the Federal Trade Commission took action to resolve antitrust concerns related to Omnicom Group Inc.’s $13.5 billion acquisition of The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (IPG). View Press Release
Court order also requires Walmart to take actions to detect and prevent wire transfer fraud Walmart will pay $10 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it turned a blind eye to scammers who used its in-store money transfer services to take hundreds of millions of dollars from U.S. consumers. View Press Release
Proposed order would ban Robert Shemin from marketing any ecommerce or real estate coaching services Robert Shemin, an operator of the Ganadores scam that made false or unsubstantiated earnings claims in selling real estate and ecommerce business opportunities, will be banned from the industry and required to turn over assets as a result of a … Read more
The FTC is sending more than $2 million in refunds to consumers who were harmed by scammers pitching bogus get-rich-quick “kits” and coaching programs at the height of the financial crisis of the 2000s. View Press Release
Under proposed order, Paddle will also be permanently banned from processing payments for tech-support telemarketers U.K.-based payment processor, Paddle.com Market Limited, and its subsidiary, Paddle.com, Inc., will pay $5 million and be permanently banned from processing payments for tech-support telemarketers. This settles a Federal Trade Commission action alleging that Paddle abused the U.S. credit-card system … Read more
Proposed court order would ban Blackstone Legal and its owners from all debt collection, require surrender of assets Debt collection operation Blackstone Legal, along with its owners, will face a permanent ban from the debt collection industry as a result of the Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit charging that they deceived and harassed consumers to collect … Read more
Today, the FTC released Frequently Asked Questions that discuss the requirements of the Safeguards Rule, which was mandated by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and how it specifically applies to motor vehicle dealers. View Press Release
The NICE Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity ( NICE Framework) was revised in November 2020 as NIST Special Publication 800-181 rev.1 to enable more effective and rapid updates to the NICE Framework Components, including how the advent of emerging technologies would impact cybersecurity work. NICE has been actively engaging in conversations with: federal departments and agencies; … Read more
Sessions to Discuss Generic and Biosimilar Availability, Prescription Drug Formularies and Benefits, and Regulatory Barriers As part of implementing President Trump’s Executive Order No.View Press Release