Meta Must Face Trial After Judge Pares Some FTC Claims November 14, 2024 By Leah Nylen Meta Platforms Inc. will face a somewhat scaled-back antitrust trial over its alleged dominance of social networking after a federal...
FTC Sues Fintech App Dave Over Misleading $500 Cash Advance Ads November 7, 2024 By Jody Godoy The U.S. Federal Trade Commission sued financial technology company Dave Inc. in Los Angeles on Tuesday, accusing it of luring...
CarShield to Pay $10M to Settle Deceptive Advertising Charges August 6, 2024 By Michelle Chapman CarShield will pay $10 million to settle charges that its advertisements and telemarketing for its extended auto warranty plans are...
FTC Ban on Worker Noncompete Agreements Delayed by Judge July 5, 2024 By Madlin Mekelburg and Rachel Graf A federal judge delayed implementation of the US Federal Trade Commission’s near-total ban on noncompete agreements, the first salvo in...
MGM Resorts Sues US FTC to Stop Investigation of Casino Hack April 16, 2024 MGM Resorts International sued the Federal Trade Commission to stop an investigation into how it dealt with a cybersecurity attack...
Federal Trade Commission Reports Nationwide Fraud Losses Topped $10B in 2023 February 12, 2024 Consumers reported losing more than $10 billion to fraud in 2023, marking the first time that fraud losses have reached...
FTC Privacy Settlement With Facebook Could Set Record February 20, 2019 By David McLaughlin, Ben Brody Facebook Inc. is in talks with U.S. regulators over alleged privacy violations that could force the social-media giant to pay...
FTC Conducting Probe of Auto Lenders’ Kill Switches February 21, 2017 By Matt Scully A U.S. regulator is looking at whether auto finance companies that use sophisticated technology like ignition kill switches are illegally...
Federal Appeals Court Rules That FTC has Power to Police Cybersecurity August 26, 2015 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. appeals court said the Federal Trade Commission has authority to regulate corporate cybersecurity, and may pursue a lawsuit...
FTC Member Says Lawsuits Focus on Cyber System Failures September 24, 2014 One of the five commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission says her organization has investigated hundreds of cyber security breaches...