Over the past several months, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been aggressively pursuing individuals and entities that it believes violated the FTC Act and the Amended Telemarketing Sales Rule (ATSR). On Tuesday, the FTC filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against 9 defendants: Acquinity Interactive, LLC; […]
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has banned work-at-home marketer Christopher Andrew Sterling from marketing and selling his prominent business opportunity software, which promised consumers the prospect of staying at home, making their own schedule and making thousands of dollars in income. In addition to the bar on Sterling’s future activities, a $70,000 judgment was imposed
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has banned work-at-home marketer Christopher Andrew Sterling from marketing and selling his prominent business opportunity software, which promised consumers the prospect of staying at home, making their own schedule and making thousands of dollars in income. In addition to the bar on Sterling’s future activities, a $70,000 judgment was imposed
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The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced yesterday that the debt collection agency Expert Global Solutions, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, “EGSI”) will pay $3.2 million to settle an action commenced by the FTC only two days ago. The FTC reports that the settlement is the largest it has ever obtained. The FTC’s Complaint On July
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Today, on the 10 year anniversary of implementing the National Do-Not-Call Registry within the Telemarketing Sales Rule (“TSR”), the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced its biggest Do-Not-Call related settlement to date: $7.5 million.
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In response to requests from industry and consumer organizations to update its 2002 search engine advertising guidance, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has issued explanatory warning letters to 24 prominent search engine companies, including Google, Yahoo!, Bing and AOL. Content of FTC Warning Letters The letters serve as an attempt to educate search engine companies
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If you regularly follow this blog, you are aware that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been cracking down on telemarketers and service providers who have allegedly violated the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR), sometimes securing multi-million dollar judgments against the defendants. This morning, the FTC issued proposed changes to the TSR, which may significantly impact
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As we detailed in a post from December 2012, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) adopted final amendments to its Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA), which will go into effect on July 1, 2013. The amended rule will affect websites and mobile applications (apps) that collect or use information submitted by children under the age
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