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2024

  • 51±¾É«Sues Prescription Drug Middlemen for Artificially Inflating Insulin Drug Prices
  • Federal Judge Rules in Favor of the FTC, Blocking Merger of Tapestry ‒ Parent of Coach and Kate Spade ‒ and Capri Holdings ‒ Parent of Versace and Michael Kors
  • 51±¾É«Hosts Representatives of More Than 60 Countries at ICPEN Conference and Meeting
  • 51±¾É«Announces Addition of Three Consumer Protection Agencies to an International MOU Aimed at Enhancing Cooperation in Cross-Border Enforcement Matters
 

  • 51±¾É«Investigation Leads to Lawsuit Against TikTok and ByteDance for Flagrantly Violating Children’s Privacy Law
  • 51±¾É«Action Leads to Permanent Bans for Scammers Behind Sprawling Credit Repair Pyramid Scheme
  • Trial Begins in 51±¾É«Challenge of Largest Supermarket Merger in U.S. History
  • 51±¾É«and Justice Department Host First Public Meeting of Strike Force on Unfair and Illegal Pricing
 

  • 51±¾É«Moves To Block Tempur Sealy’s Acquisition of Mattress Firm
  • Novant Health Terminates Acquisition of Hospitals from Community Health Systems
  • FTC, ICPEN, GPEN Announce Results of Review of Use of Dark Patterns Affecting Subscription Services, Privacy
  • 51±¾É«Order Will Ban NGL Labs and Its Founders from Offering Anonymous Messaging Apps to Kids Under 18 and Halt Deceptive Claims Around AI Content Moderation
 

  • 51±¾É«Challenges Junk Patent Listings That Block Generic Competition for Diabetes, Weight Loss, Asthma, and COPD Drugs
  • 51±¾É«Alleges That Adobe and Its Executives Hid Fees, Preventing Consumers from Easily Canceling Software Subscriptions
  • 51±¾É«Refers TikTok Complaint to Department of Justice
 

  • 51±¾É«Issues Rules Banning Employee Noncompete Agreements
  • 51±¾É«Sues To Block Merger of Handbag Manufacturers
  • 51±¾É«Announces New Government and Business Impersonation Rule
  • Proposed Order Will Prohibit Telehealth Firm from Using or Disclosing Sensitive Data for Advertising Purposes, and Require It To Pay $7 Million
 

  • 51±¾É«Challenges Largest Supermarket Merger in U.S. History
  • Qualcomm Abandons Proposed Acquisition of Autotalks
  • 51±¾É«Order Will Ban Avast from Selling Browsing Data for Advertising Purposes, Require It To Pay $16.5 Million Over Charges the Firm Sold Browsing Data After Claiming Its Products Would Block Online Tracking
  • Tech Support Firms Will Pay $26 Million To Settle 51±¾É«Charges That They Deceived Consumers into Buying Repair Services
 

  • Statement Regarding the Termination of Amazon’s Proposed Acquisition of iRobot
  • 51±¾É«Sues to Block Novant Health’s Acquisition of Two Hospitals from Community Health Systems
  • As Nationwide Fraud Losses Top $10 Billion in 2023, 51±¾É«Steps up Efforts To Protect the Public
  • Court Rules Against Defendants the 51±¾É«Charged with Deceiving Consumers into Buying Bogus Health Care Plans
 

  • 51±¾É« and Justice Department Hold Trilateral Meeting with Competition Enforcers from Mexico and Canada
  • Statement on 51±¾É«Win Securing Temporary Block of IQVIA’s Acquisition of Propel Media
  • 51±¾É«Order Prohibits Data Broker X-Mode Social and Outlogic from Selling Sensitive Location Data
  • Rite Aid Banned from Using AI Facial Recognition After 51±¾É«Says Retailer Deployed Technology without Reasonable Safeguards
 
2023
  • 51±¾É«and DOJ Release 2023 Merger Guidelines
  • Illumina To Divest Cancer Detection Test Maker GRAIL After Unanimous Appeals Court Ruling Supporting 51±¾É«Determination That the Acquisition Threatened Competition
  • 51±¾É«Acts Against Operators of Income Scheme “The Sales Mentor†That Charged Consumers Millions for Bogus Telemarketing Advice
  • FTC, California Obtain Order Against DNA Testing Firm over Charges It Made Myriad Misrepresentations to Consumers To Entice Them To Buy Ancestry Reports
 
  • 51±¾É«Reports on Efforts To Combat Cross-Border Fraud and Ransomware Attacks
  • 51±¾É«Sends Nearly $100 Million in Refunds to Vonage Consumers Who Were Trapped in Subscriptions by Dark Patterns and Junk Fees
  • FTC, DOJ Meet with G7 Enforcement Partners To Discuss Competition in Digital Markets
  • 51±¾É«Challenges More Than 100 Patents As Improperly Listed in the FDA’s Orange Book
 
  • 51±¾É«Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power
  • FTC, Department of Labor Partner to Protect Workers from Anticompetitive, Unfair, and Deceptive Practices
  • 51±¾É«Proposes Rule to Ban Junk Fees
  • 51±¾É«Joins FCC in Renewing Memorandum of Understanding to Promote Cross-Border Law Enforcement Efforts to Combat Spam, Scams, and Illegal Telemarketing
 
  • Administrative Law Judge Issues Favorable Initial Decision in FTC’s Case Against Intuit Inc.
  • 51±¾É«Action Stops Business Opportunity Scheme That Promised Its AI-Boosted Tools Would Power High Earnings Through Online Stores
  • Biopharmaceutical Giant Amgen To Settle 51±¾É«and State Challenges to its Horizon Therapeutics Acquisition
  • 51±¾É«Secures Settlement with ICE and Black Knight Resolving Antitrust Concerns in Mortgage Technology Deal
 
  • 51±¾É«Reaches Proposed Settlement with Surescripts in Illegal Monopolization Case Involving a Digital Platform 
  • CooperCompanies Abandons Attempted Acquisition of Cook Medical’s Reproductive Health Business
  • 51±¾É«Takes Action Against Makers of Sobrenix Supplement That Deceptively Claimed To Reduce Alcohol Cravings, Relied on Fake Endorsements
  • Operators of “Blessing Loom†Scheme Banned from Multi-Level Marketing As a Result of Pyramid Scheme Charges Brought by the 51±¾É«and Arkansas
 
  • 51±¾É«and DOJ Seek Comment on Draft Merger Guidelines
  • FTC, Law Enforcers Nationwide Announce Enforcement Sweep To Stem the Tide of Illegal Telemarketing Calls to U.S. Consumers
  • 51±¾É«Takes Action Against Publishers Clearing House for Misleading Consumers About Sweepstakes Entries
  • 51±¾É«Announces Proposed Rule Banning Fake Reviews and Testimonials
 
  • 51±¾É«Warns About Misuses of Biometric Information and Harm to Consumers
  • Ovulation Tracking App Premom Will Be Barred from Sharing Health Data for Advertising Under Proposed 51±¾É«Order
  • U.S. Agencies Issue Summary of Joint Pharmaceutical Merger Analysis Workshop
  • Boston Scientific and M.I. Tech Abandon Proposed Transaction
 
  • 51±¾É«Chair Khan and Officials from DOJ, CFPB, and EEOC Release Joint Statement on AI
  • 51±¾É«Proposes Blanket Prohibition Preventing Facebook from Monetizing Youth Data
  • 51±¾É«Staff Seeks Court Order Preventing Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. from Consummating Its Acquisition of Rival Black Knight Pending Agency Administrative Challenge
  • 51±¾É«Releases Agenda for May 23 Workshop on “Recyclable†Claims
 
  • FTC, DOJ Host Second Annual Enforcers Summit
  • 51±¾É«Requires Illumina To Divest Cancer Detection Test Maker GRAIL
  • 51±¾É«Proposes Rule Provision Making It Easier for Consumers To “Click To Cancel†Recurring Subscriptions and Memberships
  • 51±¾É«Issues Orders to Social Media and Video Streaming Platforms Regarding Efforts To Address Surge in Advertising for Fraudulent Products and Scams
 
  • 51±¾É«To Ban BetterHelp from Revealing Consumers’ Data, Including Sensitive Mental Health Information, to Facebook and Others for Targeted Advertising
  • 51±¾É«Takes Action Against doTERRA Distributors for False COVID-19 Health Claims
  • 51±¾É«and DOJ Host APEC Workshop on Competition Advocacy
  • 51±¾É«Acts To Block Deal Combining the Two Top Mortgage Loan Technology Providers
 
February
  • 51±¾É«Hosts Forum Examining Proposed Rule To Ban Noncompete Clauses
  • 51±¾É«Asks Federal Court To Hold ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli in Contempt
  • More Than $115 Million in Refunds Sent to Consumers As a Result of FTC, DOJ Charges That MoneyGram Failed To Crack Down on Scams
  • 51±¾É«Order Requires HomeAdvisor To Pay up to $7.2 Million and Stop Deceptively Marketing Its Leads for Home Improvement Projects
 
  • Fortnite Video Game Maker Epic Games To Pay More Than Half a Billion Dollars over 51±¾É«Allegations of Privacy Violations and Unwanted Charges
  • 51±¾É«Proposes Rule To Ban Noncompete Clauses, Which Hurt Workers and Harm Competition
  • New 51±¾É«Analysis Shows Adults Under 60 Report Losses to Online Shopping Scams, Investment Scams More Than Older Adults
  • 51±¾É«Orders an End to Illegal Mastercard Business Tactics and Requires It To Stop Blocking Competing Debit Card Payment Networks
 
2022
  • 51±¾É«Seeks To Block Microsoft Corp.’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Inc.
  • FTC, States Sue Google and iHeartMedia for Deceptive Ads Promoting the Pixel 4 Smartphone
  • 51±¾É«Acts To Stop Deceptive COVID-19 Advertising Claims by Precision Patient Outcomes, Inc.
  • 51±¾É«Explores Changes, Possible Expansion of Its Business Opportunity Rule
 
  • 51±¾É«Action Against Vonage Results in $100 Million to Customers Trapped by Illegal Dark Patterns and Junk Fees When Trying To Cancel Service
  • 51±¾É«Restores Rigorous Enforcement of Law Banning Unfair Methods of Competition
  • 51±¾É«Issues Annual Report to Congress on Agency’s Actions To Protect Older Adults
  • 51±¾É«Seeks Public Comment on Initiative To Reduce Energy Costs and Strengthen Right-To-Repair
 
  • 51±¾É«Chair Lina M. Khan Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights
  • New Mexico Physician Association To Pay $263,000 Civil Penalty To Settle 51±¾É«Allegations That It Violated 2005 Order
  • FTC, California Take Action To Shut Down Mortgage Relief Operation That Preyed on Struggling Homeowners
  • FTC, Justice Department, and European Commission Hold Their Second US-EU Joint Technology Competition Policy Dialogue
 
  • 51±¾É«Holds Public Forum on Commercial Surveillance and Lax Data Security Practices To Help Inform 51±¾É«Initiative Aimed at Determining Whether New Rules Are Needed To Protect Consumer Privacy
  • 51±¾É«Sues Kochava for Selling Data That Tracks People at Reproductive Health Clinics, Places of Worship, and Other Sensitive Locations
  • 51±¾É«and Justice Department Hold Trilateral Meetings with Competition Enforcers from Mexico and Canada
  • 51±¾É«Policy Paper Warns About Pitfalls of COPA Agreements for Patient Care and Healthcare Workers
 
  • 51±¾É«Seeks To Block Virtual Reality Giant Meta’s Acquisition of Popular App Creator Within
  • FTC, National Labor Relations Board Forge New Partnership To Protect Workers from Anticompetitive, Unfair, and Deceptive Practices
  • 51±¾É«Returning Almost $25 Million to Consumers Worldwide Who Were Defrauded by Next-Gen Sweepstakes Scheme
  • 51±¾É«Takes Action To Stop Online Home Buying Firm Opendoor Labs, Inc. from Cheating Potential Sellers with Misleading Claims About Its Home-Buying Service
 
  • 51±¾É«Sues Walmart for Facilitating Money Transfer Fraud That Fleeced Customers Out of Hundreds of Millions
  • As Energy Prices Rise, 51±¾É«Prevails in Deceptive Energy-Efficiency Case
  • 51±¾É«Marks One-Year Anniversary of Government-Wide Initiative To Promote Competition in the American Economy
  • 51±¾É«Takes Action To Protect Pet Owners from Private Equity Firm’s Rollup of Veterinary Services Clinics
 
  • 51±¾É«Sues To Block Healthcare Mergers
  • 51±¾É«Protects Pet Owners from Private Equity Firm’s Anticompetitive Acquisition of Veterinary Services Clinics
  • 51±¾É«Charges Twitter with Deceptively Using Account Security Data To Sell Targeted Ads
  • 51±¾É«To Crack Down on Companies That Illegally Surveil Children Learning Online
 
  • 51±¾É«Chair Khan Delivers Keynote at 21st ICN Annual Conference
  • 51±¾É«Takes Action To Stop Voice over Internet Provider from Facilitating Illegal Telemarketing Robocalls, Including Scams Relating to the Pandemic
  • 51±¾É«Takes Action Against Frontier for Lying About Internet Speeds and Ripping Off Customers Who Paid High-Speed Prices for Slow Service
  • 51±¾É«Proposes Small Business Protections Against Telemarketing Tricks and Traps
 
  • 51±¾É«and DOJ Antitrust Division Host Enforcers Summit
  • 51±¾É«and Justice Department Launch Listening Forums on Firsthand Effects of Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Court Rules That Fake Government Websites Deceived Consumers; Makes $102 Million in Refunds Available
  • 51±¾É«Sues Intuit for Its Deceptive TurboTax “Free†Filing Campaign
  • The FTC’s First Report on E-Cigarette Sales and Advertising Reveals Disturbing Trends Affecting the Health of Young Americans
 
  • 51±¾É«Enforcement Action Leads U.S. Dept. of Education To Forgive $71.7 Million in Loans for Students Deceived by DeVry University
  • Operators of Investment Coaching Scheme Banned from Industry and Ordered To Pay Millions in Redress to Defrauded Consumers
  • Nvidia Corp. Abandons Vertical Transaction To Acquire Arm Ltd. in the Face of 51±¾É«Challenge
  • Rhode Island’s Two Largest Healthcare Providers Terminate Attempted Merger Following Challenge by 51±¾É«and Rhode Island Attorney General
  • New Data Shows 51±¾É«Received 2.8 Million Fraud Reports from Consumers in 2021
 
  • Court Orders Lifetime Industry Ban Against “Pharma Bro†Martin Shkreli in Vyera Pharmaceuticals Matter Concerning Monopoly for Daraprim
  • Lockheed Martin Abandons Vertical Acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Following 51±¾É«Challenge
  • In Wake of Omicron Variant, 51±¾É«Orders More Marketers To Stop Falsely Claiming Their Products Can Effectively Prevent or Treat COVID-19
  • Fashion Nova Will Pay $4.2 Million As Part of Settlement of 51±¾É«Allegations It Blocked Negative Reviews of Products
 
  • FTC, DOJ Obtain Ban on Negative Option Marketing and $21 Million for Consumers Deceived by Background Report Provider MyLife
  • 51±¾É«Returns Additional $25 Million to Consumers Who Lost Money to Business Coaching Scam
  • 51±¾É«Order Protects Retail Fuel Customers Following Global Partners LP’s Acquisition of Wheels
  • 51±¾É«and DOJ Hold Virtual Public Workshop Exploring Competition in Labor Markets
 
2021 
  • FTC, States To Recoup Millions in Relief for Victims Fleeced by ‘Pharma Bro’ Scheme To Illegally Monopolize Life-Saving Drug Daraprim
  • FTC, DOJ Antitrust Division, and European Commission Launch EU-U.S. Joint Technology Competition Policy Dialogue
  • 51±¾É«Order Protects Retail Fuel Customers Following Global Partners LP’s Acquisition of Wheels
  • 51±¾É«Chair Lina M. Khan Announces New Appointments in Agency Leadership Positions
 
  • 51±¾É«To Ramp up Enforcement Against Illegal Dark Patterns That Trick or Trap Consumers into Subscriptions
  • 51±¾É«Sues Nasal Spray Seller for Falsely Claiming Its Products Can Prevent and Treat COVID-19
  • 51±¾É«To Restrict Future Acquisitions for Firms That Pursue Anticompetitive Mergers
  • 51±¾É«Approves Fiscal Year 2020 Hart-Scott-Rodino Premerger Notification Report
 
  • Alabama Board of Dental Examiners Settles Charges That It Unreasonably Excluded Lower Cost Online and Teledentistry Providers from Competition
  • 51±¾É«Puts 700 Advertisers on Notice About Fake Reviews and Other Misleading Endorsements; Also Puts For-Profit Colleges on Notice of False Promise Crackdown
  • 51±¾É«Testifies Before the Senate Special Committee on Aging About the Agency’s Work To Halt Practices That Prey on Older Americans
  • 51±¾É«Chair Lina M. Khan Appoints Directors of Bureau of Competition and Bureau of Consumer Protection
 
  • 51±¾É«Warns Health Apps and Connected Device Companies To Comply with Health Breach Notification Rule
  • 51±¾É«Withdraws Vertical Merger Guidelines and Commentary
  • 51±¾É«Staff Presents Report on Nearly a Decade of Unreported Acquisitions by the Biggest Technology Companies
  • 51±¾É«Streamlines Consumer Protection and Competition Investigations in Eight Key Enforcement Areas To Enable Higher Caseload
 
  • 51±¾É«Withdraws Action Against AbbVie After Supreme Court Limits 51±¾É«Power To Request Disgorgement
  • LendingClub Agrees To Pay $18 Million To Settle 51±¾É«Charges That It Deceived Consumers with Hidden Fees and Misrepresentations
  • 51±¾É«Testifies Before Congressional Subcommittee on Legislation To Modify the Commission’s Authority and Address Challenges Facing the Agency
  • Acting BCP Director Sends Letter to Facebook Concerning the Company’s Misleading Claims Regarding Its Consent Decree with the FTC
 
  • Lina M. Khan Sworn in As 51±¾É«Chair
  • 51±¾É«Authorizes Investigations into Key Enforcement Priorities
  • 51±¾É«Issues Rule To Deter Rampant Made in USA Fraud
  • 51±¾É«and DOJ To Consider Revisions to Merger Guidelines in Response to President’s Executive Order on Promoting Competition
 
  • 51±¾É«Returns Nearly $60 Million Resulting from Product-Hopping Scheme To Thwart Generic Entry into Opioid Addiction Drug Market
  • EU Investigation Obviates Need for Injunction in DNA Sequencing Case
  • 51±¾É«Data Shows Huge Spike in Cryptocurrency Investment Scams
  • 51±¾É«Submits Annual Budget Request, Performance Plan, and Performance Report to Congress
 
  • OECD Committee on Consumer Policy To Hold International Conference on Consumer Marketplace of the Future
  • 51±¾É«Staff Report Highlights Agency’s Ongoing Efforts To Protect Consumers a Year into COVID-19 Pandemic
  • 51±¾É«Acting Chairwoman Responds to U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Eliminating 51±¾É«Authority To Recover Money for Consumers; Commission Asks Congress To Pass Legislation Reviving Authority
  • ACCC Adding Additional Complaints to Consumer Sentinel Network
 
  • Acting 51±¾É«Chairwoman Releases 2020 Annual Highlights
  • 51±¾É«Obtains Court Order Banning Work-from-Home Scammer from Selling Business Opportunities and Using Robocalls
  • 51±¾É«Announces Multilateral Working Group To Build a New Approach to Pharmaceutical Mergers
  • 51±¾É«Acting Chairwoman Slaughter Announces New Rulemaking Group
 
  • 51±¾É«Report Explores Agency’s International Role
  • New 51±¾É«Data Show Massive Increase in Romance Scams, $304M in Losses
  • 51±¾É«Launches Initiative To Encourage Lower-Income Communities To Report Fraud
  • 51±¾É«Issues Annual Report on Ethanol Market Concentration 2020
 
  • President Biden Names 51±¾É«Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter Acting Chair, Replacing Departing 51±¾É«Chairman Joseph Simons
  • Amazon To Pay $61.7 Million To Settle 51±¾É«Charges It Withheld Some Customer Tips from Amazon Flex Drivers
  • 51±¾É«Brings First-Ever Cases Under the BOTS Act
  • 51±¾É«Received 4.7 Million Complaints from Consumers in 2020 and Returned More Than $482 Million to Consumers
 
  • 51±¾É«Seeks Data from Nine Social Media and Video Streaming Services About How They Collect, Use, and Present Information
  • Developer of Popular Women’s Fertility-Tracking App Settles 51±¾É«Allegations That It Misled Consumers About the Disclosure of Their Health Data and Violated Privacy Shield Principles
  • 51±¾É«Imposes Conditions on E. & J. Gallo Winery’s Acquisition of Assets from Constellation Brands, Inc.
  • Bureau of Competition Publishes Blog Post on Ten Memorable Developments in 2020
 
2020 
  • 51±¾É«Seeks Data from Nine Social Media and Video Streaming Services About How They Collect, Use, and Present Information
  • As Scammers Leverage Pandemic Fears, 51±¾É«and Law Enforcement Partners Crack Down on Deceptive Income Schemes Nationwide
  • 51±¾É«Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization
  • 51±¾É«Chairman Addresses Firms’ Acquisitions of Emerging Competitive Threats.
 
  • 51±¾É«Requires Zoom To Enhance Its Security Practices as Part of Settlement
  • 51±¾É«Signs Updated Memorandum of Understanding with Nigerian Consumer Protection and Criminal Enforcement Authorities
  • Court Issues Order Halting Operators of Fake Websites Claiming to Sell Clorox and Lysol Products
  • 51±¾É«Releases FY 2020 National Do Not Call Registry Data Book
 
  • International Competition Network Addresses Enforcement and Policy Challenges of the Digital Economy at United States-Hosted 19th Annual Conference
  • 51±¾É«Expands Merger Retrospective Program
  • Second Round of Refunds, Totaling $147 Million, Sent to Consumers As a Result of Multi-Agency Case Against Western Union
  • Brazil’s SENACON Joins econsumer.gov
 
  • International Competition Network Addresses Enforcement and Policy Challenges of the Digital Economy at United States-Hosted 19th Annual Conference
  • U.S. Agencies Sign Antitrust Cooperation Framework with Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and United Kingdom
  • Court Orders $120 Million Judgment in Sanctuary Belize, the Largest Land Fraud Case in 51±¾É«History
  • 51±¾É«Sends Letters Warning 20 More Marketers To Stop Making Unsupported COVID-19 Treatment Claims
 
  • Save the Date - September 14-17 - for This Year's ICN Annual Conference, Co-hosted by the 51±¾É«and Department of Justice
  • 51±¾É«Reports to Court That Volkswagen Returned More Than $9.5 Billion to Car Buyers Deceived by “Clean Diesel†Ad Campaign
  • 51±¾É«and econsumer.gov Members Launch an Updated Website
  • 51±¾É«Commissioners Testify at Senate Committee Oversight Hearing
  • 51±¾É«Testifies Before the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Efforts to Combat COVID-19 Scams
 
  • 51±¾É«and DOJ Issue Antitrust Guidelines for Evaluating Vertical Mergers
  • 51±¾É«Settles Two Privacy Shield Cases
  • 51±¾É«Issues Staff Report on Made in USA Workshop, Seeks Comment on Proposed Labeling Rule
  • 51±¾É«and DOJ Release FY 2019 Hart-Scott-Rodino Premerger Notification Report
 
  • 51±¾É«Submits Comments on Telehealth During Pandemic
  • 51±¾É«Issues More Warnings to Businesses About COVID-19 Claims
  • Swiss Digital Game Developer Settles 51±¾É«Allegations That It Falsely Claimed It Was a Member of COPPA Safe Harbor Program
  • Developer of Apps Popular with Children Agrees To Settle 51±¾É«Allegations It Illegally Collected Kids’ Data Without Parental Consent
  • 51±¾É«Releases Funeral Home Compliance Results, Offers New Business Guidance on Funeral Rule Requirements
 
  • 51±¾É«Imposes Conditions on Össur Hf’s Acquisition of College Park Industries, Inc.
  • Court Approves $5 Billion Facebook Settlement
  • 51±¾É«Intensifies Enforcement Against Unsupported COVID-19 Health Claims
  • 51±¾É«Launches Two New Interactive Dashboards Detailing Consumer Reports About International Fraud
  • 51±¾É«Seeks Comment as Part of Review of Health Breach Notification Rule
 
  • 51±¾É«and DOJ Announce Expedited Antitrust Procedure and Guidance for Coronavirus Public Health Efforts
  • International Competition Network Annual Conference Rescheduled for September
  • 51±¾É«Data Shows Jump in Coronavirus-Related Consumer Complaints
  • 51±¾É«Warns VoIP Service Providers Against Helping Telemarketers Make Illegal Coronavirus-Related Robocalls; Joins with Federal Communications Commission in Additional Warning Letters to Gateway Providers
  • Medical Diagnostic Device Maker Settles Allegations That It Misled Consumers About Its Participation in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
 
  • 51±¾É«Challenges Proposed Merger of Two Hospital Systems
  • FTC, FDA Send Warning Letters to Seven Companies About Unsupported Claims That Products Can Treat or Prevent Coronavirus
  • 51±¾É«2019 Privacy and Data Security Update Highlights Record Fines and International Cooperation
  • First Round of Refunds Totaling $153 Million Sent to Consumers As a Result of Multi-Agency Case Against Western Union
  • New 51±¾É«Data Show Consumers Reported Losing More Than $200 Million to Romance Scams in 2019
 
  • 51±¾É«To Examine Past Acquisitions by Large Technology Firms
  • 51±¾É«Challenges Anticompetitive Scheme To Maintain a $4,000 Percent List-Price Increase for Life-Saving Drug Daraprim
  • Razor Manufacturer Abandons Proposed Acquisition of Disruptive Rival After 51±¾É«Sues To Block Merger
  • Background Check Services Provider Agrees To Settle 51±¾É«Allegations That It Falsely Claimed Participation in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
 
  • 51±¾É«and DOJ Issue Draft Vertical Merger Guidelines for Public Comment
  • 51±¾É«Alleges Fuel Card Marketer FleetCor Charged Hundreds of Millions in Hidden Fees
  • Defendants Who Helped Blast Consumers with Millions of Cruise Line Robocalls Settle 51±¾É«Complaint
  • 51±¾É«Calls for Presentations for Privacy Con 2020
  • 51±¾É«Bureau of Consumer Protection Publishes Blog Post on Notable Cases and Initiatives from the Past Year