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Today, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission and its staff took a suite of actions to address growing concern about unfair and deceptive practices by franchisors—to ensure that the franchise business model...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has adjusted for inflation three monetary exemption thresholds used to determine whether the sale of a franchise qualifies for an exemption under the agency’s Franchise...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission and two international consumer protection networks announced the results of a review of selected websites and apps that showed a large percentage of the websites and...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission submitted a comment supporting a proposed U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) rule regarding new requirements associated with patent terminal disclaimer practice to...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today published an interim report on the prescription drug middleman industry that underscores the impact pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) have on the accessibility and...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission and the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office are taking action against NGL Labs, LLC and two of its co-founders, Raj Vir and Joao Figueiredo, for a host of law...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today testified before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Innovation, Data and Commerce on the agency’s fiscal year 2025 budget and work to promote competition...

Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission staff sent warning letters to eight companies about their warranty practices that may be standing in the way of consumers’ right to repair products they have purchased. The...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has taken action against online used car dealer Vroom for misrepresenting that it thoroughly examined all vehicles before listing them for sale and failing to obtain...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission is taking action against gig work company Arise Virtual Solutions for misleading consumers about the money they could make on Arise’s platform and marketing its business...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission voted unanimously to block Tempur Sealy International, Inc.’s (Tempur Sealy) proposed $4 billion acquisition of Mattress Firm Group Inc. (Mattress Firm). The Commission...

A U.S. district court in central Florida today unsealed a Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission complaint charging two related groups of defendants with defrauding consumers nationwide by enrolling them, without...

Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission Bureau of Competition Director Henry Liu issued the following statement in response to Novant Health, Inc.’s decision to terminate its proposed acquisition of two hospitals...

In its first case under the Impersonation Rule, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has stopped a student loan debt relief scheme that bilked more than $20.3 million from consumers seeking debt relief by...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has finalized an order banning software provider Avast from selling, disclosing, or licensing any web browsing data for advertising purposes to settle charges the company...

Concluding a comprehensive multi-year review, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today announced final updates to its Ophthalmic Practice Rules , known as the Eyeglass Rule aimed at promoting competition...

As a result of a Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission case, the operators of a sweepstakes scam that cost consumers millions have agreed to settlements that permanently ban them from operating sweepstakes or...

Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission law enforcement actions resulted in more than $324 million in refunds to consumers in 2023, the agency said in its annual report on refunds . The FTC Annual Report on Refunds...

Today, the Commission issued a statement regarding its referral to the Department of Justice a complaint against TikTok, the successor to Musical.ly, and its parent company ByteDance Ltd. The...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today submitted a comment supporting a proposed U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) rule involving the disclosure of patent settlement agreements. In April, the USPTO...