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May 15, 2012

• Media Advisory: May 15, 2012
  FTC Announces Action Against Major Marketer of Consumer GoodsAlleges Overhyped Advertising Claims; Consumers to Receive Millions in Refunds in Settlement
• For Release: May 15, 2012
  Debt Collectors Settle with FTC, Agree to Stop Deceiving and Abusing ConsumersConsumers Were Subjected to Collection Efforts for Magazine Subscription Debts They Did Not Owe, FTC Alleges
• For Your Information: May 15, 2012
  FTC Approves Final Settlement with CVS CaremarkFollowing a public comment period, the FTC has accepted as final an order with CVS Caremark settling charges that it misrepresented the prices of certain Medicare Part D prescription drugs, including drugs used to treat breast cancer symptoms and epilepsy, at CVS and Walgreens pharmacies.

May 14, 2012

• For Release: May 14, 2012
  Howard Shelanski Named Director of FTC's Bureau of EconomicsFederal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz announced today that Howard Shelanski has been named Director of the FTC's Bureau of Economics. Effective July 1, he will replace Joseph Farrell, who has served in the position since 2009 and is returning to academia on May 31.
• For Your Information: May 14, 2012
  FTC Seeks Public Input on Used Auto Parts GuidesDo you have something to say about used auto parts and how they're marketed? If so, the Federal Trade Commission wants to hear from you.
• For Release: May 14, 2012
  FTC Action Halts Allegedly Deceptive Own-Your-Own Website Business OpportunityDefendants Claimed Consumers Would Make Money from Links to Major Retailers
• For Your Information: May 14, 2012
  FTC To Host Workshop on Drip PricingThe Federal Trade Commission will host a workshop on May 21 on drip pricing, a pricing technique in which firms advertise only part of a product's price up-front, and then reveal additional charges later as the consumer goes through the buying process.

May 11, 2012

• For Your Information: May 11, 2012
  FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges that Star Pipe Products, Ltd. Acted Anticompetitively in Market for Municipal Water System Iron Pipe Fittings; FTC Approves Final Orders Settling Charges that Auto Dealers Falsely Promised to Pay Off Consumers' Trade-ins, No Matter What They OwedFollowing a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that Star Pipe Products, Ltd. engaged in illegal anticompetitive practices to protect its share of the market for ductile iron pipe fittings used in municipal water systems nationwide.
  
  Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved final orders settling charges that five automobile dealers made deceptive claims that they would pay off the remaining balance on consumers' trade-ins, no matter what they owed.

May 10, 2012

• For Release: May 10, 2012
  FTC Sues Funeral Home for Continuing Failure to Disclose PricesNew York Funeral Home Previously Cited for Price List Violations in 2001
• For Your Information: May 10, 2012
  FTC Opinion Letter Affirms Consumers' Rights under the Holder RuleThe Federal Trade Commission has issued an advisory opinion affirming consumers' rights under the FTC's Holder in Due Course Rule, which protects the rights of consumers who make a purchase using credit obtained through the merchant.

May 9, 2012

• For Release: May 9, 2012
  FTC Testifies on Efforts to Protect Consumer PrivacyAsks Congress to Encourage Industry to Continue Efforts on "Do Not Track" Tools

May 8, 2012

• For Release: May 8, 2012
  Myspace Settles FTC Charges That It Misled Millions of Users About Sharing Personal Information with AdvertisersSettlement Will Require Regular Privacy Assessments for the Next 20 Years
• For Release: May 8, 2012
  FTC Seeks Return of $52 Million Worth of Bogus Phone Bill Cramming Charges; Agency Charges Nation's Largest Third-Party Billing Company with ContemptThe Federal Trade Commission is seeking a civil contempt ruling against the nation's largest third-party billing company, alleging that it placed more than $70 million in bogus "cramming" charges on consumers' phone bills in violation of a previous court order.
• For Your Information: May 8, 2012
  FTC Joins Department of Justice and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Filing Brief Supporting the Constitutionality of the Fair Credit Reporting ActThe Federal Trade Commission has joined the Department of Justice and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in filing a memorandum brief in support of the constitutionality of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the 1970 law that is designed to protect the privacy of credit report information and ensure that the information supplied by consumer reporting agencies (CRAs) is as accurate as possible.

May 3, 2012

• For Release: May 3, 2012
  New York City Funeral Home Settles FTC Charges it Failed to Disclose Casket PricesAgency Charges Blair-Mazzarella Home With Funeral Rule Violations

May 2, 2012

• For Release: May 2, 2012
  FTC Announces Preliminary Agenda for Workshop about Advertising Disclosures in Online and Mobile MediaThe Federal Trade Commission will host a one-day public workshop on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 to consider the need for new guidance for online advertisers about making disclosures.

May 1, 2012

• For Release: May 1, 2012
  FTC Requires Kinder Morgan to Sell Rocky Mountain Pipelines as a Condition of Acquiring El Paso CorporationAgency Takes Action to Protect Natural Gas Shippers from Higher Prices
• For Release: May 1, 2012
  FTC Wins Court Judgment Against Massive Get-Rich-Quick Infomercial ScamAgency Alleges that Nearly One Million Consumers Lost More Than $450 Million