On May 20, the FTC approved its final order resolving its Complaint against Henry Schein Practice Solutions, Inc. (“Schein”), which came after the expiration of a public comment period. Schein is a provider of office management software for dental practices.
The FTC’s Complaint alleged that Schein misrepresented the encryption capabilities of its Dentrix G5
The Federal Trade Commission, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania have added three new defendants and new charges in a case pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, alleging that the defendants deceived consumers into buying unneeded tech support services. According to the amended complaint, the defendants allegedly pretended to represent
On May 9, the Federal Trade Commission announced that the debt collection agency Credit Protection Association will pay $72,000 to settle charges that the company violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”). This case is part of “Operation Collection Protection,” a program the FTC describes as “an ongoing federal, state and
The Federal Trade Commission and several telephone billing companies submitted a proposed stipulated order to the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas to resolve allegations that the billing companies violated a 1999 court order and permanent injunction concerning charges of phone bill cramming. The billing companies have agreed to pay $5.2
On May 4, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it had reached a settlement with Very Incognito Technologies, Inc., d/b/a Vipvape, a hand-held vaporizer manufacturer. The settlement resulted from the FTC’s allegations that Vipvape violated the FTC Act by representing on its website that it was a participant in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Cross-Border Privacy
On April 1, the Federal Communications Commission issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPRM”) that would require Internet service providers (“ISPs”) to clearly disclose how customer data is being used, take reasonable steps to protect that information, and notify affected customers within 10 days of discovering a data breach. The NPRM — formally approved by
Commissioner Julie Brill with the Federal Trade Commission recently announced that she will step down at the end of this month to enter private practice.
Brill was appointed by President Obama and sworn in on April 6, 2010. Prior to joining the FTC, Brill was the Senior Deputy Attorney General and Chief of Consumer Protection
Join Troutman Sanders partners David Anthony and Ashley Taylor at the upcoming National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS) Mid-Year Legislative & Regulatory Conference at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, DC on April 3-5.
The NAPBS Mid-Year Conference focuses on regulation, legislation, education, and compliance related to the background screening industry and,
In the FTC’s annual report detailing consumer complaints, complaints against debt collectors topped the list for the first time in 15 years.
The FTC received more than 3 million complaints in 2015. That’s up from 2.5 million in 2014. Some of the increase can be attributed to the fact that more people know to
Businesses engaged in web-based advertising should pay careful attention to two recent actions by the Federal Trade Commission indicating the Commission is closely scrutinizing online marketing practices.
One action involved Lumos Labs, Inc., the owner of the online “brain game” portal Lumosity; the other involved Stratford Career Institute, an online school purporting to offer high