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FTC Takes On Ads From Credit Monitoring Service Freecreditreport.com

New York Times | RON LIEBER | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business


The Federal Trade Commission is not amused. It has long believed that the company that owns freecreditreport.com is deliberately diverting people from...

Setting the Record Straight on the FTC's Testimonial and Endorsements Guide

Mary K. Engle | Posted 10.30.2009 | Media


Mary K. Engle

Randall Rothenberg recently took a shot at the FTC on the Huffington Post for its newly introduced Testimonial and Endorsements Guide. Here is our response.

Google In Washington: Will Obama's Love Affair With Google Go Sour?

Fortune | Posted 10.22.2009 | Technology


But Google's ambitions rankle big competitors in the tech, media, and communications sectors, and privacy hawks are starting to fret about the company...

FTC Decides on a Double Standard for Citizen Journalists

Jarvis Coffin | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media


Jarvis Coffin

As widely reported (but mostly slept-through) the FTC issued guidelines on October 5th subjecting bloggers to endorsement and testimonial rules that are different from traditional media.

An Open Letter to the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission

Randall Rothenberg | Posted 10.15.2009 | Media


Randall Rothenberg

Does the FTC really intend to probe America's opinion-mongering apparatus this closely? Do you have a team of Freuds and Jungs able to examine "the weight" consumers give opinions from social media?

Jason Linkins

FTC Official: "We Are Not Going To Be Patrolling The Blogosphere

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.15.2009 | Media


As you may have heard, twenty-first century advertisers have long been trying to persuade us to buy their products. But until very recently, they wer...

Pfizer-Wyeth Merger Tentatively Approved By FTC

AFP | Posted 10.14.2009 | Business


NEW YORK (AFP) -- US regulators gave tentative approval Wednesday to a deal allowing Pfizer to buy pharmaceutical Wyeth, boosting the size of the worl...

Do Book Bloggers Make a Difference?

Beth Kephart | Posted 10.14.2009 | Books


Beth Kephart

Let's stop asking if book bloggers can make a difference. Let's start figuring out how they can operate -- with integrity and commitment, without fear of being fined -- in the coming era of new FTC guidelines.

New FTC Blogging Regulations: Forcing Transparency on a Culture of Full Disclosure

Ian Paul | Posted 10.06.2009 | Media


Ian Paul

The Federal Trade Commission has come up with a set of strange new regulations to protect consumers from potentially misleading information in the blogosphere and social networks.

FTC to Social Media Marketers and Bloggers: Y'all Play Fair Now!

Andy Sernovitz | Posted 10.06.2009 | Media


Andy Sernovitz

"I'm a free-speaking blogger" doesn't give you a free pass from consumer protection laws. If you get compensation, you're a business now. You don't get a free pass just because it's social media.

FTC: Bloggers Must Disclose Payments For Reviews -- Or Pay Big

AP | DEBORAH YAO and EMILY FREDRIX | Posted 10.05.2009 | Technology


The Federal Trade Commission on Monday took steps to make product information and online reviews more accurate for consumers, regulating blogging for ...

Comcast and NBC Universal: Antitrust Apocalypse?

Sam Gustin | Posted 10.01.2009 | Media


Sam Gustin

Federal regulators are virtually certain to scrutinize any substantial pairing of cable leader Comcast (CMSCA) and content behemoth NBC Universal, the...

Robocalls Banned By Government? Not So Much

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Ben Protess | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics


It's dinnertime, the phone rings and it might be someone important. Instead, you hear a recorded voice: "Congratulations! You've been pre-approved for...

FTC To Ban Most Telemarketing 'Robocalls'

AP | DEBORAH YAO | Posted 09.27.2009 | Business


Americans tired of having their dinners interrupted by phone calls touting car warranties or vacation packages will soon get some relief. The Federal...

Lawmakers: "Nearly Impossible" For Consumers To Tell What's Green

greenbiz.com | GreenBiz StaffPublished June 12, 2009 | Posted 07.13.2009 | Green


"It is now nearly impossible for the average consumer to get the information they need to determine whether a product is truly green: how and where th...

Arthur Delaney

Credit Card Law Will Curb FreeCreditReport.com Ads

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 06.26.2009 | Business


The credit card reform bill signed into law by the president on Friday won't just put a stop to several unfair practices of the credit card industry -...

FTC Expected To Crack Down On Bloggers' Sponsored Posts

BusinessWeek | Douglas MacMillan | Posted 06.19.2009 | Media


...[b]ack-scratching endorsements could become tougher under a coming set of Federal Trade Commission guidelines designed to clarify how companies can...

Arthur Delaney

Dems Grill FTC Head: "What Happened?"

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics


On Tuesday, members of a House subcommittee lamented the weakness of consumer protection from predatory lenders -- be they credit card companies, payd...

Arthur Delaney

Debt Collection Boss: "Business Is Brisk"

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 04.12.2009 | Business


John Nemo says the notion that debt collectors are capitalist vultures who profit off other folks' struggles is a "stereotype." Nemo is a spokesman ...

Arthur Delaney

FTC Parodies FreeCreditReport.Com Ads (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 04.10.2009 | Business


The Federal Trade Commission is hoping to go viral. On Tuesday the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection uploaded some funny videos to YouTube -- paro...

Kids Learn Target Marketing from the FTC

Scott Ballum | Posted 03.28.2009 | Business


Scott Ballum

This article originally appeared on PSFK.com. Competition? Mergers? Supply and demand? Find our what's cooking at the Food Court. These are the kind...

Whole Foods, Wild Oats Integration Challenged By FTC

AP | SARAH SKIDMORE | Posted 02.12.2009 | Business


PORTLAND, Ore. — The Federal Trade Commission on Monday asked a federal judge to halt the integration of Wild Oats and Whole Foods Market as par...

NPEs and Abstract Patents

Brian Kahin | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business


Brian Kahin

Unfortunately, there is little transparency in today's patent system. Indeed, the patent system is beset by information failure.

FTC's Obsession With Whole Foods Could Harm Smaller Stores

Gourmet.com | Posted 01.09.2009 | Business


Now, a local, nine-store natural foods purveyor based in Portland, OR, called New Seasons Market--which had no involvement whatsoever in the Wild Oats...

FTC Tosses Guidance, "Will Not Be A Smokescreen For Tobacco Companies"

AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 12.28.2008 | Business


WASHINGTON — The cigarette industry for 42 years has made factual claims about tar and nicotine levels based on machine testing blessed by the F...