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Illegal deal stunts multifamily rental advertising competition, harming American renters and property managers, the FTC alleges Today, the Federal Trade Commission sued Zillow and Redfin over an unlawful agreement that eliminates Redfin as a competitor in the market for placing advertising of rental housing on internet listing services (ILSs)—the websites that millions of Americans use … Read more

Defendants gathered information on vulnerable consumers through websites offering prizes, coupons, and other services, and subjected them to illegal telemarketing calls Citizens Disability, LLC and its subsidiary will pay a $1 million penalty to resolve Federal Trade Commission allegations that they made tens of millions of illegal calls to consumers, including to numbers on the … Read more

In addition to violating COPPA, Sendit’s operator allegedly deceived users by falsely promising that buying a subscription would reveal the senders of anonymous messages The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against the operator of the Sendit anonymous messaging app for unlawfully collecting personal data from children, misleading users by sending messages from fake “people,” … Read more

Alleged violations include misrepresenting prices and products and harming American businesses Business credit report service provider Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) has agreed to a $5.7 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over allegations the firm violated a 2022 order.View Press Release

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson, Assistant Attorney General Abigail Slater of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, and Japan Fair Trade Commission Chairman Eiji Chatani of the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) met today in Washington, D.C., to continue the United States and Japan’s long history of engagement on competition issues affecting both countries. … Read more

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on the agency’s proposed Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2026-2030. View Press Release

Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that Omnicom Group Inc.’s $13.5 billion acquisition of The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.View Press Release

Kars-R-Us.com and its operators raised millions but only a fraction of donations went to fund breast cancer screenings, FTC and states allege The Federal Trade Commission, along with 22 agencies from 19 states, stopped a deceptive charity fundraising scheme and its operators who made false or deceptive claims to U.S. donors. View Press Release

Agency alleged that Amazon used deceptive methods to sign up consumers for Prime subscriptions and made it exceedingly difficult to cancel The Federal Trade Commission has secured a historic order with Amazon.com, Inc., as well as Senior Vice President Neil Lindsay and Vice President Jamil Ghani, settling allegations that Amazon enrolled millions of consumers in … Read more

Agency alleges Ticketmaster used deceptive pricing tactics and earned hundreds of millions selling tickets acquired illegally by brokers, costing consumers billions of dollars in inflated prices and additional fees The Federal Trade Commission and seven states sued Live Nation and Ticketmaster for tacitly coordinating with brokers and allowing them to harvest millions of dollars worth … Read more