Articles Posted in FTC Consumer Protection Highlights

Also on April 28, the Commission approved the publication of a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register that would amend the Telemarketing Sales Rule to revise the fees charged for industry access to the National Do Not Call Registry. The FTC is currently accepting comments on these proposed fee changes. Under the proposed…

On April 28, the Federal Trade Commission (“Commission”) authorized the staffs of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, Bureau of Economics and the Office of Policy Planning to file comments with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) concerning the FDA's recently issued draft guidance for industry and agency staff on labeling statements about the whole…

On April 28, the Federal Trade Commission approved the publication of a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register that would amend the Telemarketing Sales Rule to revise the fees charged for industry access to the National Do Not Call Registry. The FTC is currently accepting comments on these proposed fee changes. Under the…

On April 18, two companies and their owner, who were charged with selling bogus bartender and mystery shopper certification programs, were banned for life from telemarketing. The owner also will pay $115,000 and turn over his Porsche convertible to settle the Commission's charges. The owner, Stevan P. Todorovic, is a repeat-offender who also is under…