The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Friday issued warning letters to 42 law firms, stating that their participation in a diversity certification program may violate federal antitrust laws. The ...

In FY 2025, the agency received more than 2.6 million complaints and 4.8 million new numbers were added to the DNC Registry The Federal Trade Commission issued its biennial report to Congress on the ...

The Federal Trade Commission has issued a final rule requiring certain Web-based businesses to notify consumers when the security of their electronic health information is breached. Congress directed ...

In August 2024, I wrote about the Federal Trade Commission's then-new Consumer Review Rule (Adieu, Fake Revie(u)w), which is designed to preserve the authenticity of online reviews and prohibit ...

These two matters, along with other recent activity, provide insights into how the FTC may use its enforcement resources regarding consumer reviews and AI. 1. FTC warning letters on consumer reviews ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. The Federal Trade Commission has issued its 2025 Report on Ethanol Market ...

The Federal Trade Commission attempted to give businesses clearer guidance Thursday on when it will go after companies for “unfair methods of competition.” But one FTC commissioner and the U.S.

Lesley Fair, senior attorney of the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission, laid out four steps consumers interested in purchasing at-home genetic test kits should take to ...