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FTC Cracks Down on E-Commerce Scam, Secures Millions for Defrauded Consumers
Operators of a deceptive business opportunity scheme have been required to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars and ...
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FTC cracks down on deceptive e-commerce schemes
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reached a settlement with two individuals and their companies who it said misled ...
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FTC's Republicans Poised to Enforce Long-Mothballed Antitrust Law—Even as They Dis It
In its 24-page suit against PepsiCo, filed in the Southern District of New York, the FTC alleges the soft drink company broke the law by giving an unnamed big-box retailer—Walmart, a source told ...
CA and NY Cases Have FTC's Republicans Poised to Enforce Long-Mothballed Antitrust Law
"We have a constitutional obligation to treat the Robinson-Patman Act as valid law, and to make enforcement decisions ...
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FTC may decide Amazon’s competitors include Walmart, eBay, Bloomberg reports
The FTC told a U.S. district judge that it is still determining who Amazon’s (AMZN) competitors are for its 2023 antitrust lawsuit and the list could include Walmart (WMT) and eBay (EBAY ...
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Court halts business opportunity scheme Click Profit
A federal court has temporarily shut down Click Profit, an online business opportunity scheme that falsely promised consumers massive profits through onlin ...
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Amazon, FTC debate central questions in antitrust case
In its original complaint, the FTC said the online superstore market included Amazon and eBay, as well as the digital arms of Target and Walmart. At Friday’s hearing, FTC attorney Kenneth Merber ...
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Beware of scams when opening your own ecommerce store
Want to open your own Amazon, Walmart, or TikTok store ... the declaration Blanca made under threat of perjury to the FTC. "It seemed like a fair trade for not doing any work." ...