US FTC Sues Firms for False Weight-Loss Claims
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As part of a renewed effort to curb false weight-loss claims, the Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday it has sued six companies that sold products ranging from cellulite cream to diet teas and patches.
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Another earnings restatement makes this fitness company look increasingly unhealthy.
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The Federal Trade Committee has filed a complaint in federal court asking that two Internet advertising and software firms be shut down. The FTC made the filing last Thursday and will hold a press conference on the matter tomorrow.
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By Kevin G. DeMarrais, The Record, Hackensack, N.J.  Jan. 30--A Mahwah-based company and two of its executives have been sued  by the Federal Trade Commission for making unsubstantiated claims about a  dietary supplement that supposedly enhances male fertility.
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Philip Morris USA challenged a $10.1 billion consumer fraud ruling Wednesday, telling the Illinois Supreme Court that its &quot;light&quot; cigarettes performed as advertised.
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According to a news report, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has filed suit against online music promotion company BurnLounge, calling it a "pyramid scheme."
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FTC charges that Petco Web site left customer data exposed.
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A new comparison of four dietsâincluding mineâis misleading and riddled with problems.
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A Texas diet-pill marketer has  agreed to pay back up to $155 million he earned from selling  weight-loss pills that did not work as advertised, the U.S.  Federal Trade Commission said on Friday.
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Coach Inc. , the luxury leather-goods maker, sued Target Corp. , claiming the second-largest US discount chain is selling counterfeit versions of one of its handbags.
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(InfoWorld) - A U.S. court has banned a company accused of marketing a bogus employment scheme through a series of Internet and newspaper advertisements from selling any more work-at-home opportunities, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Monday. The FTC, in a complaint filed in September 2006, accused Group C Marketing, doing business as HBG Publications, and Satinderjit Singh Chaddha, the company's sole officer, of selling bogus business opportunities. The business took more than $1.7 million from customers since mid-2004, according to court documents. Judge George King of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles signed an order this month requiring the company to pay $287,500, based on the company's ability to pay. The judge barred the company from marketing any more work-at-home opportunities and prohibited it from selling or sharing its customer list. The company must also file compliance reports when the FTC asks for them. The FTC accused the company, based in Walnut, Calif., of advertising that customers could "make $7 for each and every envelope which you secure, stuff, and mail." Group C told customers that for their $40 "registration fee" they would get everything they needed for the envelope-stuffing business, and that the money would be refunded after the first 100 envelopes. However, after sending in the fee, customers did not receive envelopes and did not get paid for stuffing envelopes, the FTC said. Instead, the defendants directed consumers to start their own work-at-home envelope-stuffing scams and find other people to pay them $7, by buying their own ads similar Group C's ads.
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The Federal Trade Commission has filed suit against two companies owned by New Hampshire resident Sanford Wallace. The firms allegedly infected users&#39; computer with spyware -- and also sold anti-spyware software.
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has filed charges against a payment processing company, accusing it of attempting to debit consumers&#39; bank accounts for up to $200 million on behalf of dishonest merchants.Those consumers either never received the goods or received worthless items, said the FTC, which filed the complaint with seven other U.S. states. The payment company allegedly violated both federal and state consumer fraud laws, telemarketing rules, and FTC regulations regarding the unfair processing of payments.The payment processing company went by several names, which are listed in a FTC news release. The FTC alleges the company processed payments for fraudulent telemarketers and Internet-based merchants that used deceptive sales scripts and methods.About $69 million of the $200 million in transactions were either rejected by consumers or returned because of lack of proper payment authorization, the FTC said.The FTC wants to refund consumers and force the company to forfeit money it still holds from the fraud in addition to other civil penalties. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.The states that have joined the suit are Illinois, Iowa, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, and Vermont.
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday filed a legal complaint against two companies that allegedly infected computers with spyware and pop-up advertising, then tried to sell their owners spyware-blocking software.
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Vermont sued the U.S. Food and Drug  Administration on Thursday over the agency's opposition to the  state's plan to help people import cheaper prescription drugs  from Canada.
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The world&#39;s largest computer software manufacturer filed suit Tuesday in US District Court against a local software retailer it claims is selling and distributing counterfeit software labels.
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A U.S. law firm has announced a class  action lawsuit against AstraZeneca Plc accusing the  Anglo-Swedish drugmaker of deception in its promotion of ulcer  pill Nexium.