Defendants Falsely Claimed Their Products Were Backed by Science, Agency Says
Two marketers of dietary supplements have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made unfounded claims that their products could prevent or reverse gray hair

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The Federal Trade Commission has filed a federal court complaint seeking to prohibit Lunada Biomedical, Inc

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Federal Trade Commission staff has submitted comments to Michigan State Senator Darwin L

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Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez announced that Katherine Race Brin will serve as the FTC’s Chief Privacy Officer (CPO), succeeding Peter Miller

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FTC’s Funeral Rule Requires Funeral Homes to Provide Price Lists to Consumers
Investigators working undercover in six states found failures to disclose pricing information to consumers, as required by the Federal Trade Commission’s Funeral Rule, in 27 of the 100 funeral homes they visited during 2014

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Previously, Confidential Documents Had to Be Submitted in Paper Form; Commission Approves Revisions to Rules of Practice to Reflect Expanded Options for Electronic Filing
The Federal Trade Commission has adopted revisions to its Rules of Practice, which will enable parties in adjudicative proceedings before the Commission to file confidential documents electronically

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Sale Slash Charged With Using “Fake News” Websites, False Weight-Loss Claims, Phony Celebrity Endorsements, and Spam Email to Sell Their Unproven Dietary Supplements
The Federal Trade Commission has obtained a court order temporarily halting a Glendale, California, operation  that allegedly used millions of illegal spam emails, along with false weight-loss claims and fake, unauthorized endorsements from celebrities like Oprah Winfrey, to market its unproven diet pills

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Some People Lost Their Homes: Paid Defendants Instead of Making Mortgage Payments
At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court halted a sham operation that allegedly told financially distressed homeowners it would help get their mortgages modified, but instead effectively stole their mortgage payments, leading some to foreclosure and bankruptcy

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The Federal Trade Commission and the Office of the New York Attorney General will host an event on June 15, 2015, in Buffalo, New York, to discuss consumer protection issues with the debt collection industry

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Court Orders Defendants to Pay $3

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