Press releases and feed entries from federal agencies, deduplicated across feeds.
ftc_news · 2026-05-13
Online licensing platform allegedly charged consumers without their consent, failed to disclose auto-renewals and cancellation charges, and made cancelling difficult
<p>Shutterstock Inc. will pay $35 million to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that the online digital photo and video platform illegally made tens of millions of dollars from a range of unfair and deceptive practices, including charging consumers for products without their informed consent and making it difficult to cancel subscriptions.</p><a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/05/shutterstock-pay-35-million-settle-ftc-allegations-over-illegal-subscription-cancellation-practices">View Press Release</a>
ftc_news · 2026-05-13
FTC alleged Chris and Isis Terry and their companies used false or baseless earnings claims to promote their training services and MLM venture
<p>The Federal Trade Commission and State of Nevada will require five individual and corporate IM Mastery Academy defendants, including ringleaders Chris and Isis Terry, to surrender assets valued at nearly $90 million to resolve charges that they used false or baseless earnings claims to persuade people to pay for financial training programs and a multi-level-marketing business venture.</p><a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/05/lead-defendants-im-mastery-academy-mlm-scheme-turn-over-tens-millions-dollars-assets-settle-ftc">View Press Release</a>
ftc_news · 2026-05-11
Premium Home Service also used fake online reviews to boost ratings and siphon customers from true local businesses
<p>The U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission, and the state of Illinois sued Chicago-based company Premium Home Service (PHS) and its owner for fraudulently creating thousands of fake online business listings for home repair companies to deceive consumers into thinking they were choosing reputable local companies for home repairs.</p><a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/05/ftc-illinois-take-action-stop-deceptive-conduct-company-created-thousands-business-listings-fake">View Press Release</a>
ftc_news · 2026-05-11
<p>Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson sent letters today to more than a dozen prominent technology companies reminding businesses of their obligation to comply fully with the Take It Down Act (TIDA) no later than May 19. Signed into law last year by President Donald J.<a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/05/ftc-chairman-ferguson-advises-companies-comply-take-it-down-act">View Press Release</a>
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ftc_news · 2026-05-08
<p>Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N.<a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/05/ftc-chairman-ferguson-issues-noncompete-warning-letter-mortgage-connect">View Press Release</a>
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ftc_news · 2026-05-07
Workshop will focus on marketplace developments in five years since the creation of Taskforce on Federal Consumer Financial Law
<p>The Federal Trade Commission will co-host a workshop on May 14-15, 2026, with George Mason University Law School’s Institute for Consumer Financial Choice (ICFC) focusing on developments in the financial services marketplace in the five years since the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Taskforce on Federal Consumer Financial Law.</p><a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/05/ftc-co-host-workshop-financial-services-institute-consumer-financial-choice-may-14-15">View Press Release</a>
ftc_news · 2026-05-07
<p>The Federal Trade Commission finalized a consent order resolving antitrust concerns related to a deal between Valvoline Inc. and private equity firm Greenbriar Equity Fund V., L.P. (Greenbriar).</p><a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/05/ftc-finalizes-consent-order-valvoline-greenbriar-deal">View Press Release</a>
ftc_news · 2026-05-04
Data could be used to trace movements of individuals, FTC alleged
<p>The Federal Trade Commission will prohibit data broker Kochava and its subsidiary from selling, sharing or disclosing sensitive location data without consumers’ affirmative express consent to settle allegations the companies sold location data from hundreds of millions of mobile devices that could be used to trace the movements of individuals. </p><a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/05/ftc-ban-kochava-subsidiary-selling-sensitive-location-data-settle-charges-they-sold-location-data">View Press Release</a>
ftc_news · 2026-05-01
<p>Federal Trade Commission staff urged the Tennessee Supreme Court yesterday to open law school accreditation to competition by reducing its reliance on the American Bar Association (ABA) in determining which law schools provide sufficient education for their graduates to take the Tennessee bar examination. The letter was joined by the U.S.<a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/05/ftc-urges-tennessee-supreme-court-oppose-abas-law-school-accreditation-monopoly">View Press Release</a>
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ftc_news · 2026-05-01
365 Retail will be required to divest Cantaloupe’s Three Square Market business to merge with Cantaloupe under proposed FTC order
<p>Today, the Federal Trade Commission took action to protect Americans from rising food prices by requiring 365 Retail Markets LLC (365 Retail)—the nation’s largest provider of micromarket kiosks—to divest a competing business to complete its $848 million acquisition of Cantaloupe Inc.</p><a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/05/ftc-takes-action-protect-consumers-anticompetitive-effects-micromarket-kiosks-deal">View Press Release</a>