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What just happened? The FTC's enforcement of the amended Negative Option Rule, often known as the click-to-cancel rule, has been delayed by two months after the agency voted to defer the ...
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A hot potato: The FTC has filed a lawsuit against Uber over allegations that it engaged in deceptive billing and cancellation practices related to its Uber One subscription service. According to ...
The agency claims Uber violated the FTC Act and the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act by providing misleading information about its Uber One subscription service, failing to provide a ...
In its lawsuit, the FTC said multiple customers complained that Uber signed them up for Uber One without their permission or charged them for the service before a free trial period was over.
WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal collision that occurred Tuesday evening on New Zion Road, approximately 14 miles north of Kingstree ...
This week, President Trump fired two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Former FTC Chair Lina Khan calls the firings “blatantly illegal” and a sign of Trump prioritizing ...
Why Trump decided to do this is a mystery. The FTC has five members, three from the president’s political party and two from the opposition. It’s not as though the two jettisoned commissioners ...
Rebecca Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya said that they were “illegally fired” from their roles. Traditionally, the commission has been split 3-2 favoring whichever party retains the White House ...
The FTC said it will meet the deadlines for its Amazon Prime deceptive practices case, hours after asking a judge for a delay due to staffing shortfalls, CNBC’s Annie Palmer reports. An attorney ...
Jonathan Cohen, a lawyer for the FTC, made the request before U.S. District Judge John Chun, who is overseeing the legal proceedings from a 2023 lawsuit the commission filed against the e-commerce ...
FTC Chair Lina M. Khan shared this statement: “I urge enforcers to continue cracking down on these unlawful fees and encourage state and federal policymakers to build on this success with ...