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The Notice was sent within a week of another notice to 70 for-profit higher education institutions, which focused on "false promises they make about graduates' job and earnings prospects and other outcomes."

Over the last ten days, 700 companies and 70 for-profit colleges received notice of the FTC's intent to pursue civil penalties under Section 5(m)(1)(b), if these companies and colleges engage...

Shoppers in online marketplaces, or customers checking reviews before dining or retaining a service, have become increasingly reliant on internet testimonials. Mark P. of Hoboken...

Over the last ten days, 700 companies and 70 for-profit colleges received notice of the FTC’s intent to pursue civil penalties under Section 5(m)(1)(b), if these companies and colleges...

The Notice was sent within a week of another notice to 70 for-profit higher education institutions, which focused on “false promises they make about graduates’ job and earnings...

As noted in this press release issued earlier this week, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has sent a Notice of Penalty Offenses to over 700 companies, in which the FTC cites a...

It was an extraordinary week as the FTC continued to press the frontier of the post-AMG Capital Management landscape.

Making good on promises to creatively explore all of its options for enforcement, the FTC yesterday notified 70 for-profit higher educational institutions that it intends to use its long dormant Penalty Offense...

The FTC announced yesterday that it has sent a “Notice of Penalty Offenses” to 70 for-profit higher education institutions that outlines a number of practices that the FTC has...

There are some really smart lawyers at the FTC. For over 40 years, they were able to convince the federal judiciary (and, let’s face it, most of us) that the FTC had an authority that...