Grubhub settled with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul on Tuesday for allegedly misleading customers about order fees, adding restaurants to its platform without their consent and deceiving drivers about pay. The settlement requires Grubhub …
Two consumer data brokers that sold information used to track individuals’ religious and political beliefs, pregnancy status and more agreed to stop using data on visits to sensitive locations, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday. The FTC accused …
Meta Platforms Inc. will face a somewhat scaled-back antitrust trial over its alleged dominance of social networking after a federal judge threw out some allegations by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, but the heart of the case remains. In a …
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission sued financial technology company Dave Inc. in Los Angeles on Tuesday, accusing it of luring users to its personal finance app by advertising cash advances of up to $500 that many never receive. Very few …
CarShield will pay $10 million to settle charges that its advertisements and telemarketing for its extended auto warranty plans are deceptive and misleading, the Federal Trade Commission said. Many customers found that repair claims were often not covered despite making …
A federal judge delayed implementation of the US Federal Trade Commission’s near-total ban on noncompete agreements, the first salvo in the high-stakes legal fight over how much freedom workers should have to switch jobs within an industry. US District Judge …
MGM Resorts International sued the Federal Trade Commission to stop an investigation into how it dealt with a cybersecurity attack last year. The company said the investigation deprives it of its fundamental due process rights and that FTC Chair Lina …
Consumers reported losing more than $10 billion to fraud in 2023, marking the first time that fraud losses have reached that benchmark, and a 14% increase over reported losses in 2022, Newly released Federal Trade Commission data shows. Consumers reported …
Facebook Inc. is in talks with U.S. regulators over alleged privacy violations that could force the social-media giant to pay billions of dollars in a record-breaking settlement, according to two people familiar with the matter. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s …
A U.S. regulator is looking at whether auto finance companies that use sophisticated technology like ignition kill switches are illegally harassing subprime borrowers that have fallen behind on their payments. The Federal Trade Commission, a consumer protection agency, has asked …