Safehaven (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
When I first came out with the PPD research (which I released for free as a public service, may I add), many were doubtful as the market was literally manipulated upward. I feel my blog's patrons were confusing the alleged "scam's" ...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
ADA, Okla., Nov. 20 -- Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. (NYSE: PPD) wishes to clarify information provided in our press release issued yesterday, November 19, 2009. We believe the proposed draft complaint from the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") referr...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
ADA, Okla., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. (NYSE: PPD) wishes to clarify information provided in our press release issued yesterday, November 19, 2009. We believe the proposed draft complaint from the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") referred to in yesterday's release is the next step in an ongoing process between us and the FTC that began in March 2007. This...
Misleading Advertising Law (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Image via WikipediaFrom the FTC Press Release on Commerce Planet's deceptive negative option plan.An online marketer of purportedly "free" Internet auction kits, which automatically charged...
Privacy Law Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
On November 17, 2009, eight federal regulatory agencies released their final model privacy notice form that is intended to make it easier for consumers to understand how financial institutions collect and share information about them. The model privacy notice form, which features a version that offers consumers an opt-out and one with no opt-out , represents the culmination of extensive research and...
The West Virginia Rebel's Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Free market? What's that? the Feds must have better things to worry about than whether two little Pennsylvania pretzel companies pose a danger to the American economy. This month Snyder's of Hanover and Utz Quality Foods, both in Hanover, just over the state line from Carroll County, halted a planned merger after regulators intervened. In deciding to extend its review of the deal, the Federal Trade...
SunbeltBLOG (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Washington Post columnist Brian Krebs is reporting that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is moving to shut down 136 Internet pharmacy web sites that have been selling counterfeit drugs or those not approved by the FDA. The FDA office of criminal investigations has sent warning letters to the site operators and notified their ISPs that they were selling the pharmaceuticals illegally. According...
http://www.wisebread.com/feed (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
By Stacy Johnson I work at home, often under high pressure, so I'm not fond of interuptions. And yet they come constantly: spam emails that bury ones I need to see, stupid junk mail I have to sort through, people knocking at my door trying to sell me everything from steak to magazines and phone calls from people trying to sell me something. I'm mad as hell and not going to take it any more! How about...
Sequence Inc. FRAUDfiles Blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Much to my surprise, the Federal Trade Commission appears to be taking action against Pre-Paid Legal Services (NYSE:PPD) for making misleading representations in connection with its Identity Theft Shield and Affirmative Defense Response System products. The company is named, along with CEO Harland Stonecipher anbd Chief Marketing Officer Mark Brown. The FTC seeks not only [...]
Affiliate Summit Blog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Legal Best Practices for Advertisers & Affiliates panel from Affiliate Summit West 2007, which took place January 21-23, 2007 in Las Vegas, NV. Steven Richter , President and General Counsel, Media Breakaway, LLC (Moderator) Eileen Harrington , Deputy Director, Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau…
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc., a network of independent law firms, said Thursday that the Federal Trade Commission may sue the company over allegedly misleading representations made by its identity theft prevention program. The news sent the stock plummeting... Pre-Paid Legal Services - Identity theft - Law - Federal Trade Commission - Crime
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
ADA, Okla. -- Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc., a network of independent law firms, said Thursday that the Federal Trade Commission may sue the company over allegedly misleading representations made by its identity theft prevention program.
Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
In theory, antitrust is there to prevent big businesses from grabbing too much market share. In practice, it can squelch the little guy just as easily as it can lift him up. Here's Jay Hancock, no foe of antitrust in general, on one recent action by the Federal Trade Commission: This month Snyder's of Hanover and Utz Quality Foods, both in Hanover [Pennsylvania]...halted a planned merger after regulators...
The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
An online marketer offering supposedly free Internet auction kits has settled a complaint filed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for charging consumers US$59.95 a month for enrollment in an "online-supplier" program, the FTC said Thursday. The proposed settlement, filed in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, requires Commerce Planet and two former executives to...
The IN VIVO Blog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The Obama administration may have sent a subtle message to drug manufacturers Monday, when it nominated Julie Brill to be one of two new commissioners at the Federal Trade Commission. The message? Make sure your marketing practices don’t collide with consumers’ best interests. Brill has overseen consumer protection for states since 1988, with a major emphasis on watching over the pharmaceutical...
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money | 12/08/2009
In the 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s, cigarette advertising frequently included claims that drew the attention of the Federal Trade Commission (e.g., “No worry about throat irritation even when you inhale!”). The commission's efforts to police these claims had little effect, however, for it was unable to stop the misleading claims until after the lengthy hearing and appeal processes had been exhausted....
money | 12/08/2009
Promotional activities have always been part of tobacco product marketing, but there was a marked increase in the distribution of promotional items for tobacco products in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The effects of this phenomenon on the uptake of cigarettes by the young could be readily measured by survey techniques, for it is relatively easy to ascertain, for instance, whether a respondent has...
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