U.S. Court Upholds Ruling vs. So-Called Supplement DMers
Apr 17, 2008 7:45 AM
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has upheld a district court ruling requiring the direct marketers of “Seasilver”, an alleged phony cure-all, to pay nearly $120 million for failing to pay $3 million in consumer redress, according to the Federal Trade Commission. ...

Florida Sues 'Foreclosure Services' Firm
Apr 7, 2008 8:03 AM
A Florida firm is in big trouble following allegations that it preys on foreclosure victims. ...

TJX to Pay $24 Million in MasterCard Settlement
Apr 4, 2008 8:03 AM
The TJX Cos. Inc. have reached a settlement with MasterCard International Inc. that will pay card issuers up to $24 million in connection with credit card data breach claims made against the clothing retailer. ...

FTC Settles With TJX, Reed and Seisint; No Fines Levied
Mar 28, 2008 7:59 AM
Clothing retailer TJX and data brokers Reed Elsevier and Seisint have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that each engaged in practices that collectively failed to provide reasonable and appropriate security for sensitive consumer information. ...

Idaho Settles With Foreclosure ‘Rescue’ DMer
Mar 28, 2008 7:55 AM
The Idaho attorney general has banned a Florida company that allegedly offers mortgage foreclosure rescue services through direct mail from doing business in the state. ...

Bill Would Let Merchants Negotiate Credit Card Fees
Mar 10, 2008 8:25 AM, By Jim Emerson and Ray Schultz
Catalogers have long wanted relief from the fees charged by credit card issuers. But a bill introduced in Congress last week may not be the best way to get it. ...

FTC Chairman Majoras Resigns
Mar 3, 2008 8:28 AM
Deborah Platt Majoras has resigned as chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, effective later this month, the FTC announced last week. ...

Infomercial Marketers Settle With FTC
Feb 28, 2008 8:09 AM
The marketers of a purported herbal colon-cleansing program have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they falsely claimed their program would cure cancer and other serious diseases. ...

Network Solutions Targeted In Class Action Over Domain Name Sales
Feb 27, 2008 8:28 AM, By Richard H. Levey
Florida resident Chris McElroy has launched a class action lawsuit against Network Solutions LLC and the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), alleging Network Solutions “immediately registers for itself any domain name that consumers provide to Network Solutions in order to determine whether the domain name is available.” ...

HCI Direct Settles Consumer Protection Charges With 15 States
Feb 22, 2008 7:40 AM
HCI Direct, a direct marketer of hosiery and other products, has reached a $455,000 agreement with Pennsylvania and 14 other states over charges it violated state consumer protection laws. ...