Becker's ASC

3 recent FTC moves for ASCs to know

3. The FTC is pending clearance for Medtronic’s acquisition of CathWorks, an interventional cardiology medical device company. The deal is valued at up to $585 million with potential undisclosed ...
KSAT

Millions of Amazon Prime customers may be eligible for refunds after FTC settlement

Millions of Amazon customers across the U.S. may be getting money back after the Federal Trade Commission accused the company of enrolling users in Prime subscriptions without their consent. As part ...
CNBC

Sen. Warren, others urge FTC, DOJ to scrutinize tech AI 'acqui-hiring' deals for antitrust violations

Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden and Richard Blumenthal called on federal agencies to scrutinize AI deals from Nvidia, Meta and Google for potential antitrust violations, in a letter shared with CNBC ...
adexchanger

What The FTC’s Focus On Age Verification Means For Privacy

These days, the internet “looks a hell of a lot more like Las Vegas than ‘Little House on the Prairie.’” That’s how Andrew Ferguson, chair of the Federal Trade Commission, described the online ...
MediaPost

NewsGuard Fights FTC's 'Retaliatory' Demand For Information

Citing the First Amendment, NewsGuard, which rates news sites for reliability, is battling the Federal Trade Commission over its demand for a trove of confidential material -- including clients' ...
JD Supra

FTC Lawsuit Targets JustAnswer for Alleged ROSCA and Subscription Disclosure Violations

Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit in federal court against JustAnswer LLC and its CEO, arising from the company’s subscription program. According to the complaint, ...
Ars Technica

Zuck stuck on Trump’s bad side: FTC appeals loss in Meta monopoly case

Still feeling uneasy about Meta’s acquisition of Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014, the Federal Trade Commission will be appealing a November ruling that cleared Meta of allegations that it holds ...
The Verge

Democrats push FTC to investigate Trump Mobile

Elizabeth Warren and other lawmakers want the FTC to investigate Trump Mobile’s alleged ‘false advertising.’ Elizabeth Warren and other lawmakers want the FTC to investigate Trump Mobile’s alleged ...
Bleeping Computer

FTC bans GM from selling drivers' location data for five years

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has finalized an order with General Motors (GM) and its subsidiary, OnStar, settling charges that they collected and sold the location and driving data of millions of ...
Compliance Week

FTC files contempt against credit card processor Cliq for alleged ongoing compliance failures

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asked a court to hold the payment processor Cliq in contempt for allegedly “flagrantly” violating a 2015 order that the company monitor transactions for illegal ...
The New York Times

PSA, SGC and Beckett parent company views them as competitors amidst call for FTC action

PSA was already a clear leader in grading, but now they're a part of the same company as SGC and Beckett. Rob Kim / Getty Images for Fanatics Collectors, parent company to PSA, SGC, and now Beckett, ...