Goodbye Non-Compete Clause? FTC Reveals Plans to Shut Down Practice That Limits Ability to Work for Competitors

Yahoo News reported. But, if it passes, it could drive wages up by roughly $300 billion per year and expand career opportunities for 30 million Americans, according to the FTC press release issued ... Read More

Casino operator MGM sues FTC to block probe into 2023 hack

opens new tab is suing the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to block ... the defendant in fifteen consumer class actions. Jumpstart your morning with the latest legal news delivered straight to ... Read More

FTC Releases 2023 Privacy and Data Security Update

The FTC underscored its work on issues related to ... The FTC reported that it shut down more than a billion robocalls through “Operation Stop Scam Calls.” Many of the cases alleged that ... Read More

The FTC's Unhealthy Obsession With Private Equity

The current Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has dedicated itself to indulging the obsessions and idiosyncrasies of a certain type of technocratic progressive instead of consumers’ interests. As d ... Read More

FTC Cracks Down on Business-to-Business Telemarketing and Seeks Input on Addressing Tech Support Scam Calls

or smart home product.” The FTC has sought to tackle tech support scams through a mix of consumer education, specialized guidance, and enforcement actions. The FTC has, at times, used its ... Read More

FTC investigating TikTok over data privacy protocols

Not only is Congress trying to ban the popular social media platform, it's now under investigation by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The agency is calling the company’s data privacy ... Read More

FTC to send nearly $100 million in refunds to customers of Benefytt's fake health plans

The Federal Trade Commission is sending refunds to consumers it says bought into fake health plans falsely marketed by Benefytt Technologies as comprehensive health insurance or an Obamacare plan ... Read More

How CFPB & FTC are leveraging technology, too

Dealerships and finance companies aren’t the only operations leveraging technology nowadays. Two of the largest federal regulators — the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade ... Read More

FTC investigating ChatGPT creator OpenAI over consumer protection issues

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has ... added that the company will work with the FTC. “It’s super important to us that out technology is safe and pro-consumer, and we are confident we ... Read More

Insteon Abruptly Shuts Down, Users Left Smart-Home-Less

a smart home company boasting the Insteon ecosystem of devices built around their proprietary communication standards, has shut down their servers without a warning. For almost two decades ... Read More

OpenAI-backed Ghost Autonomy shuts down

has shut down, TechCrunch has learned. The startup, which had raised nearly $220 million, posted a note on its website that it ended worldwide operations and wound down the company as of Wednesday. Read More

Montessori school could be shut down

16—Pullman's first and only charter school could be shut down. The Washington State Charter School Commission ... while a school at its third year of operation should have 60 days of cash on hand. Read More