FTC-PR-240118-1 (Jan. 18, 2024) FTC Order Will Ban InMarket from Selling Precise Consumer Location Data – Proposed settlement is FTC’s second in recent weeks aimed at limiting the collection, use, and sale of consumers’ location data Data aggregator InMarket Media will be prohibited from selling or licensing any precise location data to settle Federal Trade […]
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FTC-PR-240117-3 (Jan. 17, 2024) FTC Action Leads to Ban for Ganadores Real Estate and Income Scam, its Owner, and Managers – Proposed court orders would permanently shut down scam, require companies and individuals to turn over millions of dollars in assets for refunds A Federal Trade Commission lawsuit has led to the permanent end to […]
FTC-PR-240117-2 (Jan. 17, 2024) FTC Announces Claims Process for Consumers Harmed by Lanier Law Mortgage Relief Scheme The Federal Trade Commission is launching a claims process for consumers harmed by a deceptive mortgage relief operation known as Lanier Law that collected upfront fees of thousands of dollars and promised consumers lower monthly payments but failed […]
FTC-PR-240117-1 (Jan. 17, 2024) FTC Signs on to Multilateral Arrangement to Bolster Cooperation on Privacy and Data Security Enforcement The Federal Trade Commission has agreed to participate in an international multilateral arrangement that will enable the agency to cooperate, provide assistance with investigations and share information with other privacy authorities around the world that participate […]
SEC-PR-2024-07 (JAN. 16, 2024) Source: https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2024-7 Download SEC-PR-2024-07 ⊗ (PDF) PRESS RELEASE | 2024-7 J.P. Morgan to Pay $18 Million for Violating Whistleblower Protection Rule. The Firm’s confidential agreements impeded clients from communicating with the SEC. Washington D.C., Jan. 16, 2024 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against J.P. Morgan Securities […]
CFTC-PR-8847-24 CFTC to Hold a Commission Open Meeting on January 22, 2024 Washington, D.C. — Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Rostin Behnam today announced the Commission will hold an open meeting on Monday, January 22 at 9:30 a.m. (EST) at the CFTC’s Washington, D.C. headquarters. Members of the public can attend the meeting in person, listen […]
FTC-PR-240112-1 (Jan. 12, 2024) FTC Announces 2024 Jurisdictional Threshold Updates for Interlocking Directorates The Federal Trade Commission has approved revised jurisdictional thresholds for Section 8 of the Clayton Act, which prohibits interlocking directorates. For 2024, thresholds under Section 8 of the Act that trigger prohibitions on certain interlocking memberships on corporate boards of directors are $48,559,000 for Section 8(a)(l) […]
SEC-PR-2024-06 (JAN. 12, 2024) Source: https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2024-6 Download: SEC-PR-2024-06 (PDF) PRESS RELEASE | 2024-6 SEC Charges Morgan Stanley and Former Executive Pawan Passi with Fraud in Block Trading Business. The Firm agrees to pay more than $249 million to settle fraud charges and for failing to enforce information barriers. Washington D.C., Jan. 12, 2024 — The Securities […]
FTC-PR-240111-2 (Jan. 11, 2024) FTC Publishes Inflation-Adjusted Civil Penalty Amounts for 2024 The Federal Trade Commission has adjusted the maximum civil penalty dollar amounts for violations of 16 provisions of law the FTC enforces, as required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015. The Act directs agencies to implement annual […]
CFPB-PR-240111.1 (Jan. 11, 2024) CFPB Addresses Inaccurate Background Check Reports and Sloppy Credit File Sharing Practices – False, incomplete, and old information must not appear in background check reports, and a person’s complete consumer file must be provided to them upon request. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued guidance to consumer […]