Sentences with phrase «under federal trade»

Treats violations as unfair or deceptive acts under the Federal Trade Commission Act.

In his diverse practice, Jeff represents clients in disputes related to breach of contract, unfair practices under the Federal Trade Commission Act, employment claims, business torts, copyright infringement, trademark infringement, trade secrets misappropriation and other commercial matters.

Most of these techniques being used by the debt collectors are actually illegal under the Federal Trade Commission's Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

Not all companies have this clause in their agreements as it is prohibited under the Federal Trade Commission's Credit Practices Rule.

In 1906 Edmund McIlhenny's Son, the immediate predecessor of the present plaintiff, registered the word «Tabasco» as a trade - mark in the United States Patent Office, under the Federal Trade - Mark Act of February 20, 1905.

And you may vote a certain way or not but that doesn't matter, you've got 27,000 employees and I think the fact is that you're operating under a Federal Trade Commission consent decree from 2011, that's a real thing and it goes for twenty years so when someone said «do we need more regulations, do we need more legislation?»

Twitter requires its users, under Federal Trade Commission regulations, to label endorsements, which is why many use the hashtag #ad.

Rather, they are meant to cover the multiple sales of distributorships or businesses that do not meet the requirements of a franchise under the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rule passed in 1979.

Not exact matches

Gizmodo reports dozens of complaints have been filed with the Federal Trade Commission alleging Jessica Alba's Honest Company has been charging customers for a subscription diaper service under «misleading conditions.»

The FCC is slated to vote Oct. 27 on new broadband privacy rules that according to Ars Technica, «will put broadband providers under a stricter privacy regime than the one imposed on websites like Google and Facebook, which are regulated separately by the Federal Trade Commission.

As fears of a global trade war capture the attention of investors, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon is turning a watchful eye to something that has been largely swept under the rug: the Federal Reserve's unprecedented monetary tightening and the impact it could have on markets.

Pot remains illegal under U.S. federal law as well as international trade rules.

He knew he was under investigation by the Federal Trade Commission in the United States.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC)'s website also offers tips to businesses marketing apps, such as ensuring key disclosures are made clearly and conspicuously, and not collecting personal information from children under age 13 (in accordance with the Children's Online Protection and Privacy Act).

After U.S. multi-level marketing company Herbalife settled a probe of its sales practices with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission last month, top executives assured investors that the company would be able to thrive under the new rules.

Team Herbalife, which is currently under investigation by the Federal Trade Commission, sees things differently though.

In his dissent, Pai's main complaint was with what he saw as a double standard: He said that the order unfairly stuck ISPs with stricter rules than internet companies like Google, which are able to harvest and monetize personal data more freely under looser guidelines from the Federal Trade Commission.

Under the new policy, the only real check on ISP blocking or slowing is antitrust law enforced by the Federal Trade Commission.

They said their hopes now rest on a report expected this summer from the alcoholic beverages working group struck under the Canadian Free Trade Agreement signed last year by federal, provincial and territorial governments.

Bayer may not have the toughest regulatory road ahead in its quest for a $ 66 billion mega-merger with Monsanto; but it's hoping the proposed acquisition will have an even better chance under President - elect Trump's Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department appointees.

The Federal Government - funded Year2K Industry Program plans to introduce an Information Disclosure Act or «Good Samaritan» legislation that will address Y2K liability risks under the Trade Practices Act.

The authors point to reporting in the Wall Street Journal from 2015 that Google executives» frequent visits to the White House under Mr Obama may have factored in a decision by the Federal Trade Commission to drop its antitrust investigation into the internet giant.

Flaherty asked the court to rule that the federal government can take this step under its constitutional jurisdiction over trade and commerce.

The president has significant authority under federal law to retaliate against countries he believes are trading unfairly.

Since December 17, the day after the FOMC meeting, the effective federal funds rate, calculated under its current methodology as a volume - weighted mean, has traded within the FOMC's new 25 - to -50-basis-point range on all but one day, which I'll come back to.

As former Conservative Senator Hugh Segal said when the bill was first debated in the Upper Chamber in 2013, Bill C - 377 is «an expression of statutory contempt for the working men and women in our trade unions and for the trade unions themselves and their right under federal and provincial law to organize.»

TripAdvisor is under the scanner of Federal Trade Commission for misconduct.

Facebook is under investigation by the Federal Trade Commission over the use of personal data of 50 million users by a data analytics firm to help elect President Donald Trump.

109 For most of the last century, enforcers reviewed vertical integration under the same standards as horizontal mergers, as set out in the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, and the Federal Trade Commission Act.

WASHINGTON — U.S. banks will be barred in most cases from trading for their own profit under a federal rule approved Tuesday.

Altcoins Ripple XRP and Ethereum are likely «non-compliant securities» under U.S. federal law, according to Gary Gensler, former head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Under the Canadian constitutional framework, the negotiation of international trade agreements falls under the jurisdiction of the federal governUnder the Canadian constitutional framework, the negotiation of international trade agreements falls under the jurisdiction of the federal governunder the jurisdiction of the federal government.

Other policies related to federalism include working to remove inter-provincial trade barriers, establishing an Alberta police force to end provincial reliance on the federal Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP); reforming the Canadian Senate after the Triple - E model; and recognizing that all Canadians have equal status under the Canadian Constitution.

On March 6, 2018, Judge Jack B. Weinstein of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York ruled that virtual currencies are commodities under the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and therefore subject to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) anti-fraud and anti-manipulation enforcement authority.1 Granting the CFTC's request for a preliminary injunction against the defendants who allegedly engaged in deception and fraud involving virtual currency spot markets, Judge Weinstein noted that «[u] ntil Congress clarifies the matter,» the CFTC has «concurrent authority» along with other state and federal administrative agencies and civil and criminal courts over transactions in virtual currency.2

Although the U.S Federal Trade Commission cleared these allegations, the search engine giant is still under investigation in Europe.

Wireless carriers — typically known for being paragons of virtue and honesty — are under the microscope today, as the Federal Trade Commission alleges that T - Mobile was knowingly loading customers» bills with «hundreds of...

In an essay for the Chronicle of Higher Education — my industry's trade journal — Penn's Peter Conn argues that the regional accrediting agencies, which hold the keys to federal student aid, should under no circumstances give religious colleges and universities their imprimatur.

Federal authorities have no current plans to charge Mickelson with any criminal wrongdoing, though he and Walters, the story continued, are still under scrutiny for «separate well - timed trades» they placed in Dean Foods in 2012 before the company's stock took off.

Her bill would have the Federal Trade Commission bar these groups from advertising under the «abortion services» listing.

The amendments also envision submitting the cap - and - trade regulations to U.S. EPA to serve as California's compliance plan under the Clean Power Plan for existing power plants, if the Supreme Court stay of the federal regulations is lifted.

For example, his work at the World Trade Center Disaster after 9/11 led him to examine the role of medical teams deployed under the U.S. Federal Response Plan as well as triage practices at the scene.

Prof. Joost Pauwelyn, a law professor at Duke University subsequently published U.S. Federal Climate Policy and Competitiveness Concerns: The Limits and Options of International Trade Law, which holds out strong hope that border tax adjustments could pass muster under WTO and GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs & Trades) rules.

Fragrance formulas are protected under federal law's classification of trade secrets, and therefore can remain undisclosed.

Now rebranded as ruby Corp., the company formerly known as Avid Life Media is currently under investigation by the Federal Trade Commission.

Delegates to the National Education Association's annual meeting took up almost every issue under the sun — from health - insurance coverage to «free trade,» from reading instruction to chalk dust — but the one that cast the biggest shadow was the new federal education law, the «No Child Left Behind» Act of 2001.

The Federal Trade Commission tells teachers that under COPPA they can act in lieu of parents to grant permission for children under the age of 13 to provide personal information to commercial Web sites.

The federal government now controls two major car companies, has wasted over $ 860 billion on a failed economic stimulus plan, taken over our health care system, put the nation's banks and financial systems under its enormous thumb and attempted to restructure our entire economy with cap - and - trade legislation.

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Instead, you will find that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) revised rules regulating debt relief companies under the Telemarketing Sales Rule.

(B) «Credit repair services organization» does not include: (i) Any person authorized to make loans or extensions of credit under the laws of this state or the United States who is subject to regulation and supervision by this state or the United States; (ii) Any bank or savings and loan institution whose deposits or accounts are eligible for insurance by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Savings Association Insurance Fund of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; (iii) Any nonprofit organization exempt from taxation under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; (iv) Any person licensed as a real estate broker by this state if the person is acting within the course and scope of that license; (v) Any person licensed to practice law in this state if the person renders services within the course and scope of his or her practice as an attorney; (vi) Any broker - dealer registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission if the broker - dealer is acting within the course and scope of those regulatory agencies; or (vii) Any consumer reporting agency as defined in the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681 - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Savings Association Insurance Fund of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; (iii) Any nonprofit organization exempt from taxation under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; (iv) Any person licensed as a real estate broker by this state if the person is acting within the course and scope of that license; (v) Any person licensed to practice law in this state if the person renders services within the course and scope of his or her practice as an attorney; (vi) Any broker - dealer registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission if the broker - dealer is acting within the course and scope of those regulatory agencies; or (vii) Any consumer reporting agency as defined in the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681 - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; (iii) Any nonprofit organization exempt from taxation under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; (iv) Any person licensed as a real estate broker by this state if the person is acting within the course and scope of that license; (v) Any person licensed to practice law in this state if the person renders services within the course and scope of his or her practice as an attorney; (vi) Any broker - dealer registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission if the broker - dealer is acting within the course and scope of those regulatory agencies; or (vii) Any consumer reporting agency as defined in the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681 - federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681 - 1681t).