FTC secures $12m penalties for HSR Act violations
M&A teams face $12m penalties and court-enforced prior-notice and acquisition restrictions for transactions structured to avoid HSR filing obligations
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FTC settlement bars RentGrow from inaccurate tenant screening reports and imposes $2.25 million penalty
Tenant-screening consumer reporting agencies must maintain accuracy, source-disclosure and dispute-handling procedures under the FCRA or face court-enforceable penalties
FTC orders Deere to provide farm-equipment repair resources for 10 years
Deere must give farmers and independent repair providers dealer-equivalent repair software and information on fair and reasonable terms for 10 years under FTC and state oversight
Hopper agrees to pay $35 million to settle FTC deceptive-fees charges
US-facing travel booking and checkout operators must display total prices inclusive of all fees and cannot pre-select optional charges without express consent
FTC files order barring Havas from common-brand-safety agreements
US advertising agencies must not enter inter-agency agreements setting common brand-safety standards — the FTC's order bars Havas, completing action against all of the "Big Six"
FTC orders Amazon to pay $2.25 million over FCRA identity-theft records failures
Companies holding transaction records must give identity-theft victims their application and business-transaction records within FCRA's 30-day limit — the FTC fined Amazon $2.25m for refusing
FTC enforces 48-hour takedown rule for nonconsensual intimate images
Covered platforms must remove valid intimate-image abuse reports within 48 hours
FTC settlement requires Shutterstock to pay $35M and change subscription cancellation practices
Shutterstock must rebuild subscription disclosure, consent and cancellation controls under the FTC settlement order
FTC sets 19 May compliance deadline for Take It Down Act removals
Covered platforms must run 48-hour NCII takedown workflows by 19 May
US FTC bars MLM recruiters from unsubstantiated earnings claims
MLM recruiters must substantiate earnings claims before using them
OFAC sanctions Sinaloa-linked operators and Cambodian scam network
Screening teams must block newly listed drug and cyber-linked parties immediately
FTC secures TRO against student-loan relief operators
Student-loan debt-relief operators must stop upfront-fee collection now