Court: 'Pay to delay' generic drugs can be illegal
Deals between pharmaceutical corporations and their generic drug competitors, which government officials say keep cheaper forms of medicine off the ...
Is Big Data turning government into 'Big Brother'?
With every phone call they make and every Web excursion they take, people are leaving a digital trail of revealing data that can be tracked by ...
Feds get closer look at fake mobile bill charges
When a mysterious, unauthorized fee appears on your cellphone bill, it's called "cramming" and consumer advocates and regulators worry it's emerging ...
FTC puts background check sites on notice
Federal regulators on Tuesday warned several companies that the quick, easy background checks they are providing online might violate the Fair Credit ...
Facebook: Audit finds privacy practices sufficient
Facebook says that an independent audit found its privacy practices sufficient during a six-month assessment period that followed a settlement with ...
FBI: Pilot worker says Haslam knew of rebate fraud
A Pilot Flying J employee told investigators that CEO Jimmy Haslam, who is also the owner of the Cleveland Browns, knew about rebate fraud at the ...
ACLU: Slow smartphone updates are privacy threat
One of the leading U.S. civil-rights organizations is taking on an unusual cause: spotty smartphone updates. The American Civil Liberties Union is ...
Feds offer new hope for avoiding pesky 'robocalls'
There may one day soon be another way to fight those annoying prerecorded phone pitches known as robocalls. The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday ...
Court: Can drug companies pay to delay generics?
Federal regulators are pressing the Supreme Court to stop big pharmaceutical corporations from paying generic drug competitors to delay releasing ...
Monitoring your kids on Facebook? That's so 2009.
After Friendster came MySpace. By the time Facebook dominated social media, parents had joined the party, too. But the online scene has changed - ...
Ackman applauds call for Herbalife investigation
Hedge fund manager William Ackman is applauding a consumer group's push for the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether Herbalife is a pyramid ...
AP source: Google to pay $7M to settle Wi-Fi case
Google will pay a $7 million penalty to settle a multistate investigation into the Internet search leader's collection of emails, passwords and other ...
Suit: 185K spyware images sent to rental computers
Spyware installed on computers leased from furniture renter Aaron's Inc. secretly sent 185,000 emails containing sensitive information — including ...
High court rules against Georgia hospital merger
The Supreme Court has dealt a setback to a deal between two private companies that left one as the owner of the only two hospitals in a southwestern ...
Government seeks changes for malt liquor Four Loko
The makers of a popular carbonated alcoholic drink guzzled on college campuses are going to be changing the look of its Four Loko cans to settle the ...
Study: 1 in 4 consumers had error in credit report
One in four consumers found an error in a credit report issued by a major agency, according to a government study released Monday. The Federal Trade ...
FDA warns company over unapproved flu remedy
Federal regulators say a Florida company has been marketing an untested inhaled formula as a flu remedy in violation of drug safety regulations.
Officials: Thousands lost cash in Ky.-based scheme
Authorities seized a far-flung marketing operation Monday over claims the Kentucky-based company amounted to a global pyramid scheme that siphoned ...
Google emerges from FTC probe relatively unscathed
Google has settled a U.S. government probe into its business practices without making any major concessions on how the company runs its Internet ...
Changes in law aim to protect kids' online data
Aiming to prevent companies from exploiting online information about children under 13, the Obama administration on Wednesday imposed sweeping changes ...
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