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FTC Launches Investigation Whether Car Dealers Colluded Against TrueCar
The United States Federal Trade Commission has launched an investigation into whether car dealers colluded against the online car shopping site, TrueCar, over price competition the site encouraged....
View ArticleNissan, Ad Agency Settle With FTC Over Hill Climb Dramatization in Frontier Ads
Click here to view the embedded video. Nissan North America and TBWA Worldwide, Nissan’s ad agency have agreed to a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over the FTC’s claims that a television...
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FTC Resumes Review Of Fuel Economy Advertising Guidelines
The Federal Trade Commission voted 4-0 Thursday to resume its review of fuel economy claims in advertising by automakers and dealers, and whether or not the agency should revise the 40-year-old...
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FTC Launches Investigation Into Deceptive Marketing Of Biweekly Payments
The Federal Trade Commission is launching an investigation into biweekly payments sold as a product by dealership finance departments on the basis that consumers may not be getting their money’s worth...
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Operation Ruse Control Brings The Hammer Down On Deceptive Dealer Practices
The Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday its results from Operation Ruse Control, a collection of investigations over deceptive dealer practices. The FTC-led campaign involved 32 law...
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Tesla Gains Renewed Support From FTC For Direct Sales Model
In its battles for the right to sell its wares directly to consumers, Tesla has found a valuable ally in the Federal Trade Commission. Though the FTC has supported Tesla in the past, the agency...
View ArticleFTC Looking into Volkswagen’s ‘Clean Diesel’ Claims Now
The Federal Trade Commission will join the U.S. Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency in investigating claims that Volkswagen cheated consumers and regulators with bogus...
View ArticleVolkswagen Targeted by Federal Trade Commission Lawsuit
It wasn’t so clean, was it? The Federal Trade Commission filed suit against Volkswagen on March 29, claiming the automaker’s “Clean Diesel” ad campaign was a deception that tricked buyers into...
View ArticleMercedes-Benz Slammed Over Misleading Commercial
A glitzy Mercedes-Benz commercial that touts the 2017 E-Class as a vehicle that “can drive itself” has consumer and safety advocates fighting mad. A number of groups are calling on the Federal Trade...
View ArticleFTC Hunting for Abuse in Auto Lenders’ Implementation of Kill Switches
Finance companies have begun using ignition kill switches and tracking devices, which allow them to disable and then easily locate vehicles for repossession. Some of the devices even remind borrowers...
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