Aug 26, 2024 FTC Pursues Auto Dealer For Misleading Pricing and Other Illegal Practices By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission announced that it reached a $2.6 million settlement with Arizona-based Coulter Motor Company, resolving...
Nov 14, 2023 Alleging Discrimination, FTC and Wisconsin Settle With Auto Dealer Over Junk Fees By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission and the State of Wisconsin recently entered into a $1.1 million settlement with Rhinelander Auto Center,...
Jan 15, 2023 Meta Reaches Settlement Regarding Housing Ads By Dorian Thomas In 2018, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") brought an administrative charge of discrimination against Meta...
Jun 22, 2022 Facebook Reaches Settlement With Justice Department to Resolve Discriminatory Housing Advertising Charges By Jeff Greenbaum The U.S. Department of Justice announced that it reached a settlement with Meta Platforms (formerly known as Facebook) resolving...
Apr 02, 2022 FTC Gets Record Settlement with Dealer Alleged to Engage in Deceptive and Discriminatory Conduct By Terri Seligman The FTC announced today that it obtained a record-breaking $10 million judgment in an auto-lending case. The case had been jointly...
Oct 23, 2021 It's Not News: Consumer Fraud Disproportionately Hurts Communities of Color By Terri Seligman Following its 2016 report “Combating Fraud in African American & Latino Communities: The FTC’s Comprehensive Strategic Plan,” which...
Jun 12, 2020 Google Updates Ad Targeting Policies to Help Prevent Discrimination By Jeff Greenbaum Google announced that it is updating its advertising policies to "further improve access to housing, employment, and credit...
Jul 06, 2019 Governor Cuomo Calls For Investigation Into Facebook's Advertising Practices By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo asked the state's Department of Financial Services to investigate reports that advertisers...
Aug 21, 2018 HUD Files Administrative Complaint Alleging Facebook’s Housing Ads are Discriminatory By Dorian Thomas The U.S. Department of Housing (HUD) has filed an administrative complaint against Facebook alleging that Facebook engages in...
Jul 27, 2018 Facebook Settles with the Washington Attorney General Over Ad Targeting Practices By Jeff Greenbaum Earlier this week, the Washington Attorney General announced that it had reached a settlement with Facebook over charges that Facebook...