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• Feds: Orlando company sells dangerous spyware

  
  PogoWasRight.org — Authority: 151
  Amy L. Edwards reports: … the Federal Trade Commission is targeting an Orlando company that sells a popular keylogging spyware called RemoteSpy, a product the company says is the best on the market for getting into people’s computers without their knowledge or approval. The FTC’s action against CyberSpy ...
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• 123 Lump Sum, 123 Lump Bums?

  
  Structured Settlements 4Real: What's Real in the Structured Settlements, Settlement Planning, Settlement Consulting and Litigation Recovery Management Space? — Authority: 431
  Responding to my post " Fast Cash Now Is a Bunch of BS " reader Elizabeth Baker writes: " My mother is also going through 123 lump sum and it was approved by the courts in February 2008 and they told her it would be for sure on the 20th 2009 of November.it has came and no money.she has been very patiant (sic) ...
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• When the government and internet advertising collide

  
  U.S. Common Sense — Authority: 121
  There has been some talk in Washington lately that has caught my attention. Yes, I know that sounds like a strange comment for a political blogger to make but hear me out. For those of us who do business online (in my case, offer online advertising and do reviews), the Federal Trade Commission is talking about taking ...
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• WAHS Podcast #66 Marketing Laws – New FTC Guidelines

  
  Work At Home Success News and Reviews — Authority: 127
  This week I cover laws that that govern what’s okay and not okay in marketing plus the new FTC Guidelines for endorsements by bloggers. You can listen online here: Or Download here: You can also subscribe through iTunes. Resources Mentioned On the Show Federal Trade Commission ...
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• The FTC should give nonprofit news a closer look

  
  Nieman Journalism Lab — Authority: 695
  You know the old saying about how we’re from the government and we’re here to help you? That’s what came to mind as I read the Federal Trade Commission’s notice for its workshop on journalism in the digital age. The notice makes the case that “news organizations,” which it notably does not attempt to ...
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• For Paid Endorsement, The Federal Trade Commission Revises Guidelines To Include Blogs

  
  Kinetic Knowledge Business Blogging Solutions — Authority: 107
  In it’s ongoing effort to protect consumers, The Federal Trade Commission has revised its’ guidelines concerning the use of endorsements and testimonials in advertising… to include bloggers.  They have specifically added that “material connections” between an advertiser and an endorser, via payment of ...
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• Morgan Stanley CEO loves regulators - seriously

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 805
  Filed under: Company News , Economy , Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley ( MS ) CEO John Mack just loves regulators -- cant get enough of them. Speaking Wednesday at a conference sponsored by Bloomberg News and Vanity Fair , Mack seemed to wish more regulators were camped out in his New York-based firm, watching ...
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• Mommy Bloggers: Deceptive? Greedy? Naive?

  
  LA Moms Blog — Authority: 131
  My husband handed me the Sunday paper this morning as I was about to sip my first cup of coffee.  There, on the front page, was an article about the ethics of mom bloggers writing about free stuff they get from companies .  The article was informative, following one mom blogger from the midwest who has traveled to ...
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• Pharma Watchdog Nominated As An FTC Commish

  
  Pharmalot — Authority: 576
  Who? Julie Brill, who was an assistant attorney general for consumer protection and antitrust, where she spearheaded efforts to publicize pharma payments to docs and reign in some marketing practices, The Pink Sheet writes*. She championed, for instance, a controversial data mining law ( see here ). Brill worked ...
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• Dozier Internet Law: US Senate Slams Online Marketers

  
  Dozier Internet Law, PC: Internet Lawyer — Authority: 115
  At Dozier Internet Law a good majority of our law practice deals with online marketing. It seems our days are spent working on compliance issues, structuring contracts and litigating advertising related disputes. Needless to say, given the evolving interest in this space by the FTC and Congress and the Department of ...
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• More Consumer Rights On the Way?

  
  Caveat Emptor — Authority: 100
  A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) urges legislators to revise the Fair Debt Collection and Practices Act (FDCPA) to give consumers more rights. Debt defaults are at the highest level in 18 years, which has presumably led to more people than ever being contacted by debt collectors. The ...
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• Exclusive: Yahoo and Microsoft Poised to Finally Sign Definitive Search and Ad Agreement

  
  BoomTown — Authority: 695
  Yahoo and Microsoft are poised to finally sign the definitive agreement that will govern the complex and far-reaching search and online advertising partnership that they struck in late July, said sources close to the situation. If all goes well, the various Microsoft and Yahoo execs–who have been ferreted away over ...
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• Article Title Unknown

  
  Trade Regulation Talk — Authority: 125
  Two Intended FTC Nominees Announced by White House This posting was written by Jeffrey May, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter. The Obama Administration announced on November 16 two candidates to serve as Federal Trade Commissioners. The President named Julie Brill, Senior Deputy Attorney General and Chief ...
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• Hanging up on Rachel: Robo-calls have been banned, yet the phones keep ringing

  
  WalletPop Blog — Authority: 726
  Filed under: Technology , Fraud , Consumer Ally "Hi. This is Rachel from Cardholder Services." Its safe to say that millions of Americans have received a call from Rachel or one of her robo-calling cohorts at some point. In fact, there have been so many complaints about calls from robo-dialers with pre-recorded ...
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• Tweet with the Best of Them

  
  CRAZED MIND — Authority: 429
  This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Sponsored Tweets . All opinions are 100% mine. We have looked at ways to monetize our blogs and we can now do the same with Twitter. Yes, you know all those clicks you make visiting everyone...well that can pay off! You can now have sponsored tweets. Just think ...
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• Word of Mouth Marketing Association Fourth Annual Summit Goes ‘Beyond Social Media’ (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

  
  Stompernet SEO Course — Authority: 166
  The Federal Trade Commissions presentation at the Word of Mouth Marketing Association highlights three-days of essential social media and marketing content sponsored by the WOMMA at its Annual Summit, in Las Vegas, Nev.
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• On Digital Media 93: Nerd Chicks Love The Droid!

  
  On Digital Media — Authority: 100
  In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy ), Craig Calder (twitter: @ccalder ), Chia-Lin Simmons (twitter: @zeropts ) and Steve Hatch (twitter: @shatch ) opine about: Events: Craig and John will be attending Web 2.0 Expo New York, November 16 - 19 An Historic Week: Happy 40th Birthday, ...
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• If you see a PC-hawking BlueHippo headed your way, run away fast

  
  ShortFormBlog — Authority: 571
  The hippo is cute, but the company’s a scam. You’ve probably seen the infomercials for BlueHippo on late-night TV, offering to finance your computer on layaway if you’re broke. Well, the FTC did, too, and they suspected it was a scam, something the company proved in years of dealings. After a court case last ...
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• Big news: AMD-Intel, HP-3Com, Oracle-Sun

  
  Bizmology — Authority: 125
    It’s been a week of big headlines in the technology field. The biggest story was the legal settlement reached between Advanced Micro Devices and Intel . These processor archrivals agreed to wrap up their legal disputes on business practices and patent issues, with Intel paying $1.25 billion to AMD. While ...
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• New Federal Trade Commission Policies For Internet Marketers

  
  Stompernet SEO Course — Authority: 166
  This is a concise and humorous report how to get round the new FTC policies for affiliates and vendors.
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