Personal and business bankruptcy filings rose 11.5 percent in the twelve-month period ending June 30, 2025, compared with the previous year.
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The Federal Trade Commission has finalized an order with GoDaddy settling allegations that the webhosting provider misled consumers by failing to implement data security protections, which led to several data breaches.
The FTC alleged in January 2025 that despite claiming it provides “award-winning security,” GoDaddy failed to implement standard data security tools and practices to protect customers’ websites and data. For example, it failed to use multi-factor authentication, monitor for security threats, and secure connections to its consumer data. These failures … Read the rest
The operators of an alleged transnational student loan debt relief scam have agreed to be permanently banned from the debt relief industry and to turn over more than $ 1 million in assets to resolve Federal Trade Commission charges that the operation bilked millions out of struggling student loan borrowers.
“It is illegal for debt relief companies to make false promises and use fake reviews and testimonials to promote a business,” said Christopher Mufarrige, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of … Read the rest
As a result of a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit, a fraudulent student loan debt relief operation and its owners are permanently banned from the debt relief industry and required to turn over all assets to resolve allegations that they misled consumers.
“Consumers looking to pay off their student loan debt should not have to worry about being scammed,” said Christopher Mufarrige, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. “The FTC will continue to hold fraudsters that pocket Americans’ hard-earned … Read the rest
Bankruptcy filings rose 13.1 percent during the 12-month period ending March 31, 2025. That is a similar rate of acceleration as in the Dec. 31, 2024, quarterly report, but new bankruptcy cases remain significantly lower than after the 2007-08 Great Recession.
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The Biden administration on Friday afternoon urged the Supreme Court to leave in place a federal law that would require TikTok to shut down in the United States unless its parent company can sell off the U.S. company by Jan. 19. U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar told the justices that the social media giant “collects vast swaths of data about tens of millions of Americans, which” China “could use for espionage or blackmail.” Moreover, she added, China could “covertly … Read the rest
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The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon agreed to decide whether a 2019 law that seeks to give U.S. courts the power to hear claims by victims of terrorism against the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority violates the Fifth Amendment’s guarantee of fair treatment.
Fuld v. Palestine Liberation Organization and United States v. Palestine Liberation Organization, which will be argued together in the spring, were two of the three petitions for review that the justices granted after … Read the rest
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The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Monday in a dispute over the Food and Drug Administration’s rejection of two companies’ applications to sell flavored liquids for use in e-cigarettes. A federal appeals court in Louisiana set aside the FDA’s orders denying applications by Triton Distribution and Vapetasia, complaining that the agency had sent those companies and other makers of e-cigarette products “on a wild goose chase.”
The stakes in the case are high: Medical groups, including the … Read the rest