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April

26
2024
Industry News

FTC is sued by business groups over its ban on noncompete agreements, which may delay enforcement

New YorkCNN — 

Less than 24 hours after the Federal Trade Commission issued a final rule this week banning employers from using noncompete agreements in the United States, the US Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable filed a lawsuit against the agency in federal court in the Eastern District of Texas.

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April

26
2024
Trends

25 States With the Highest Credit Card Debt in the US

In this piece, we will take a look at the 25 states with the highest credit card debt in the US. If you want to skip our overview of US consumer spending and recent economic trends that should worry consumers, analysts, and policy makers, you can take a look at the 10 States With the Highest Credit Card Debt in the US.

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April

26
2024
Trends

Americans are falling behind on their payments

Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee said Friday that while consumer debt levels aren’t yet “especially” high, the Fed is concerned about the rate of consumer delinquencies, or missed or late payments on expenses such as auto loans, credit card bills and rent.

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April

26
2024
Industry News

Attorney General Bonta Announces $4.5 Million Settlement with University of Phoenix for Unlawful Military Student Recruitment Tactics

OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced a settlement with the University of Phoenix, and its parent company Apollo Education Group, Inc (Apollo), resolving an investigation into the University of Phoenix’s use of aggressive and unlawful military student recruitment tactics from 2012 through 2015. These recruitment tactics violated California’s Unfair Competition Law (UCL) and False Advertising Law (FAL). Under the settlement, the University of Phoenix must pay $4.5 million in penalties and other monetary relief and comply with strong injunctive terms.

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April

26
2024
Strategy

Consumer Facing Applications: A Quote Book from the Tech Summit on AI

The FTC’s Tech Summit on AI1 convened three panels that highlighted different layers of the AI tech stack: hardware and infrastructure, data and models, and consumer-facing applications. This third Quote Book is focused on consumer-facing applications. This post outlines the purpose of the quote book, a summary of the panel, and relevant topics and actions raised by the FTC.

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