Commission Actions

Kyle Kimoto, the chief architect of an illicit international telemarketing network, has agreed to the terms of a federal court order to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that his telemarketing...

La Comisión Federal de Comercio (Federal Trade Commission, FTC) presentó hoy día una moción ante la Corte de Distrito de los Estados Unidos para el Distrito Oeste de Oklahoma solicitando una apelación...

A fines del año pasado, la Comisión Federal de Comercio (Federal Trade Commission, FTC) expidió las reglas para crear el Registro Nacional No Llame (National Do Not Call Registry) bajo la ley llamada...

Late last year, the Federal Trade Commission issued rules creating the National Do Not Call Registry under the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act. On February 13, 2003, the...

Network Solutions, Inc. has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that its deceptive marketing practices unlawfully tricked consumers into transferring their Internet domain name registrations to...

A group of surgeons in Yakima, Washington, has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that it increased the cost of health care for consumers in Yakima by jointly fixing prices in contract...

The Federal Trade Commission today filed a motion in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma for a stay pending appeal of the court's September 23, 2003, order declaring...

In a staff report released today, the Federal Trade Commission’s State Action Task Force concludes that the scope of the antitrust state action doctrine has expanded dramatically since first...

America Online, Inc. (AOL) and its subsidiary, CompuServe Interactive Services, Inc. (CompuServe), today settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they engaged in two separate unfair practices...

Under the terms of a proposed consent agreement announced today, the Federal Trade Commission would allow DSM N.V.'s (DSM) proposed $1.89 billion acquisition of Roche Holding AG's (Roche) Vitamins and...

Issuance of staff advisory opinion: The staff of the FTC's Bureau of Competition has advised counsel for Bay Area Preferred Physicians (BAPP) that it does not presently intend to recommend law...

The Federal Trade Commission has issued a Consumer Alert, “After a Disaster: Repairing Your Home,” that warns consumers of potential “home repair rip-off artists” who may overcharge, perform shoddy...

Toronto-based telemarketers are banned from selling or telemarketing credit-related goods or services as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC charged the defendants, 1st...