Commission Actions

“Unfounded and exaggerated claims for dietary supplements have proliferated,” said Howard Beales, Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. In presenting testimony...

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia has halted the alleged illegal lending practices of Stewart Finance Company, its owner John...

The Federal Trade Commission today issued its report on how to promote innovation by finding the proper balance of competition and patent law and policy. Although both competition in markets and...

The Federal Trade Commission charged in federal court that a Montreal based enterprise calls U.S. consumers promising major credit cards and charges as much as $299 without ever delivering the credit...

The Federal Trade Commission will host a media roundtable discussion on Tuesday, October 28, 2003, to provide background information and answer questions about the agency’s new report, “To Promote...

The Federal Trade Commission will host a day-long workshop on Wednesday, October 29, 2003, to discuss the results of a nationwide survey regarding the marketing of entertainment violence to children...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris today addressed Fordham University’s Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law and Policy on the role of competition policy in attacking...

Commission authorization of the FTC to share information in its Identity Theft Data Clearinghouse with Canadian law enforcement authorities: The Commission has authorized the FTC to share information...

Mark Nutritionals, Inc. and Edward D’Alessandro, Jr. have agreed to settle federal charges that they used false and unsubstantiated claims to sell their weight-loss product. The Federal Trade...

A Texas resident who used a variety of assumed names to bilk small businesses nationwide for ad fees in his nonexistent law enforcement publications has settled Federal Trade Commission charges...

Consumers registered with the National Do Not Call Registry have filed more than 37,000 complaints as of 8:00 a.m., October 24, 2003, against telemarketers who continue to call them. Nearly 28,000...