Commission Actions

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the availability of a Spanish version of its consumer complaint form. Spanish-speaking consumers can use the form to submit fraud complaints to the FTC by...

What: Press conference to announce the settlement of an FTC law enforcement action involving deceptive and unlawful practices by a subprime lender. Where: FTC Headquarters Building 600 Pennsylvania...

A Nevada corporation and its principal whose advertisements and telemarketers promised consumers that they could make big bucks through a work-at-home medical billing opportunity have agreed to settle...

The Commission has received an application for a proposed divestiture from Bayer AG concerning its recent acquisition of Aventis CropScience Holding S.A. Under the terms of the consent order...

La Comisión Federal de Comercio (Federal Trade Commission, FTC) anunció hoy la disponibilidad de la versión en idioma español de su formulario de queja. Los consumidores de habla hispana pueden...

El personal de la Comisión Federal de Comercio ( Federal Trade Commission, FTC) emitió hoy día un informe sobre publicidad de productos y programas para perder peso llamado " Report in Weight-Loss...

The Federal Trade Commission charged a Canadian corporation operating in the United States under the name Bio Lab and its president with deceiving consumers through false advertising for their weight...

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a workshop on November 19, 2002, to explore alternate approaches to reducing deceptive claims in advertising for weight-loss products. Following up on the...

The staff of the Federal Trade Commission today released a "Report on Weight-Loss Advertising: An Analysis of Current Trends." The report concludes that false or misleading claims, such as exaggerated...

The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California has approved a proposed FTC settlement with First Alliance Mortgage Company (First Alliance) and its chief executive officer, under which...

What: The Federal Trade Commission will host a press conference to announce: the release of its weight loss advertising report; a law enforcement action against a Canadian-based company targeting U.S...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a proposed consent order with the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC) that would settle charges that the organization...