Commission Actions

The Federal Trade Commission has reached a proposed settlement with Ceridian Corporation and its subsidiary Comdata Holdings Corporation, the nation's largest provider of commercial credit cards known...

The Federal Trade Commission made public today the results of "tar," nicotine and carbon monoxide testing for 1,262 varieties of domestic cigarettes sold in 1996 and 1,252 varieties sold in 1997. The...

Amended Complaints: In the case of FTC v. ASQ, Inc., dba Resort World et al., the Commission voted to name Allan H. Abolafia as an additional defendant. The Commission vote to amend the complaint was...

Formal Interpretation of the Premerger Notification Rules: Through Formal Interpretation 16 (16 CFR § 803.30) of the Commission's Premerger Notification Rules, which appears in today's Federal...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announce that they will convene a joint public forum on November 4, 1999, to address the advertising and marketing of...

Photo Vend International, based in Hollywood, Florida, has agreed to pay a $11,000 civil penalty to resolve Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated the FTC's Franchise Rule in connection...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the appointment of Barbara Anthony, a former top aide in the office of the Massachusetts Attorney General, as Director of its Northeast Region office. The...

Thank you for being here, this morning. Today we're announcing the FTC's 100th case targeting Internet scams, and I think of all 100 cases, this one may be the most pernicious we've seen. Before we...

In its 100th law enforcement action targeting deception on the Internet, the Federal Trade Commission has asked a U.S. District Court Judge to halt a Internet scam that clones everyday Web sites and...

Millions Of Legitimate Web Pages and Innocent Web Surfers, Including Children, Affected: Agency To Announce New High-Tech Internet Lab What: Press Conference to Announce FTC's 100th Internet Case and...