Commission Actions

Agreements to ban price advertising for new farm equipment violated federal law, the Federal Trade Commission said today in announcing a settlement with Fastline Publications, Inc., a Kentucky...

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment about a proposed telephone survey of consumers and their experience with the rent-to-own industry. The request for public comment, which was...

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comments on proposed amendments to the Care Labeling Rule, which requires labels to be placed on clothing and certain piece goods indicating instructions...

The Federal Trade Commission today published a proposal regarding the applicability of the Commission's rules and guides to electronic media, including the Internet, e-mail and CD-ROMs. The proposal...

R2D2 is widely known among movie buffs as one of the robots in Star Wars. While power surges could wreak havoc with R2D2's programming, the robot didn’t have to worry about the Y2K problem --...

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the following entity. The Commission action makes the consent order...

Thousands of consumers throughout the country have attended "seminars" in hotel rooms or other public forums where they are persuaded to invest in fraudulent business opportunities and investments...

Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received an application for approval of a transaction from the following. The FTC is seeking public comments on the application for 30 days...

Two Bellevue, Washington companies, CRA Champion Credit, Inc. and CRA Financial Services, Inc., and the companies' two principals have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they...