Commission Actions

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it has approved a restructuring of the acquisition by Time Warner Inc. of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. originally valued at $7.5 billion. Time...

United Creditors Alliance Corporation, a major nationwide debt collection agency, has agreed to pay a $146,000 civil penalty in settlement of Federal Trade Commission charges that it repeatedly...

In another series of cases emerging from a nationwide crackdown on funeral homes that fail to give consumers price list and other required information, the Federal Trade Commission today announced...

Allstate Business Consultants Group, Inc., based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; Edward Wong, president; and Enrico Pace, CEO of the company, have agreed to permanently discontinue their marketing and...

Commission action regarding applications for prior approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has ruled on applications for prior approval of transactions from the following entities...

The Federal Trade Commission and Industry Canada today announced the formation of a U.S.-Canadian Task Force on Cross-Border Deceptive Marketing Practices. The Task Force was established in order to...

The Federal Trade Commission has dismissed its complaint against Coca Cola Bottling Company of the Southwest, in which it had charged that the firm’s acquisition of the San Antonio, Texas-area Dr...

Applications for prior approval of transactions: The FTC has received applications for prior approval of transactions from the following. The applications will be subject to public comment for 30 days...

New Balance Athletic Shoes, Inc. and Hyde Athletic Industries, Inc. have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they misrepresented that all of their athletic footwear is made in the...

Independence Medical, Inc., based in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, company president, Jerry Rodney Rogers, and Jeffrey S. Marmer, a company officer, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission...