Commission Actions

The Federal Trade Commission has reached settlements with two regional grocery chains -- Aldi Inc., headquartered in Batavia, Illinois; and Bruno’s, Inc., based in Birmingham, Alabama, and which also...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged a western Colorado physicians’ organization -- which comprises at least 85 percent of the doctors in private practice in Mesa County -- with combining to fix...

Operators of an illegal pyramid scheme that advertised on the Internet and in newspapers that consumers could contribute to a charity and make huge monthly returns for themselves have agreed to settle...

A Federal Trade Commission Administrative Law Judge has found that advertisements that claimed an add-on braking system performed as effectively as factory-installed ABS brakes are false, and has...

Cadence Design Systems, Inc., of San Jose, California, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its $400 million acquisition of Cooper & Chyan Technology, Inc. would substantially...

The principal officials of a San Francisco Bay area collection agency, T.C.A., Inc., have paid $25,000 in civil penalties to settle charges that they violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it has obtained a settlement of its charges against Bruce Sears and Martha Kazak, the principals of Worldwide Wallcoverings and Blinds, Inc., an...

The guides propose a new standard for making unqualified "Made in USA" claims: To be called "Made in USA," a product must be substantially all made in the United States A product will be considered...