Commission Actions

The Federal Trade Commission has negotiated settlements, including $856,500 for redress to small businesses, with nine defendants named in its case against perpetrators of an allegedly deceptive...

“When the history of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice is written, Anne Bingaman will deserve a long and colorful chapter. She has made a tremendous contribution as head of the...

A price-fixing conspiracy by an organization representing professional conference interpreters forced the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics Organizing Committee to pay a higher rate for language interpreters...

The marketer of an over-the-counter acne treatment, Acne-Statin, has agreed to pay a $200,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that ads touting the product as an effective...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following action. The FTC staff contact is Dan Ducore, 202-326-2526. Commission action regarding applications for prior approval: Following a public...

B.A.T Industries p.l.c. and its subsidiary, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, have applied for Federal Trade Commission approval to divest six brands of discount cigarettes and a plant in...

The Federal Trade Commission has begun efforts to repeal its Used Oil Rule as unnecessary and duplicative, and is seeking comments from the public on the proposed repeal for 30 days, until August 26...

Fresenius AG, of Bad Hamburg, Germany, through its subsidiary, Fresenius USA, Inc., located in Walnut Creek, California, has agreed to divest its Lewisberry, Pennsylvania hemodialysis (HD) concentrate...

“Project Jackpot,” a major enforcement effort targeting firms that fraudulently offer purportedly valuable prizes to consumers to induce them to purchase products, was announced today by federal and...