Our staff issue advisory opinions to help clarify FTC rules and decisions regarding either competition or consumer protection issues, often in response to requests from businesses and industry groups. To find a specific opinion, use the filters on this page. Parties may request advice from our staff concerning proposed conduct.
Displaying 1 - 20 of 385
Letter from Joshua S. Millard, Staff Attorney, Division of Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer Protection
Date
Staff Opinion Letter to Beth Deisher Related to Marking of the Word "Copy" under the Hobby Protection Act (16 CFR Part 304).
Letter from Hampton Newsome, Staff Attorney, Division of Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer Protection
Date
Staff Opinion Letter to Clark R. Silcox Related to Mercury Disclosure Requirements for Light Bulbs under the Energy Labeling Rule (16 C.F.R. Part 305).
File
Letter from Jock Chung, Staff Attorney, Division of Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer Protection
Date
Staff Opinion Letter to Donald S. Stein, Esquire, Stating that Pürlin’s Recyclable Bedding is Not Covered by the Textile Act or the Commission’s Textile Rules (16 CFR 303).
File
Letter From Markus H. Meier, Assistant Director, Bureau of Competition, Concerning Crouse Health Hospital's Proposal To Sell Discounted Pharmaceutical Products to the Employees, Retirees, and Their Dependents of Its Affiliate, Dated October 20, 2017
Date
Letter From Markus H. Meier, Assistant Director, Health Care Division, Bureau of Competition, to Jennifer R. Bolster, Esq., Hancock Estabrook, LLP, Concerning Crouse Health Hospital's Proposal To Sell...
Letter From Mary Engle, Associate Director, Division of Advertising Practices, To Mark S. Brown, Esq.
Date
Staff Opinion Letter Addressing Compliance With the Commission Decision and Order in In the Matter of Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Docket No. C-3952, and Copy of the Incoming Request
Letter from Lois Greisman, Associate Director, Division of Marketing Practices, to Michael Bills
Date
Staff opinion letter clarifying Opinion 09-1 concerning the Telemarketing Sales Rule’s applicability to calls utilizing soundboarding technology
File
Staff Opinion Letter on Soundboarding
(110.83 KB)
Letter from Hampton Newsome, Staff Attorney, Division of Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer Protection
Date
Staff opinion letter related to energy representations for portable air conditioners.
Opinion 16-2
Date
Provides compliance guidance to funeral directors prohibited by D.C. law from removals to a funeral home until a death from natural causes is pronounced by a physician.
File
Opinion 16-2
(59.6 KB)
Opinion 16-1
Date
Confirms Opinion 15-1 requirement that Casket Price List must be provided before consumers view caskets, and addresses how funeral provider locations in storefronts, malls and mall kiosks may comply.
File
Opinion 16-1
(53.08 KB)
Letter From Stephanie Rosenthal, Chief of Staff, Division of Financial Practices, Bureau of Consumer Protection, To Jeff Appel, Deputy Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Education
Date
This Commission Staff Advisory Opinion (1) explains that the Commission's Trade Regulation Rule Concerning Preservation of Consumers' Claims and Defenses, 16 C.F.R. § 433 (the Holder Rule) protects...
Opinion 15-1
Date
Addresses why placing a consumer in the casket display room to wait to speak with a funeral director violates the funeral rule unless the consumer first has been shown a casket price list.
File
Opinion 15-1
(33.92 KB)
Opinion 14-1
Date
Discusses whether statutory and catalog sales exemption from definition of telemarketing applies to seller that solicits inbound calls in response to mailed catalogs, but does not complete a sale...
File
opinion_14-1.pdf
(157.27 KB)
Quest Analytics Group
Date
Addresses whether a group purchasing organization based prescription-drug program operated for the benefit of a group of non-profit schools, colleges, and universities would fall within the Non-Profit...
Letter from Hampton Newsome, Staff Attorney, Division of Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer Protection
Date
Advises that, consistent with the Department of Energy (“DOE”) enforcement policy on new regional standards for furnaces, the FTC staff will not recommend enforcement action against manufacturers that...
Displaying 1 - 20 of 385