Commission Actions

The Federal Trade Commission has mailed more than $8 million in redress checks to more than 15,000 people who obtained home mortgage loans through subprime lender First Alliance Mortgage Company...

Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved a final consent order in the matter of Reed Elsevier NV and ChoicePoint Inc. and authorized the staff to send letters to the commenters...

Federal Trade Commission officials worked with officials from more than 80 antitrust agencies worldwide at the eighth annual International Competition Network (ICN) conference in Zurich, Switzerland...

The Federal Trade Commission’s Father’s Day e-card is the perfect gift for the man who already has enough ties. But even more important, it can save your dad a whole lot of headaches. Available from...

Alta Bates Medical Group, Inc. (Alta Bates), a 600-physician independent practice association serving the Berkeley and Oakland, California, area, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges...

A rogue Internet Service Provider that recruits, knowingly hosts, and actively participates in the distribution of spam, child pornography, and other harmful electronic content has been shut down by a...

Sears Holdings Management Corporation – owned by Sears, Roebuck and Company and Kmart Management Corporation – has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it failed to disclose...

Testifying today on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy, Bureau of Competition Director Richard A...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz praised the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Subcommittee for its vote today in favor of the...

The Federal Trade Commission has filed suit to halt the illegal operations of three telemarketing boiler rooms in Montreal, Canada. The agency alleged that the telemarketers bilked thousands of small-...

The Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Education have issued their annual report to Congress pursuant to the College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act...