Commission Actions

The ringleader behind an operation accused of deceptively selling automated teller machine (ATM) business opportunities is banned from ever selling business ventures again. The entire operation will...

Parties who obtained and sold consumers’ telephone records, including information on calls placed and received, without the consumers’ knowledge or consent, have agreed to settle Federal Trade...

As merchants get busier with holiday shopping, the Federal Trade Commission reminds them to be sure the credit and debit card receipts they give customers comply with federal law. To reduce the risk...

Statement of Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras Statement of Commissioner William E. Kovacic Statement of Commissioners Pamela Jones Harbour, Jon Leibowitz, and J. Thomas Rosch This statement responds to...

The Commission has approved the filing of a staff comment with the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) in response to its request for information concerning whether it should expand its current...

In an initial decision filed on December 10, 2007 and announced today, Chief Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Stephen J. McGuire dismissed a Federal Trade Commission complaint issued last year against a...

The Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice regarding the ceiling on allowable charges for certain disclosures under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). As detailed in...

The Federal Trade Commission today charged Multiple Listing Service, Inc. (MLS), a group of real estate professionals based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with violating the antitrust laws by adopting rules...

The Federal Trade Commission and seven state attorneys general have charged a payment processor with violating federal and state laws by debiting, or attempting to debit from consumers’ bank accounts...

Section 214(e) of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act requires the Federal Trade Commission, the federal banking agencies, and the National Credit Union Administration to “jointly conduct...

Two marketers of non-corrective, cosmetic contact lenses have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they violated federal law by selling lenses without prescriptions. According to FTC...