Commission Actions

Every year, thousands of consumers respond to enticing classified ads in newspapers that tout “money to loan . . . regardless of credit.” The problem, according to the Federal Trade Commission and 15...

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a public workshop on March 26 and 27, 1996 to discuss "Made in USA" advertising and labeling claims. This past July, the FTC announced that it would hold a...

A federal judge has ordered a magazine subscription seller to pay a civil penalty of more than $5.4 million and give up more than $1.6 million of his ill-gotten gains for violating a 1996 Federal...

Release of Commission report: The Commission, with the concurrence of the Acting U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, has authorized the release of the Twenty-Eighth Annual Report to...

A U.S. district court has entered an order barring unlawful activities by an operation that allegedly crammed unauthorized charges on the phone bills of small businesses or nonprofits for Web site...

Social networking Web site operators Xanga.com, Inc. and its principals, Marc Ginsburg and John Hiler, will pay a $1 million civil penalty for allegedly violating the Children’s Online Privacy...

An operation that placed spyware on consumers’ computers in violation of federal laws will give up more than $2 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges. Under a stipulated final judgment...

The Federal Trade Commission today told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the agency protects health care consumers from anti-competitive conduct by enforcing antitrust laws, and that the FTC is...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division today announced that the fourth in a series of joint public hearings designed to examine the implications of...

– Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved the issuance of a final consent order in the matter concerning Linde AG’s acquisition of The BOC Group. The vote approving issuance of...