Commission Actions

The number of cigarettes sold or given away, as well as the amount spent on advertising and promotion by the five largest cigarette companies in the United States, decreased in 2004 and 2005...

Federal Trade Commission staff joined other members of the Greater Washington Jump$tart Coalition today in simultaneously offering nearly 2,000 Washington DC high school students across the city...

The Federal Trade Commission approved a staff comment letter to the Electronic Payments Association (NACHA) supporting stronger self-regulatory measures to prevent payment processing fraud. NACHA...

A one-day “back to basics” workshop on complying with truth-in-advertising laws is being presented on Thursday, May 31, 2007, by the Federal Trade Commission’s Midwest Region and the St. Louis Better...

An operation that hid assets from the Federal Trade Commission when settling false advertising charges will pay $1.9 million to be used for refunds. Last year, the defendants agreed to pay $375,000 to...

La Comisión Federal de Comercio ( Federal Trade Commission, FTC) ha enviado formularios de reintegro por correo a otros 1,500 consumidores que pueden haber resultado víctimas del robo de identidad...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division today announced that the second-to-last panel in a series of joint public hearings designed to examine the implications...

The Federal Trade Commission has mailed claim forms for reimbursement to an additional 1,500 consumers who may have been victims of identity theft due to alleged security lapses at data broker...

(202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WWW.USDOJ.GOV WASHINGTON - Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today announced the completion of the...

The Federal Trade Commission staff will host a workshop on October 10-11, 2007, to explore changes in the debt collection industry and examine their impact on consumers and businesses. The event will...