Commission Actions

“Unfounded and exaggerated claims for dietary supplements have proliferated,” said Howard Beales, Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. In presenting testimony...

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia has halted the alleged illegal lending practices of Stewart Finance Company, its owner John...

The Federal Trade Commission will host a media roundtable discussion on Tuesday, October 28, 2003, to provide background information and answer questions about the agency’s new report, “To Promote...

The Federal Trade Commission will host a day-long workshop on Wednesday, October 29, 2003, to discuss the results of a nationwide survey regarding the marketing of entertainment violence to children...

Consumers registered with the National Do Not Call Registry have filed more than 37,000 complaints as of 8:00 a.m., October 24, 2003, against telemarketers who continue to call them. Nearly 28,000...

Do consumers in your area have questions about the National Do Not Call Registry? Are telemarketers asking about compliance? The Federal Trade Commission can help! Representatives from the FTC’s...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris today addressed Fordham University’s Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law and Policy on the role of competition policy in attacking...

Commission authorization of the FTC to share information in its Identity Theft Data Clearinghouse with Canadian law enforcement authorities: The Commission has authorized the FTC to share information...

Mark Nutritionals, Inc. and Edward D’Alessandro, Jr. have agreed to settle federal charges that they used false and unsubstantiated claims to sell their weight-loss product. The Federal Trade...

A Texas resident who used a variety of assumed names to bilk small businesses nationwide for ad fees in his nonexistent law enforcement publications has settled Federal Trade Commission charges...