Commission Actions

Commission authorization of the staff to file amicus brief and appear as amicus curiae : The Commission has authorized the staff to file an amicus brief and to appear as amicus curiae in Carter v. ICR...

Advertising and promotion expenditures for smokeless tobacco products reached $236.7 million in 2001, according to a biennial Federal Trade Commission report. The report shows that promotional...

In three separate recent actions, the Federal Trade Commission has settled charges against companies engaged in the deceptive sale of "equal employment opportunity" advertisements. The defendants...

Global Vending Services, Inc., headquartered in Las Vegas, and its principals, Nicholas G. Chomakos and Matthew A. Capicchioni, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they failed...

One of the country’s largest credit-repair operations has agreed to pay more than $1.15 million in consumer redress to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated federal law. The...

Alleging that Aspen Technology, Inc’s (AspenTech) $106.1 million acquisition of Hyprotech, Ltd. (Hyprotech) in 2002 was anticompetitive and led to the elimination of a significant competitor in the...