Commission Actions

The Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today issued a report summarizing merger challenges data for the two agencies for fiscal years 1999-2003...

In an administrative opinion made public today, the Federal Trade Commission ruled that Schering-Plough Corporation (Schering), Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc. (Upsher), and American Home Products...

The Federal Trade Commission has negotiated a settlement to resolve antitrust concerns arising from General Electric Company’s (GE) proposed acquisition of Agfa-Gevaert N.V.’s (Agfa) nondestructive...

On behalf of the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) yesterday filed a complaint against California-based Mantra Films, Inc. (Mantra), and its sole officer and director...

A federal district court has shut down a cross-border charity scam that solicited contributions from small businesses to donate children’s books to hospitals. The default judgment entered against DPS...

Reminding consumers about the potential pitfalls associated with pitches for credit card “protection” services and advance-fee credit cards, the Federal Trade Commission today announced the settlement...

Targeting the sellers of work-at-home schemes who were taking money out of consumers’ pockets with their deceptive pitches, the Federal Trade Commission today announced a joint federal and state law...

Commission approval Federal Register notices: The Commission, in conjunction with the Federal Reserve Board, has approved the publication of two Federal Register notices issuing Interim Rules and a...