Commission Actions

Two Illinois-based companies named in a 1999 lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice at the request of the Federal Trade Commission have agreed to settle charges that they engaged in a bogus office...

The Federal Trade Commission today issued a staff report discussing information gathered and antitrust issues addressed at its public workshop on slotting allowances which was held last year. Among...

Vending Communications, Inc. (VCI), Interactive Communication Services, Inc. (ICS), and their president, Alberto Susi, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they misrepresented...

In the following matter, the Commission has approved the appointment of a monitor trustee: Dow Chemical Company and Union Carbide Corporation. The proposed order in this matter requires among other...

The Federal Trade Commission has announced its decision not to seek further review in the Supreme Court of its case against the California Dental Association ("CDA"), and has returned the matter to...

The Federal Trade Commission has asked a U.S. District Court Judge to halt an Internet domain name scheme that dupes consumers into needlessly registering variations of their existing domain names by...

As specified in the terms of agreements reached with the Federal Trade Commission last June, effective today, the seven largest U.S. cigar companies must include warnings in both their advertising and...

The Federal Trade Commission has reached an agreement to settle all claims arising out of a civil contempt action against American Business Supplies, Inc., Interstate Office Systems, Inc., Nationwide...

Australian defendant, Gregory Lasrado, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that a scheme that hijacked unwitting Internet surfers violated the FTC Act. Lasrado participated in a scam...