Commission Actions

Consumer groups, telecommunications and pay-per-call industry representatives, state law enforcement and regulatory agencies and others will take part in a two-day workshop, May 20 and 21, at the...

A plan to establish a network of independent community pharmacies and pharmacists, that would contract with managed care organizations and physician groups to provide both drug distribution and...

Two of the nation's leading providers of individual disability insurance have agreed to resolve Federal Trade Commission antitrust concerns arising from their merger. The proposed agreement between...

The Federal Trade Commission has obtained a federal district court order freezing the assets of a scam that dupes consumers into making costly international telephone calls in an attempt to ward off...

Tom Davis, a telemarketer for Vendors Financial Services (VFS), who also posed to unwitting consumers as a successful distributor of products contained in vending machines, has agreed to a permanent...

Quexco Incorporated has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its acquisition of Pacific Dunlop GNB Corporation would create a monopoly that could result in reduced competition and...

The Federal Trade Commission announced today a proposed settlement of antitrust concerns stemming from the acquisition of COBE Cardiovascular, Inc., COBE Laboratories Inc., and other assets and...

May 14, 1999 Welcome to the FTC workshop on our consumer protection rules and guides. Our goal today is to discuss how they apply to newer forms of electronic media, with particular emphasis on the...

The Federal Trade Commission has negotiated the largest civil penalty ever obtained in a settlement of alleged violations of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA). Franklin Acceptance Corporation...

Dell Computer Corp. and Micron Electronics, Inc. have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their computer lease advertisements violated federal laws. According to the agency, both...