Commission Actions

Antitrust enforcement at the Federal Trade Commission has just concluded one of the most active years in recent memory, according to William J. Baer, Director of the agency's Bureau of Competition...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that a federal court has found Minuteman Press International, Inc., its wholly-owned affiliate Speedy Sign-A-Rama, U.S.A., Inc., and two of the...

A U.S. District Court has ordered a temporary halt to the operations of three Fort Wayne-based telemarketers charged by the Federal Trade Commission with deceptively convincing small businesses they...

The Federal Trade Commission has negotiated settlements with two companies and their principals to resolve charges brought against them as part of "Operation Eraser," a federal-state crackdown on...

Nationwide Credit, Inc., of Atlanta, Georgia, has agreed to pay a $1 million civil penalty as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission to resolve allegations that the company violated...

Staff of the Federal Trade Commission and local investigators recently checked used car lots in Washington, D.C. and Oregon to evaluate compliance with the FTC's Used Car Rule, which requires used car...

Four individuals and four companies, named by the Federal Trade Commission in its "Project Field of Schemes" investment fraud cases, have agreed to settle FTC charges that they, and others, made...

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the following entity. The Commission action makes the consent order...

On September 25, the Federal Trade Commission staff filed a comment with the Federal Communications Commission about competition issues related to FCC's proposed framework for the development and...

A federal District Court has ordered a temporary halt to the allegedly deceptive sales practices of a Hollywood, Florida company and its principals selling "talking" vending machines and pre-paid...