Commission Actions

The owner of a telemarketing company whose employees conned consumers by telling them they had won a valuable prize, and then convinced them to "redeem" their prize by sending money, has agreed to...

A federal district court in Atlanta has temporarily halted what the Federal Trade Commission has alleged to be a deceptive telemarketing scheme offering "guaranteed" unsecured credit cards for an...

Bonlar Loan Co., Inc., a Chicago-based finance company that makes small loans to low income consumers who often have poor credit histories, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that...

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

The Direct Marketing Association's new policy of requiring its members to honor consumers' requests to be taken off mail and phone solicitation lists would not violate federal antitrust laws, staff of...

William J. Baer, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition has appointed Veronica Kayne, Deputy Assistant Director of the Bureau's NonMerger II Division. NonMergers II is one of two divisions at the...

The Federal Trade Commission, the American Society of Clinical Nutrition, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will...

Ashland, Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that ads for the Valvoline Company's Teflon-containing TM8 Engine Treatment product were false and unsubstantiated. Valvoline is an...

Two major automobile manufacturers and five St. Louis, Missouri-area dealerships have signed agreements with the Federal Trade Commission to end alleged practices of omitting or burying key cost...