Commission Actions

Dell Computer Corporation, the country's largest direct seller of personal computers, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated the FTC's Mail Order Rule when it...

The world's two largest manufacturers of lead antiknock gasoline additives, Octel and Ethyl, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they violated the antitrust laws by arranging...

The Loewen Group Inc. and Loewen Group International, Inc. (Loewen) have agreed to pay a $500,000 civil penalty to settle federal charges that Loewen failed to notify the nation's two antitrust...

Degussa Corporation, and its parent company, Degussa Aktiengesellschaft, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their proposed acquisition of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.’s...

The Federal Trade Commission staff has concluded that consumers would benefit from a policy that would permit direct broadcast satellite (DBS) operators to retransmit local broadcast channels to their...

The Federal Trade Commission today released a report to Congress highlighting the Commission's achievements in complying with the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA). In March...

Defendants in a display-rack business opportunity for greeting cards and perfumes have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they misrepresented the earnings potential and...

Jeffrey Rayden and Larry Wayne, two of the defendants charged by the Federal Trade Commission with operating a computer repair services contract scam, have agreed to separate settlements that would...