Commission Actions

The Federal Trade Commission, as part of its periodic review of its rules and guides, has voted to retain in their present form the rules and regulations issued under the 1973 Hobby Protection Act...

Travel Bahamas Tours, Inc., of Deerfield Beach and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida; and company president Richard A. Raskin, of Boynton Beach, Florida, and Dallas, Texas, have agreed to settle Federal...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it was withdrawing a proposed consent agreement with PacifiCorp and closing the investigation into the company’s proposed acquisition of The Energy...

A U.S. District Judge in Miami on Tuesday found a Florida telemarketing operation and its owners, Michael Chierico and Teri Chierico, in civil contempt for violation of a 1996 Federal Trade Commission...

A defendant who used a sham better business bureau -- the National Bureau of Better Business, Inc. (NBBB) -- to promote a display rack business opportunity business that misrepresented earnings...

While it’s been said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it has sought a permanent injunction in federal District Court to stop the sale over...