Commission Actions

The Federal Trade Commission staff has advised Columbine Family Health Center that its proposal to add a provision to an agreement to share certain costs of providing outpatient care with Provenant St...

Nibblers, Inc. has agreed to pay a $10,000 civil penalty and both the firm and its president, Thomas Kiernan, have promised to properly and accurately disclose key information to future investors in...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with the Mustad International Group NV of Bulle, Switzerland, and its subsidiary, Mustad Connecticut, of Bloomfield...

MTH Holdings, Inc. has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to reopen and set aside provisions of a 1989 consent order requiring prior Commission approval to acquire any grocery store in parts of...

A U.S. District Court judge ordered a Twinsburg, Ohio company to pay nearly $1.6 million in consumer redress and banned the company's president from further involvement with business opportunities and...

J.C. Pro Wear, Inc. of Escondido, California, a seller of sports-apparel outlets, and James L. O'Laughlin, the company's principal officer have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges of...

In a precedent-setting decision announced today, Dell Computer Corporation has agreed to drop patent claims that affect millions of personal computers using the industry standard "VL-bus". The...

The Federal Trade Commission has ended the obligation of KKR Associates, L.P., of New York City, to obtain FTC approval before making acquisitions in certain food product categories, including...

The Federal Trade Commission has granted the petition of the California Medical Association (CMA) to reopen and set aside a consent order so that CMA can establish and operate a managed care plan...

The American Dental Trade Association has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission, on behalf of itself and Association members who were also respondents, to terminate a 1950 consent order settling...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a settlement with The Stop & Shop Companies, Inc. that will keep supermarket prices low for consumers in the Boston metropolitan area, Cape Cod, the South...