Dallas, Texas-based Jani-King International, Inc. has agreed to pay a $100,000 civil penalty as part of a settlement of Federal Trade Commission charges that it failed to provide poten- tial...

The Federal Trade Commission has terminated two consent orders against the Rubber Manufacturers Association, Inc. The orders -- one entered in 1948 and one entered in 1962 -- followed charges that the...

The Federal Trade Commission has proposed new rules to exempt certain mergers and acquisitions from prior review by the FTC and the Department of Justice. Under the proposal, certain classes of...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a variety of changes to its Rules of Practice, some of which govern the procedures and timing for companies and individuals seeking to postpone the...

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it has denied a petition to revise its "Eyeglasses Prescription Release Rule," which requires eye doctors to give patients a copy of their...

Chapel of the Chimes, a San Francisco Bay-area funeral home chain, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it failed to provide consumers with a printed price list and other...

The Foodservice Equipment Distributors Association (formerly, the Food Service Equipment Industry, Inc.) has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to set aside a 1941 order which applies to the...

invites public comment and participation The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it will hold hearings this fall to determine whether changing economic factors, such as the development of a...

American Home Products Corporation (AHP) has requested Federal Trade Commission approval to divest its tetanus and diphtheria vaccines assets to Medeva PLC, and for a 90 day extension of the deadline...

The Federal Trade Commission today said it would seek a federal district court order temporarily blocking Ferro Corporation from acquiring Chi-Vit Corporation on grounds that the acquisition would...

WASHINGTON, D.C., JULY 18, 1995 In an unprecedented federal-state assault on a growing national epidemic of "business opportunity" scams preying on would-be entrepreneurs, an estimated 100 firms...

A federal district court has ordered a temporary halt to an allegedly deceptive telemarketing scheme that preyed on elderly consumers. The Federal Trade Commission has charged SCAT -Senior Citizens...

A judge upheld Federal Trade Commission charges against Charles W. Middleton, doing business as Crossroads Auto Mart of Chicago Heights, Illinois, for failing to display the required "Buyers Guide" on...

The Federal Trade Commission has granted Occidental Petroleum Corporation and its subsidiary, Occidental Chemical Corporation, approval to divest their suspension polyvinyl chloride (PVC) copolymer...

A new Federal Trade Commission brochure cuts through the controversy over electronic price scanners by offering shop- pers some helpful tips for ensuring they're not overcharged at the checkout....

Federal Trade Commission staff has advised the Northwestern Nevada Orthopaedic Surgery Alliance, an independent physician association comprised of eight competing orthopedists in Washoe County, Nevada...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a proposed agreement with J. Walter Thompson USA, Inc., settling charges that it engaged in deceptive practices in connection with the advertising it...

Prior FTC approval of the divestiture is required under a 1995 consent order Oerlikon-Buhrle signed to settle charges that its acquisition of Leybold would violate federal antitrust laws. The FTC had...

WestPoint Stevens, Inc., the successor to West Point- Pepperell, Inc., has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to reopen and vacate a 1988 consent order stemming from West Point Pepperells's...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky has announced the appointment of Teresa Moran Schwartz to serve as Deputy Director of the Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection, effective...