Press Releases 2002

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a media availability on Tuesday, April 23, at 1:00 p.m. EST to announce the first FTC law enforcement action stemming from the allegedly wrongful listing of a...

In a 32-page opinion issued April 22, 2002, Judge Reggie B. Walton of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted the Federal Trade Commission's motion for a preliminary injunction...

Who: J. Howard Beales, III, Director Bureau of Consumer Protection Federal Trade Commission When: Wednesday, April 24, 2002, 11:00 am (room will open at 10:30 p.m. for camera set-up) Where: Federal...

On the second anniversary of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule, the Federal Trade Commission announced its sixth COPPA enforcement case together with new initiatives designed to enhance...

The twelfth and final complaint filed through the FTC's recently announced "Operation Dialing for Deception" law enforcement action has been unsealed by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District...

A California-based company that sells a sonic toothbrush kit has agreed to pay a $28,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated the FTC's Mail or Telephone Order...

The Federal Trade Commission this month is sending $2 million in refunds to more than 28,000 businesses who were victims of an alleged office supply scam by Reseda, California-based Modern Concept...

As gas prices creep higher and higher heading into travel season, the Federal Trade Commission recently conducted an Internet surf to detect and deter the deceptive marketing of products that...

Houston, Texas-based United Recovery Systems, Inc. (URS) has agreed to pay a $240,000 civil penalty as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission to resolve allegations that the company...

The Federal Trade Commission staff today announced the results of a sweep of 31 funeral homes in the greater New York City metropolitan area, including Kings, New York, Nassau, and Westchester...

Federal Trade Commissioner Sheila F. Anthony today called on the dietary supplement industry to institute more and better self-regulation and called on the media to refuse to run supplement ads that...

Joseph J. Simons, Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition, today announced a schedule and agenda for public workshops on merger investigation best practices. The schedule...

In what may be the most far-reaching Federal Trade Commission law enforcement sweep ever against "in-bound" telemarketing fraud - where consumers call companies based on classified ads, Internet...

A press report indicates that Senator Ernest F. Hollings of the Senate Appropriations Committee is considering suspending funding for the salaries of all of the Commissioners and the senior staff of...

The United States Department of Justice, at the request of the Federal Trade Commission, has asked a U.S. District Court judge to stop the allegedly illegal sales practices of magazine telemarketers...

The Federal Trade Commission will host a press conference on Monday , April 15 , at 2:00 p.m. EST to announce federal district court complaints targeting several companies for alleged "in-bound"...

The Federal Trade Commission will host a press conference on Monday , April 15 , at 2:00 p.m. EST to announce federal district court complaints targeting several companies for alleged "in-bound"...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division today announced topics, times and locations, and participants for upcoming April and May sessions of their joint...

Richard Kaylor, an officer of Triad Discount Buying Service, Inc. and numerous related companies, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that he misled consumers into accepting discount...

The Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, Timothy J. Muris, today testified on behalf of the Commission before the House Appropriation Committee's Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the...