Press Releases 2002

The Federal Trade Commission has charged Consumer Alliance, an operation based in Ontario, Canada, with deceptively marketing worthless credit-card protection programs to U.S. consumers. In addition...

A doctors' group consisting of virtually every obstetrician and gynecologist (OB/GYN) with active medical staff privileges at the two general acute care hospitals in Napa County, California, and its...

Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved a final consent order in the matter concerning Schering-Plough Corp., et al. (Schering) that settles the Commission's charges against...

Dealers of Multi-Gard "liquid siding" have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that ads claiming their product provided consumers with an insulation value of R-20 were unsubstantiated...

The Federal Trade Commission has joined eight state law enforcers in the United States and four Canadian agencies in an initiative targeting deceptive spam and Internet fraud. The agencies have...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division today announced topics, updated times and locations, and participants for sessions in their joint hearings on...

The Federal Trade Commission today voted unanimously to issue a statement, affirming that its December 18, 2001 vote authorizing - and subsequent January 14, 2002 filing of a complaint in the U.S...

The Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice issued a letter on Friday, March 29, 2002, urging the Rhode Island House of Representatives to reject a proposed bill that would prevent non...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced it has reached a settlement with Jones Apparel Group, Inc. (Jones), one of the largest clothing marketers in the world, resolving allegations that the...

In comments provided yesterday to the Connecticut Board of Examiners for Opticians, staff of the Bureau of Consumer Protection and the Office of Policy Planning of the Federal Trade Commission said...

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON WHAT: A press conference in Seattle, Washington to announce an international law enforcement initiative targeting deceptive spam and Internet fraud. Agencies involved in the law...

The Federal Trade Commission has extended the public comment period for proposed changes to its Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR). A Federal Register notice announcing the extension of the public comment...

The staff of the Federal Trade Commission recently told the Alaska House of Representatives' Committee on Labor and Commerce that legislation authorizing collective bargaining among the state's...

The Commission has received an application from Liberty Media Corporation (Liberty) requesting that the FTC reopen and set aside the final order in the matter of Time Warner, Inc., et al. (Docket No...

Nearly 18,000 borrowers could receive as much as $60 million dollars in compensation under the terms of a settlement of a lawsuit involving a California-based home mortgage lender and its chief...

The FTC today told the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information that while there is good reason for consumers to be concerned about falling victim...

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

A U.S. District Court has held a magazine subscription telemarketing group in contempt of court and ordered it to pay $39 million in consumer redress for violating the terms of a 1996 Federal Trade...

The Commission has received an application from Diageo PLC (Diageo) regarding the FTC's decision and order contained in the consent agreement accepted on December 19, 2001 that conditionally allowed...

Joseph J. Simons, Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition, today announced plans to conduct public workshops regarding modifications and improvements to the Commission's...