Press Releases 2002

Federal Trade Commissioner Mozelle W. Thompson was elected Chair of the OECD's Committee on Consumer Policy at today's commencement of the Committee's spring meeting in Paris. The Committee on...

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

The Commission recently published a Request for Information (RFI) seeking companies or individuals (including contractors) to help in the development, deployment, and operation of a proposed national...

The Federal Trade Commission will host a two-day public workshop to explore issues related to the security of consumers' computers and the personal information stored in them or in company databases...

An operation that used deceptive spam messages and appeals to patriotism to sell Web addresses that don't work, including ".usa," has been shut down by a U. S. District Court at the request of the...

Information brokers who allegedly used deception to obtain consumers' confidential financial information have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their practices violated federal...

What: Press Availability Who: J. Howard Beales, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection will announce a law enforcement initiative targeting deceptive spam that appealed to post 9-11...

The Federal Trade Commission has negotiated a settlement designed to remedy the alleged anticompetitive effects resulting from the proposed $170 million acquisition of Leiner Davis Gelatin Corporation...

The marketers of Wonder Bread have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that ads claiming that Wonder Bread containing added calcium could improve children's brain function and memory...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it has closed its investigation into whether the proposed merger of Hewlett-Packard, Inc., (HP) and Compaq Computer Corporation (Compaq) may...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a proposed settlement agreement with Palm, Inc. (Palm), the leading manufacturer of Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). The settlement concerns Palm's...

On Wednesday, March 6, 2002 , the Federal Trade Commission's settlements with a national advertiser and its advertising agency with respect to unsubstantiated claims made for a food product will be...

The nation's two federal antitrust enforcement agencies, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ), today announced that they have entered into a...

The Commission has approved publication of a Federal Register notice on how the FTC would implement a national do-not-call registry under the FTC's recently proposed amendments to the Telemarketing...

The Federal Trade Commission has extended the public comment period on the agency's use of its disgorgement authority as a remedy for violations of the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act, the FTC Act, and...

Staff of The Federal Trade Commission released a summary and update of the proceedings of its December 2000 workshop titled, "The Mobile Wireless Web, Data Services and Beyond: Emerging Technologies...

The marketers of a home test kit for anthrax, and an on-line seller of a colloidal silver product purported to treat anthrax, have both settled Federal Trade Commission charges of false and...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris today released documents that provide information regarding the problems with the existing FTC-Department of Justice clearance procedures and the...

The Commission has approved five applications from America Online/Time Warner, Inc. (AOLTW) requesting approval of a non-affiliated Internet Service Provider (ISP) and alternative cable broadband...

The Federal Trade Commission has asked a United States District Court to halt a cross-border telemarketing operation that targets elderly U.S. consumers in an illegal foreign lottery scheme. The...