Press Releases 2002

WHAT: Chairman Timothy J. Muris and Federal Trade Commission staff will announce a three point program to crack down on deceptive spam. WHEN: TUESDAY, February 12 at 11:00 am (The lab will be open at...

The Commission has approved an application from Chevron Corporation (Chevron) and Texaco Inc. (Texaco) to divest Texaco’s interests in Equilon Enterprises LLC and Motiva Enterprises LLC to Shell Oil...

In conjunction with National Consumer Protection Week, several federal agencies today released a guide to help consumers make informed choices about whether to allow their personal financial...

At a hearing of the Kentucky Senate Judiciary Committee in Frankfort today, a Federal Trade Commission representative testified about the FTC's recent proposal to amend its Telemarketing Sales Rule...

The FTC unveiled a new tool today to assist victims of identity theft restore their good names. The ID Theft Affidavit provides a model form that can be used to report information to many companies...

A federal judge has temporarily halted the operations of two Las Vegas, Nevada-based companies that sell programs and services purported to reduce one's income taxes, for their alleged failure to live...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged an Oklahoma telemarketing group with violating the terms of an October 1996 settlement barring illegal billing practices. The agency has asked a U. S. District...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris will unveil a new FTC ID theft consumer assistance initiative at a press conference Tuesday, February 5, 2002 . Chairman Muris will be joined by a...

The Commission has approved a petition by The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) regarding certain amendments to the "Huntsman Agreement" and the "Ineos Agreement," both of which are incorporated into the...

A bill pending before the Alaska legislature that seeks to authorize competing physicians to engage in collective bargaining with health plans over fees and other terms would significantly increase...

Operators who allegedly sent bogus bills to consumers or charged their credit card accounts, claiming that the consumers owed money for audiotext or Internet services they did not order or authorize...

A participant in a pyramid scheme that posed as a multi-level marketing business has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the scheme violated federal law. The settlement bars Robert...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice today announced that their joint hearings on "Competition and Intellectual Property Law and Policy in the Knowledge...

The Commission has approved publication of a Federal Register notice announcing changes in the two threshold figures that define when it is unlawful for an individual to serve as an officer or...

The Commission has approved publication of a Federal Register notice announcing that the Commission has allowed Australian law enforcement authorities access to the FTC's Consumer Sentinel database...

Identity theft headed the top 10 consumer fraud complaints of 2001, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Identity theft accounted for 42 percent of the 204,000 complaints entered into the FTC's...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a proposal to create a centralized national "Do Not Call" registry. The registry would enable consumers to eliminate most telemarketing calls simply by...

Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges regarding the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive personal information collected from consumers through its Prozac...

The FTC has denied a petition by the Superior Court Trial Lawyers' Association seeking a modification or interpretation of a Commission order to limit its scope regarding price fixing. In its petition...

Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Consumer Protection Director J. Howard Beales III will be available TODAY, January 18, 2002 at 11:00 a.m . to discuss an FTC settlement with a corporation for...