Press Releases 2002

Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Consumer Protection Director J. Howard Beales III will be available TUESDAY, January 22, 2002 at 11:00 a.m. to discuss proposed amendments to the Telemarketing Sales...

Speaking today before the Joint U.S./E.U. Conference "Guidelines for Merger Remedies: Prospects and Principles" in Paris, France, Federal Trade Commissioner Thomas B. Leary presented a focus on the...

Timothy J. Muris, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and Charles A. James, Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, will hold a press conference...

Life is a little sweeter today for hundreds of consumers nationwide who bought into an alleged candy vending machine business opportunity scheme run out of the New York area between 1998 and 2000. In...

The Federal Trade Commission has authorized its staff to seek a preliminary injunction to block the proposed $170 million acquisition of Leiner Davis Gelatin Corporation and Goodman Fielder USA, Inc...

The Federal Trade Commission recently issued a "Facts for Business" guide to help landlords comply with the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). " Using Consumer Reports: What Landlords Need to...

The Federal Trade Commission today filed its complaint for a preliminary injunction to block Libbey, Inc.'s (Libbey) proposed $332 million acquisition of Anchor Hocking (Anchor), a wholly-owned...

A U.S. District Court judge has ordered the operators of an allegedly illegal pyramid scheme to return millions of dollars being held in offshore accounts to preserve them for consumer redress...

On January 3, 2002, the U.S. Solicitor General filed an amicus curiae brief on behalf of the United States and the Commission in the matter of Statoil ASA v. HeereMac V.O.F. in the Supreme Court of...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it has asked a federal district court to order Enforma Natural Products, Inc., Andrew Grey, and Michael Ehrman to show cause why they should not be...

The FTC has approved the issuance of two briefs, both of which are available on the Commission's Web site. The briefs were filed with respect to litigation involving: 1) Bristol-Myers-Squibb and...

Two Elmira, New York-based financial services companies and their principal have agreed to pay approximately $350,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceptively marketed two...

A Federal Trade Commission law enforcement initiative launched five years ago to detect and prosecute violators of FTC-obtained court orders has resulted in 27 civil and/or criminal contempt...

Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved a proposed transaction by Unified Western Grocers, Inc. (Unified) concerning the December 2000 FTC consent order regarding the merger of...

A month after sending out 50 warnings to promoters of purported medicinal cures or treatments for anthrax and other bioterrorism agents, the Federal Trade Commission staff has sent out 71 more e-mails...

The Federal Trade Commission is pleased to note the appointment, announced today, of Terry Calvani to be a Commissioner of the Irish Competition Authority. Terry served as a Federal Trade Commissioner...