Press Releases 2002

Company Would be Required to Divest Four Amigo Stores to Supermercados Maximo, Inc. Under the terms of a proposed consent order accepted for public comment by the Federal Trade Commission and...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged companies that used false earnings claims and other deceptive representations to sell vending machine business opportunities with violating federal law. A...

Blue Stuff, Inc., McClung Advertising, Inc., and their president, Jack McClung, have agreed to pay $3 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made unsubstantiated claims that Blue...

WHAT: A workshop to explore the impact that deceptive weight-loss product advertising has on public health and new approaches for fighting the proliferation of false, misleading, and unsubstantiated...

The Federal Trade Commission today released the materials relating to the workshop on Health Care Competition Law and Policy, held on September 9-10, 2002. The workshop focused on the implications of...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged three Canadian telemarketing companies operating boiler rooms in Quebec and Ontario with engaging in fraudulent business practices in the sale of business...

In a landmark settlement, Access Resource Services, Inc. (ARS) and Psychic Readers Network, Inc. (PRN) have agreed to a stipulated court order stopping all collection efforts on accounts or claims...

On Thursday November 14, 2002, the Federal Trade Commission will hold a press conference to announce one of the largest settlements in the FTC's history against companies that misled consumers with...

The Federal Trade Commission and 12 federal, state, and local law enforcement and consumer protection agencies today announced a four-part initiative launched to fight deceptive spam and Internet...

The investigation into the acquisition by The Kroger Company ("Kroger") of 18 supermarkets from Raley's Corporation in the Las Vegas, Nevada area has been closed. (1) The Commission staff's...

Commission Authorization to File Amended Complaint: The Commission has authorized the staff to file an amended complaint in the court case currently pending against Hudson Berkley, et al. The...

In remarks presented today at the 2002 Fall Forum of the American Bar Association's (ABA) Section of Antitrust Law in Washington, D.C., Federal Trade Commissioner Thomas B. Leary discussed the...

WHAT: A press conference to announce a sweep by the Northeast Netforce, which includes the FTC and 13 federal, state, and local law enforcement and consumer protection agencies targeting Web-based...

On behalf of the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice today filed a complaint and consent decree against Alabama-based Oxmoor House and its parent Southern Progress Corporation, a...

Operators of a scheme that sold "gold cards," representing them as Visa or MasterCards, but provided their own "merchant cards" that limited consumer use to purchases from their own catalogs or Web...

Chairman Timothy J. Muris in a speech today announced that the Federal Trade Commission will hold hearings on health care and competition law and policy commencing in February 2003 and continuing...

With More Ways to Shop Than Ever Before, Consumers Must be Wise and Savvy As the holiday season approaches, the Federal Trade Commission encourages consumers to review shopping guidelines. Whether you...

Commission approval of proposed divestitures: The Commission has approved a proposed divestiture by Bayer AG concerning its recent acquisition of Aventis CropScience Holding S.A. Under the terms of...

Dr. Robert M. Currier, who appeared in infomercials for a purported anti-snoring product called SNORenz, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that he made unsubstantiated efficacy...

WHAT: The role of business in promoting a "culture of security" - media briefing. WHO: Orson Swindle, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission Thomas Niles, President, U.S. Council for International...