Press Releases 2002

Joe Simons, Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition, today announced the second scheduled Workshop on Merger Remedies. The workshop, which is being co-hosted by the Antitrust...

To help businesses understand and comply with its May 2002 Financial Information Safeguards Rule, the Federal Trade Commission has issued a new "Facts for Business" publication, Financial Institutions...

Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved the issuance of a final consent order in the matter concerning Libbey Inc. and Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. The Commission vote to approve the...

As old man winter bears down on much of the U.S., the FTC has revised and reissued its Consumer Alert, Weathering the High Cost of Heating Your Home . News reports indicate that heating bills are...

Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved the issuance of final consent orders and responses to the commenters of record in the matters concerning Philips Electronics and Okie...

Providing Federal Trade Commission testimony today before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, Chairman Timothy J. Muris presented the results of...

The Federal Trade Commission's Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, J. Howard Beales, III, yesterday told a Senate subcommittee that although some dietary supplements offer the potential for...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it, along with the Illinois Attorney General's office, has reached a settlement with 1st Financial Solutions, Inc., which allegedly used a nationwide...

The Pendleton Group, Inc., and its principal, James C. Caouette, have agreed to a settlement that permanently bans them from selling non-durable office supplies, and are required to pay $35,000 for...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced it has settled a complaint alleging that unscrupulous marketers misled thousands of consumers into paying $480 apiece for a worthless medical billing work...

What: A public workshop to explore possible anticompetitive efforts to restrict competition on the Internet. While much of this regulation and conduct undoubtedly has pro-competitive and pro-consumer...

Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved the issuance of a modified final consent order in the matter concerning Biovail Corporation (Biovail) and its branded drug Tiazac...

By a 3-2 vote, the Federal Trade Commission today closed its 10-month investigations of two proposed transactions in the cruise industry - the friendly creation of a "dual-listed company" combining...

Restrictions on attorney advertising should be tailored to prevent unfair or deceptive acts or practices, according to comments submitted to the Alabama Supreme Court by the Federal Trade Commission's...

Charles James has been a good friend for 20 years and an outstanding Assistant Attorney General. It has been a pleasure and an honor to work with him. Thanks to his leadership, cooperation between the...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a proposed consent decree with Dynamic Wheels and Tires, Inc., a California-based seller of fancy automobile wheels, rims, and tires, and Gary Jerjerian...

Companies that collected extensive personal information from millions of high school students claiming that they would share the information only with colleges, universities, and others providing...

Two Canadian citizens and the five corporations they operated will pay $436,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they tricked consumers into paying as much as $299 for one of two...

Timothy J. Muris, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, and Charles A. James, Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Justice Department's Antitrust Division, worked with antitrust agencies...

The Federal Trade Commission has released the agenda and a list of panelists for its October 8-10 public workshop on possible anticompetitive efforts to restrict competition on the Internet. The...