Press Releases 2002

American Savings Discount Club (ASDC) and two individual defendants will establish a redress fund of nearly $3 million, will be subject to a lifetime ban on credit-related telemarketing, and will face...

A for-profit company operating out of Grand Prairie, Texas, and its owners, have agreed to settle federal charges that they defrauded consumers by posing as a reference agency that provided non-biased...

The United States District Court for the Central District of California has ordered Medicor LLC, Andrew Rubin, and Matthew Rubin to pay more than $16.5 million in redress for consumers who were...

In a Federal Trade Commission report released today titled "Generic Drug Entry Prior to Patent Expiration: An FTC Study," the Commission recommends legislative action designed to ensure that two...

The Federal Trade Commission, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, have joined 10 state...

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has affirmed a lower court decision upholding regulations enacted by the Federal Trade Commission and six other federal agencies...

In comments submitted last week, the staff of the Bureau of Economics and the Office of the General Counsel of the Federal Trade Commission presented its views concerning the Federal Energy Regulatory...

By a vote of 5-0, the Federal Trade Commission today authorized staff to close its investigation into the acquisition of Avant! Corporation by Synopsys, Inc. Commissioners Sheila Anthony, Mozelle W...

What: A press conference to announce a law enforcement sweep of cyberscams. Five federal agencies, 10 state attorneys general, and 20 state and local law enforcement agencies have targeted Internet...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it has filed a second civil contempt action against Enforma Natural Products, Inc. (Enforma) and its president, Andrew Grey, for continuing to violate...

The Commission has received two applications from America Online/Time Warner, Inc. (AOLTW) requesting approval of non-affiliated Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and alternative cable broadband...

A Southern California-based company that touted safe and effective "alternative" treatments for cancer has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges. BioPulse International, Inc., BioPulse...

A leading salesman for an Internet-based business opportunity that promised easy income for investors in an Internet shopping mall network has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that...

Commission approval of modified Part II agreement and decision and order: Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a modified Part II agreement and decision and...

A federal district court has ordered a temporary halt to an Arizona-based telemarketing operation which, according to the Federal Trade Commission, has used deceptive and unfair practices to bilk...

The Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the State of Illinois today announced that subprime lender Mercantile Mortgage Company, Inc. (Mercantile)...

The Federal Trade Commission today told the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging that about 10 percent of consumers who called the agency to report that they are victims of identity theft are age 60...

Presenting Federal Trade Commission reauthorization testimony today before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce and Tourism of the Commerce Committee, Chairman Timothy J...

On October 8-10, 2002, the Federal Trade Commission will host a three-day public workshop to explore how certain state regulations and private business practices may be having significantly...

What: A media availability to discuss a three-day public workshop that will explore the potential anticompetitive effects on e-commerce of certain state regulations, and how certain e-commerce...