Press Releases 2002

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...

Under the terms of a proposed consent agreement announced today, the Federal Trade Commission would allow Amgen Inc.'s (Amgen) proposed $16 billion acquisition of Immunex Corporation (Immunex) to...

The implications of competition law and policy for health care financing and delivery are the focus of a Federal Trade Commission workshop to be held on September 9-10, 2002 in Washington, D.C. The...

The MSC.Software Corporation matter has been withdrawn from adjudication for the purpose of considering a proposed consent agreement. In October 2001, the Commission issued an administrative challenge...

The Federal Trade Commission today testified that it supports a Senate bill to increase penalties for identity thieves who use stolen identities to commit certain federal crimes. J. Howard Beales III...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice today announced times, location, and participants for the July 10 and July 11, 2002 sessions in their joint...

In an initial decision filed on June 27, 2002 and announced today, Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) D. Michael Chappell dismissed all allegations of anticompetitive conduct in a March 2001 Federal Trade...

The Commission has authorized the publication of a Federal Register notice regarding the transfer of delegations of authority to disclose certain nonpublic information to foreign law enforcement...

Canoga Park, California-based D.C. Credit Services, Inc. and company co-owner, David Cohen, have agreed to pay a $300,000 civil penalty as part of a settlement of Federal Trade Commission charges that...

The FTC has approved the extension of a time period in the matter concerning Baxter International, Inc. Under the order in Docket No. C-3726, which concerned Baxter's acquisition of Immuno...

The Federal Trade Commission today issued the third follow-up review of its September 2000 Report to Congress, Marketing Violent Entertainment to Children: A Review of Self-Regulation and Industry...

In an initial decision filed on June 20, 2002, and announced today, Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) James P. Timony ordered a series of companies, all of which are subsidiaries of French corporation...

The Federal Trade Commission today voted to accept for public comment a proposed consent order with two generic drug manufacturers to resolve charges that they entered into an agreement that...

Speaking at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. today, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Mel Martinez announced a proposal that would reform the regulatory...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris today announced the results of an informal survey of websites to determine the access and exposure teens have to online gambling. The FTC visited...

Scam artists capitalizing on the popularity of existing state "Do Not Call" lists and the proposed FTC "Do Not Call" registry have devised yet another method to trick consumers into giving up personal...

The Commission has received an application from America Online/Time Warner, Inc. (AOLTW) requesting approval of a non-affiliated Internet Service Provider (ISP) and alternative cable broadband service...

"Based upon the Commission's two decades of experience in enforcing the Franchise Rule, it is clear to us that deceptive business opportunity sales, rather than business-format franchise sales...

What: An Open Forum/Roundtable discussion on the potential dangers of online gambling directed toward children. Chairman Muris will highlight results of the FTC's informal survey of online gambling...

The Federal Trade Commission today authorized staff to seek a preliminary injunction to block Cytyc Corporation's (Cytyc) proposed $420 million acquisition of Digene Corporation (Digene). According to...