Petition for proposed divestiture: The Commission has received a petition from DaVita Inc. (DaVita) requesting approval of a proposed divestiture related to its recent acquisition of Gambro Healthcare...

The Federal Trade Commission has launched the eighth annual National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW), February 5-11, 2006, in cooperation with federal, state, and local agencies, and national advocacy...

The Federal Trade Commission , the United States Postal Inspection Service, and the Postal Service’s Consumer Advocate, are partnering with Royal Canadian Mounted Police, PhoneBusters and Canada’s...

The Federal Trade Commission has filed charges against marketers selling dietary supplements, including Avlimil and Rogisen. According to the complaint, the defendants have been offering consumers...

The Federal Trade Commission, U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), and eight state law enforcement agencies today announced a crackdown on 20 operations that deceptively claim they can remove...

The Federal Trade Commission today told the House Committee on Energy and Commerce that the agency is currently investigating companies that offer consumer telephone records for sale, and plans to...

Testifying today on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission before a hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary regarding consolidation in the energy industry, Commissioner William E...

Investigations closing: The Commission’s Bureau of Competition has closed its investigation into the acquisition by Comcast Corporation (Comcast) and Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) of the cable assets...

An automated phone dialing service hung up on more than 64 million people and called more than a million others whose numbers were listed on the National Do Not Call Registry, according to the Federal...

Issuance of Commission report: The Commission has issued its annual report to the Federal Reserve Board on FTC enforcement actions in 2005 related to the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), Consumer Leasing...

Three sly spammers have been ordered to stop sending unsolicited pornographic e-mails under a federal judge’s temporary restraining order sought by the Federal Trade Commission, which charged them...

False promises of a pre-approved, guaranteed MasterCard for a fee have been halted by a U.S. District Court at the request of the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC is also announcing today charges...

WHO: Federal Trade Commission U.S. Postal Inspection Service State of Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions Consumer representative WHEN: Thursday, February 2, 2006 10:30 AM WHERE: Federal Trade...

The creator of allegedly false and misleading advertising for Gero Vita International’s dietary supplements has settled Federal Trade Commission charges. Chase Revel is required to post a $1 million...

The Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), the San Diego District Attorney’s Office, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California are hosting a...

Commission authorization of the filing of staff comment: The Commission has authorized the staffs of the Office of Policy Planning, Bureau of Consumer Protection, and Bureau of Economics to file a...

February 5-11 is the week to focus on consumer protection! Each year, National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW) highlights consumer protection and education efforts across the country. During the week...

Consumer data broker ChoicePoint, Inc., which last year acknowledged that the personal financial records of more than 163,000 consumers in its database had been compromised, will pay $10 million in...

The Federal Trade Commission today released its annual report detailing consumer complaints about fraud and identity theft in 2005. Complaints about identity theft topped the list, accounting for 255...

FTC to Announce Multi-Million-Dollar Civil Penalty for Data Security Violations The Federal Trade Commission will hold a press conference on Thursday, January 26, 2006, at 11 am EST to announce a...