The Federal Trade Commission has issued an alert for consumers warning that sweepstakes scam artists may be impersonating government agencies in an effort to convince consumers that they have won a...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a consent agreement that will protect competition and consumers in three significant medical device product markets affected by Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J)...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the results of a recent sweep of 19 funeral homes in San Bernardino County, California, to test compliance with the FTC’s Funeral Rule. All 19 homes were...

Issuance of staff comments: The Commission has authorized the staffs of the Office of Policy Planning, Bureau of Consumer Protection, and Bureau of Economics to file comments with Illinois State...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged the operator of a Vancouver, Canada-based telemarketing operation with targeting elderly U.S. consumers in connection with offering nonexistent foreign bonds...

The Federal Trade Commission today issued its tenth quarterly summary of the agency’s enforcement actions against telemarketing fraud and abuse, listing significant developments in 19 federal district...

As law enforcement officials, consumer groups, and Hispanic leaders met in Los Angeles today to discuss new ways to fight fraud in the community, the Federal Trade Commission announced five law...

Under a Trilateral Cooperation Charter agreement between the United States, Mexico, and Canada signed in 2003, six agencies (two from each country) today announced that they have taken nearly 730...

A group of U.S. and Canadian telemarketers will pay $415,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges they were selling nonexistent credit cards to U.S. consumers, the agency announced today. The...

LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service are hosting a one-day seminar for law...

Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Corporation (ENH), located in Evanston, Illinois, must sell Highland Park Hospital (Highland Park) within 180 days, under the terms of an initial decision and order...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division will host a one-day joint workshop entitled “Competition Policy and the Real Estate Industry” on Tuesday, October...

A top distributor in a multilevel-marketing program, who deceptively led prospective recruits to believe they would be applying for marketing jobs and that they would make a substantial income, has...

The Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a joint letter today urging the Michigan Senate Committee on Economic Development, Small Business, and Regulatory Reform to...

Interagency Task Force on Competition in Electric Energy Markets Requests Public Comments Concerning Study Mandated in Energy Policy Act An interagency task force requests comments from the public...

A U.S. District Court judge has halted the deceptive ads of a Web operation that claimed that membership in MP3DownloadCity.com would allow users of peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing programs to...

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court issued a temporary restraining order against marketers of oral sprays that supposedly contain human growth hormone (HGH) to stop them...

A company that lured low income consumers with no insurance into spending $199 with false claims that they would receive free prescription medication has been barred from making the deceptive claims...

As many Americans generously open their hearts and wallets to help those affected by the earthquake in South Asia, the Federal Trade Commission advises that the best way to help immediately is to...

Beginning October 17, 2005, consumers filing for bankruptcy will be required to go through a government-approved credit counseling program within six months before they file for bankruptcy protection...