Since the enactment of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) in 1970, consumer credit has expanded exponentially and today accounts for two-thirds of U.S. gross domestic product. The Federal Trade...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged subprime lender Stewart Finance Company, its owner John Ben Stewart, Jr., and nine related companies, with violating federal lending laws and has asked a U.S...

Commission approval of final consent order: Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved a final consent order in the matter concerning Washington University Physician Network. The...

The Federal Trade Commission today released a survey showing that 27.3 million Americans have been victims of identity theft in the last five years, including 9.9 million people in the last year alone...

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a press conference on Wednesday, September 3 at 1:00 p.m. EDT to announce the release of the first comprehensive identity theft study. WHO: Howard Beales...

Issues relating to the marketing of violent entertainment to children will be the focus of a day-long public workshop on October 29, 2003. The workshop, hosted by the Federal Trade Commission, will...

Turnkey Vending, Inc., headquartered in Kaysville, Utah, Michael Burnett, and Jeffrey Marsh have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they failed to provide the pre-sale disclosure...

In the 72 hours before the Do Not Call Registry became available to telemarketers, more than six million consumers added their telephone numbers to the list. In contrast to earlier DNC registrations...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged Kris Pletschke, doing business as Raw Health, with violating a 2002 FTC order against him by making unsubstantiated claims for two dietary supplements on his...

Commission approval of comment to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: The Commission has approved the filing of a comment with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regarding proposed...

Tyme Lock 2000, Inc., doing business as United Family Services and USA Membership Services; Total Resources, Inc.; Ruth R. Adams; and Stella L. Aguilar are banned from advertising, marketing, or...

John E. Gustavsen, president of Jubilee Financial Services, a debt negotiation company, has been banned from advertising, marketing, or providing debt negotiation services, as part of a Federal Trade...

First Comprehensive Government Survey of Identity Theft Report Shows Millions of Victims, Billions in Losses to Businesses and Consumers The Federal Trade Commission will hold a press conference on...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that telemarketing organizations will have access to the National Do Not Call Registry on September 2, 2003, one day later than the opening date originally...

Release of Commission report: The Commission, with the concurrence of the U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, has authorized the release of the Twenty-Fifth Annual Report to Congress...

Charles Lloyd and his company, Healthcare Claims Network, Inc., doing business as Med Data Solutions, are banned from promoting or selling medical billing work-at-home opportunities, as a result of a...

Nine million additional consumer telephone numbers were transferred recently from state do not call lists to the National Do Not Call Registry, bringing the total number of telephone numbers...

Publication of Federal Register notice: The Commission has approved publication of a Federal Register notice announcing it will initiate a review of the Tire Advertising and Labeling Guides (Tire...

The Federal Trade Commission has issued its second report highlighting efforts to detect and prosecute violators of FTC-obtained court orders. In January 2002, the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection...

National advertisements urging consumers to call 1-800-DONOTCALL and pay a $2.95 fee to sign up for the National Do Not Call Registry have prompted the Federal Trade Commission to issue a warning to...