The Federal Trade Commission today issued a staff report discussing information gathered and antitrust issues addressed at its public workshop on slotting allowances which was held last year. Among...

In the following matter, the Commission has approved the appointment of a monitor trustee: Dow Chemical Company and Union Carbide Corporation. The proposed order in this matter requires among other...

Vending Communications, Inc. (VCI), Interactive Communication Services, Inc. (ICS), and their president, Alberto Susi, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they misrepresented...

The Federal Trade Commission has asked a U.S. District Court Judge to halt an Internet domain name scheme that dupes consumers into needlessly registering variations of their existing domain names by...

The Federal Trade Commission has announced its decision not to seek further review in the Supreme Court of its case against the California Dental Association ("CDA"), and has returned the matter to...

As specified in the terms of agreements reached with the Federal Trade Commission last June, effective today, the seven largest U.S. cigar companies must include warnings in both their advertising and...

The Federal Trade Commission has reached an agreement to settle all claims arising out of a civil contempt action against American Business Supplies, Inc., Interstate Office Systems, Inc., Nationwide...

Australian defendant, Gregory Lasrado, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that a scheme that hijacked unwitting Internet surfers violated the FTC Act. Lasrado participated in a scam...

The Commission has received an application for proposed divestiture from the following: El Paso Energy Corporation/The Coastal Corporation. The application concerns the merger of El Paso and Coastal...

In July 2000, the Federal Trade Commission filed charges against Global Network Enterprises, Inc. and Republic Enterprises, Inc., based in Costa Mesa, California, and individual defendants Cecilia M...

A cross-border lottery scam that targeted elderly U.S. consumers has been barred from selling tickets in the United States and from violating federal laws that bar deceptive sales practices. The court...

The Federal Trade Commission and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration of the Department of Commerce (NTIA) will host a workshop April 3, 2001 from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m...

Anticipating upcoming Presidents' Day auto sales, staff of the Federal Trade Commission inspected 25 used car dealers throughout New York City's Borough of Queens last week to determine whether they...

Ameritel Payphone Distributors, Inc., based in Miami, Florida, and its owner, Roy Barnett Goodman, targeted by the Federal Trade Commission as part of a nationwide crackdown on fraudulent business...

A Ronan, Montana-based manufacturer of power tool accessories has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it misrepresented that certain of its products are made in the United States...

Federal Data Service, Inc. (FDS), a Margate, Florida company, and its principals, Stephen Tate, Spencer Golden and Dawn Johnson will be permanently banned from promoting or selling employment services...

The Federal Trade Commission has accepted for public comment a proposed consent order that would remedy the likely anticompetitive effects of the proposed merger of The Dow Chemical Company ("Dow")...

Three individuals and two companies named in a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit filed in 1999 as part of "Operation Misprint" have agreed to settle charges that they engaged in a bogus office and...

The Federal Trade Commission will host a public workshop on March 13, 2001 to explore how businesses merge and exchange detailed consumer information and how such information is used commercially...

Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent order regarding the following: El Paso Energy Corporation and PG&E Corporation. The Commission vote to finalize the consent...