The staff of the Federal Trade Commission's Division of Financial Practices announced today the beginning of "Operation Detect Pretext," an effort to protect consumers from firms that obtain their...

Not all loans or lenders are created equal. As part of this year's National Consumer Protection Week (February 5-10, 2001) campaign to help consumers avoid abusive lending practices, the Federal Trade...

Home Professions, Inc., Telesalescenter.Com., and their owner, Michael Petok, charged by the Federal Trade Commission as part of a nationwide crackdown on fraudulent business opportunities, have...

The Commission has determined to close an investigation related to the following matter: SmithKline Beecham/Glaxo Wellcome. Upon acceptance for public comment of the consent agreement reached with the...

Jodie Bernstein, Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection, announced that from the FTC's perspective, the 2000 online holiday shopping season seems to have gone more...

Starting today, consumers, reporters, students, researchers, law enforcers and others will be able to tap into a new website for a wealth of statistics about fraud, fraud on the Internet, and identity...

The Federal Trade Commission has accepted a proposed consent order that would allow the $16 billion merger of El Paso Energy Corporation ("El Paso") and the Coastal Corporation ("Coastal"), while...

Darryl Smith, the principal of American Consumer Membership Services, Inc. (ACMS), has agreed to a permanent ban from engaging in any telemarketing, or in the advertising, promotion, marketing, or...

Promoters of a pyramid scheme that disguised itself as a legitimate multi-level marketing business have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the scheme violated federal law. The...

The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Defense will create the first online system designed specifically to identify and collect...

Under the terms of a proposed consent agreement reached with the Federal Trade Commission and announced today, Sharp Electronics Corp. ("Sharp"), one of the world's largest electronics manufacturers...

On February 1, 2001, significant changes will take effect regarding the filing requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), which requires certain...

An investment trading software company that used theoretical past earnings charts to sell a high-priced software program has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its claims were...

Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the following: R.S. of Houston Workshop, Ronald J. Schoemmell and Valdimar Thorkelsson. The Commission vote to...

Productive Marketing, Inc., based in Santa Barbara, California, and its principals, Matthew B. Hyman, Zachary A. Hyman, and Joshua Hyman, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that...

Two manufacturers of Food and Drug Administration unapproved rapid HIV tests have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that, in some instances, their tests did not accurately detect the presence...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Electronic Retailing Association (ERA) will present a one-day, case-driven seminar for Internet retailers, marketers and suppliers on applying offline rules and...

The Commission has authorized staff of the Bureau of Economics and of Policy Planning to submit an advocacy comment to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) regarding its proposal to impose mandatory...

Advertising and promotional expenditures for smokeless tobacco products reached $170.2 million in 1999, according to a biennial Federal Trade Commission Report to Congress. The report shows that...

Through a consent agreement reached with the Federal Trade Commission and announced today, Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. ("Winn-Dixie") would be allowed to acquire 68 supermarkets and other assets from the...