In response to the decision of R.J. Reynolds to replace the Joe Camel advertising campaign, Jodie Bernstein, Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection said, "We are...

Investment fraud is spreading to new fields -- from movie productions to Internet "shopping malls" to breeding snails for snail ranching -- and more traditional investment scams, such as pyramid...

Recent amendments to the Fair Credit Reporting Act ("FCRA") will require consumer reporting agencies ("CRAs") or credit bureaus for the first time to provide to: 1) consumers a summary of their rights...

The Federal Trade Commission staff has closed its investigation of the proposed merger of The Boeing Company and McDonnell Douglas Corporation. The Commission has determined that no further action is...

It’s laundry day at the Federal Trade Commission and by mid-morning, clothing and laundry appliance manufacturers, retailers, detergent and bleach companies and other industry members will be...

The Federal Trade Commission's Competition Director today applauded the federal district court opinion in the Staples and Office Depot case. "Consumers have won today," said William J. Baer, the...

A company that sold bogus brokerage services to consumers who owned federal telecommunications licenses and four of its principals have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that a federal court has entered a final judgment against Worldwide Wallcoverings and Blinds, Inc., an Illinois corporation based in Northbrook. Last...

"Campaña Alerta," an innovative and unprecedented effort to prevent fraudulent advertisements directed at Spanish-speaking consumers, was announced today by officials from the Mexican government, the...

A California telemarketer who touted movie paraphernalia as excellent investments will be barred for life from telemarketing and will pay $150,000 in consumer redress to settle Federal Trade...

Michael Garganese, former owner of a Beverly Hills, California-based company, Ideal Concepts, Inc., has agreed to settle charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission in December 1995 as part of...

Consumers who were exposed to ads that claimed that Exxon high octane gasoline would reduce auto maintenance costs will get important new information from Exxon soon. In a landmark settlement of...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. Commission action regarding petitions to reopen and modify FTC orders: Following a comment period, the FTC has ruled on a petition...

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period on each, the Commission has made final consent agreements with the following entities. The Commission action makes the...

Federal Trade Commission attorneys today filed a complaint in federal court charging Mahle GmbH, a German piston manufacturer, and Metal Leve S.A., a Brazilian competitor, with failing to notify...

First Look will be a network of optical firms (and of local optical firm networks developed by individual members of First Look) organized to respond to requests for proposals ("RFPs") for employer...

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its 1995 acquisition of AutoInfo, Inc. assets resulted in a monopoly and substantially lessened competition...

Consumer groups and telecommunications industry participants in a two-day workshop at the Federal Trade Commission beginning Thursday, June 19, at 9 a.m. will examine increased consumer complaints...

Marketers of some of the most popular exercise equipment on the market today have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that they made exaggerated weight-loss claims in their...

Guidelines for how companies advertise and market the metal content, movement and performance of watches are to be updated to reflect modern manufacturing processes and, wherever reasonable, to...