In comments provided last Friday at the request of New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, the staff of the Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Policy Planning and Bureau of Competition stated that...

The Federal Trade Commission today upheld charges that several subsidiaries of Vivendi Universal, S.A. illegally agreed with Warner Communications Inc. to restrict competition for audio and video...

Commission approval of proposed divestiture: The Commission has approved an application for a proposed divestiture from Shell Oil Company (Shell Oil) and Pennzoil-Quaker State Company (Pennzoil). The...

Providing Federal Trade Commission testimony today before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s Antitrust Task Force, Chairman Timothy J. Muris outlined the principles that underlie the FTC’s...

"As the market for dietary supplements has expanded, so too have unfounded or exaggerated claims," said Howard Beales, Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. In...

Darrell Richmond, a South Carolina resident, was banned from engaging in work-at-home opportunities or business ventures as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. Richmond, using...

The Commission has authorized the staff to file an amended complaint in the case currently pending against The College Advantage, Inc. et al. The Commission filed this action as part of the Southwest...

A primary distributor of the Brake Guard aftermarket braking device has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice (DOJ) charges that he made false and unsubstantiated safety...

United Fitness of America, LLC; eBrands Commerce Group, LLC; Tristar Products, Inc.; and their principals have agreed to pay more than $5 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their...

Federal Trade Commissioner Orson Swindle will address the importance of safe computing practices at a press conference to re-launch GetNetWise, www.getnetwise.org a public service Web site offering...

Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved the issuance of a final consent order in the matter concerning Southern Union Company and CMS Energy Corporation , as well as a letter to...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a proposed consent agreement with a Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based independent practice association (IPA), the three orthopedic practices whose doctors are...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in partnership with the Alaska State Council on the Arts, the Indian Arts and Craft Board (IACB), and the Alaska Attorney General's Office, is helping consumers...

The Federal Trade Commission today issued its first summary announcement that details its aggressive enforcement efforts against telemarketing fraud. The enforcement summary, which can be accessed...

An identity thief who allegedly used hijacked corporate logos and deceptive spam to con consumers out of credit card numbers and other financial data has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission...

Under the terms of a final court settlement reached with the Federal Trade Commission and announced today, several Florida-based defendants have been barred from the sale of advance-fee credit cards...

The Federal Trade Commission today has reached an agreement with a network of doctors and hospitals in northeast Maine, under which the organization will stop negotiating jointly on behalf of its...

Global Instruments, based in Trenton, Missouri, and its president, Charles Patterson, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made unsubstantiated claims about the...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris today announced that Dave Scheffman, Director of the Bureau of Economics, will be leaving the Commission on August 1 to return to the private sector...

Ambus Registry, Inc. and its two principals have agreed to be enjoined preliminarily from calling American consumers and misrepresenting that they have agreed to purchase the company’s “American...