W.W. Chambers Co., Inc., a Maryland-based funeral home operator, and its principals have been charged by the Federal Trade Commission with violating the FTC's Funeral Rule on numerous occasions by...

Two Las Vegas-based firms and two individuals, charged by the Federal Trade Commission with running a deceptive prize- promotion scheme to market vitamins, diet products and other items to consumers...

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that, based on evidence not available at the time it reached a settlement agreement with Nestle Food Company -- under which Nestle would have been required...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Haagen-Dazs Company, Inc., settling charges that the company made false and misleading low-fat claims for its frozen...

Good News Products, Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that health claims in advertising and promotional material for Good News Eggs were deceptive. Good News allegedly made...

Three northern Virginia automobile dealerships and their CEO and president, Jerry C. Cohen, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceptively adver- tised their "optional...

Body Wise International, Inc., based in Carlsbad, California, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it made deceptive weight-loss and cholesterol-reduction claims for its...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Schwegmann Giant Super Markets, Inc., settling charges that its acquisition of 28 supermarkets in New Orleans...

The Federal Trade Commission staff has advised Erlanger Medical Center, Memorial Hospital Division of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Health System, Inc., and Women's East, Inc., that the operation...

Atlas Supply Co., and its shareholders, Chevron U.S.A., Inc. and BP Exploration and Oil, Inc. (collectively, Atlas), have petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to terminate a 1951 FTC order...

Alvey Holdings, Inc. (now known as Pinnacle Automation, Inc.) and Alvey, Inc. have requested Federal Trade Commission approval to divest all of the assets of Alvey, Inc.'s wholly- owned subsidiary...

Federal Trade Commissioner Christine Varney will be Prodigy's special guest for a chat in the Prodigy Auditorium on Monday, June 5th, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Varney will respond to questions from...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Gateway Educational Products, Ltd. and its officers, John Shanahan and John Herlihy. The agreement, now a final and...

Reckitt & Colman PLC has asked the Federal Trade Commission for approval to divest its rug and room deodorizer assets to Block Drug Company, Inc. The assets to be divested include Reckitt's rights in...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Montedison S.p.A. and the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies, the world's largest polypropylene producers. The...

W L A R Co., of Falls Church, Virginia, and its owner, Michael K. Craig, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that they deceptively advertised five weight-loss and body-shaping...

The Federal Trade Commission has revised a telemarketing rule it proposed in February to focus more narrowly on deceptive and abusive telemarketing practices, but also to give law enforcement...

The Federal Trade Commission has filed charges against PAL Financial Services, Inc., a telemarketing boilerroom the agency says took in more than $315,000 of the $2.36 million raised in an allegedly...

A bill in the Nevada legislature that would restrict automobile brokering -- arranging the sale or lease of new cars and trucks to consumers for a fee -- could reduce competition and increase prices...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky has announced the formation of a special task force to review agency rules and policies governing litigation in administrative cases. The task force...