The Federal Trade Commission today announced a settlement agreement between Rowe International, Inc., the manufacturer of the popcorn vending machines sold by the defendants sued by the FTC in 1995 as...

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that Bell Connections, Inc. and four individuals, defendants in a case the FTC filed in federal district court in Los Angeles last January as part of...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following action. Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with...

Jeannette L. Douglass of Sheridan, Indiana, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that potential earnings and profit claims made by the Computer Business Services, Inc. were false and...

Four federal agencies and 70 state and local law enforcement officials from 24 states have notified operators of over 500 websites that they may be promoting illegal pyramid schemes in violation of...

A Franklin, New Hampshire, woman charged by the Federal Trade Commission earlier this year with deceptively marketing employment services as a telemarketer for a “job placement” firm, has agreed to...

The Federal Trade Commission has negotiated settlements to end its litigation against two southern California men, Walter D. Channels and James Martin Coose, in connection with the allegedly...

Premier Products, Inc., marketers of the "Miracle Thaw" food thawing tray -- an aluminum tray advertised for its ability to thaw food quickly -- and Comtrad Industries, Inc., a marketer of the...

A telemarketing "recovery room" operation in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and its principals, have agreed to settle federal charges that they falsely claimed that they would recover a substantial portion of...

The Federal Trade Commission said today that J.C. Penney Company, Inc., the parent company of Thrift Drug, Inc., has agreed to divest a total of 161 drug stores in North and South Carolina by March...

The Federal Trade Commission staff has advised the Southwest Florida Oral Surgery Associates (SFOSA) that its proposal to form a "Cooperative" for the purpose of jointly marketing their services to...

A California couple sued by the Federal Trade Commission over their role in an allegedly deceptive credit repair scheme has agreed to post a $250,000 performance bond before engaging in, or assisting...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received an application for approval for a transaction from the following...

Thadow, Inc., and its president, defendants named in a 1995 Federal Trade Commission lawsuit, have agreed to pay $130,000 to be used for consumer redress, as part of a settlement resolving charges...

Dwight’s EnergyData, Inc. (Dwight’s), the largest supplier of U.S. gas and oil production data, has agreed to license its data to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its merger with a major...

Natural Innovations, Inc., company president Dr. William S. Gandee, and World Media T.V., Inc., have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges stemming from the advertising and sale of "The...

The Boeing Company will settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its $3.025 billion acquisition of Rockwell International Corporation's Aerospace and Defense business would violate antitrust laws...

The FTC staff comments were made in response to a request from Ron Stephens, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Illinois House of Representatives. Current Illinois law bars car rental firms...

In a case that will mark the first time the U.S. government has obtained an asset freeze issued by a foreign court and returned the frozen funds to American telemarketing fraud victims, the Federal...

Commission action regarding applications for prior approval: Following a public comment period, the FTC has ruled on applications from the following: The Commission has approved the application of...