The Federal Trade Commission has authorized its staff to seek a preliminary injunction to block the merger of Nestlé Holdings, Inc. and Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc., pending trial. In June 2002...

The Commission has received an application for approval of a proposed divestiture from ConocoPhillips, Inc. (ConocoPhillips), pursuant to a final decision and order with the FTC, announced on February...

The Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition, Joe Simons, will host a media briefing on Tuesday, March 4 at 4:30 p.m. EST, to field questions regarding a major FTC antitrust...

The Federal Trade Commission today issued an administrative complaint against Union Oil Company of California (Unocal) for allegedly committing fraud in connection with regulatory proceedings before...

The Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice regarding the regulatory review of the rules and regulations under the Hobby Protection Act, 16 C.F.R. Part 304. The notice...

Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved the issuance of a final consent order and letters to the commenters of record in the matter concerning the acquisition of Puerto Rico's...

Mrs. Fields Cookies and Hershey Foods Corporation have each agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their Web sites violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule by...

An international telemarketing network will continue to be barred from illegally marketing advance-fee credit card packages under a preliminary injunction entered by the U.S. District Court in Waco...

The first session of the Federal Trade Commission/Department of Justice joint hearings on health care and competition law and policy will begin Wednesday, February 26 at 1:30 p.m. The agenda for this...

The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice today released a detailed agenda for the March/April session of their joint hearings on health care and competition law and policy along with an...

The Commission has approved the filing of amended complaints in two matters currently pending against the Institute for International Licensing (IIL) and PT Resource Center (PTRC). The complaints...

Health care currently composes one-seventh of the U.S. gross domestic product, and concerns about cost, quality, and access are significant areas of policy interest. The Federal Trade Commission is...

Application for approval of proposed divestiture: The Commission has received an application for approval of a proposed divestiture from ConocoPhillips, Inc. (ConocoPhillips), pursuant to a final...

The Federal Trade Commission will host two public one-day workshops to explore the role of technology in helping consumers and businesses protect the privacy of personal information, including the...

Stating that the $827 million acquisition of Unilab Corporation (Unilab) by Quest Diagnostics, Inc. (Quest), as proposed, likely would be anticompetitive and lead to higher prices for clinical...

The Federal Trade Commission has asked a federal court to bring an end to the practices of a Canadian enterprise that charges consumers' credit cards and debits their bank accounts without...

In coordination with officials in Canada and Mexico, the Federal Trade Commission has charged CSCT, Inc., based in British Columbia, with making false claims that it can treat cancer by using an...

As part of its two-day "Partnerships Against Cross-Border Fraud" workshop, the Federal Trade Commission has released a report detailing consumer complaints about cross-border fraud and listing the top...

Cross-border fraud, in the form of advance-fee loan schemes, prize draws and sweepstakes, and foreign money offers, is emerging as a serious consumer problem. To discuss current trends and explore...

What: Press Conference to announce the latest law enforcement effort involving a foreign company offering bogus cancer treatment Where FTC Headquarters Building 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W...