The five companies that account for nearly all of the private brand manufacturing of analgesic products in the United States have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they falsely...

Directly following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the Federal Trade Commission stepped up its efforts to detect and deter fraudulent charitable fund-raising schemes...

An operation that deceptively sells its gold card by representing that it is a MasterCard or Visa has been shut down by a U. S. District Court at the request of the Federal Trade Commission. According...

Financial Services of North America, Inc., operating out of New Jersey, and Bernard Rann and Anthony Camporeale, have agreed to pay $239,793 for consumer redress as part of a settlement with the...

The owners and operators of www.playgirl.com, www.highsociety.com and scores of other adult entertainment Web sites will pay $30 million to settle Federal Trade Commission and New York State's...

In an action that could result in as much as $5 million being returned to defrauded consumers, the Federal Trade Commission today announced a settlement with Med Resorts International, Inc. of...

Federal Trade Commission Commissioner Mozelle W. Thompson is slated to host two separate panels next week -- one titled "The Good News About the New, New Economy" at Stanford University Law School on...

Consumers who are visiting Web sites and receiving e-mail claiming to sell Ciprofloxacin (Cipro) and other antibiotics to treat anthrax should consult a new Consumer Alert before they buy products...

The Federal Trade Commission's recent enforcement action against deceptive negative option marketing programs as well as Commission actions involving credit card sales and credit card loss protection...

Career Network, Inc. (CNI), based in Crown Point, Indiana, and its principals, Walter Turulis and Kathleen Key, are permanently banned from promoting or selling any employment good or service as part...

The Commission has received an application from America Online/Time Warner, Inc. (AOLTW) requesting approval of a non-affiliated Internet Service Provider (ISP) and alternative cable broadband service...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a settlement of charges that Airgas, Inc.'s (Airgas) purchase of the Puritan Bennett Medical Gas Business (Puritan Bennett) from Mallinckrodt, Inc. in...

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on a proposal to extend for two years the period during which Web sites directed to children can use an e-mail message from the parent, coupled...

The Federal Trade Commission today issued an administrative challenge to resolve competitive issues resulting from a February 2001 acquisition by Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. (CB&I) of the Water...

The Federal Trade Commission, Department of Justice, and top foreign antitrust officials today announced the launch of a new International Competition Network (ICN), which will provide a venue where...

The Commission has received a petition from the following to reopen and modify or interpret an existing order: Superior Court Trial Lawyers’ Association, In the Matter of Superior Court Trial Lawyers...

A group of buying clubs including Triad Discount Buying Service Inc., a Boca Raton-based business, its related companies and their operator, Ira Smolev will pay more than $9 million to settle charges...

Following a public comment period, the Commission has finalized a consent order regarding the following: Svedala Industri AB/Metso Oyj Corp. The vote to approve the final consent agreement was 4-0...

The Commission considered whether to direct staff to formulate a proposed consent agreement incorporating the latest settlement terms offered by the parties. The Commission's 2 -2 vote resulted in no...

Citing concerns that the transaction as proposed would lead to substantially less competition in the markets for the sale and distribution of rum in the United States, the Federal Trade Commission...