The Federal Trade Commission today announced the completion of its investigation of various marketing and distribution practices employed by the major oil refiners in Arizona, California, Nevada...

Commission approval of proposed divestitures: The Commission has approved five divestiture requests from El Paso Energy Corp. regarding the following: 1) the sale of a 0.48 percent interest as a...

Staff of the Federal Trade Commission's Division of Enforcement today announced that they have sent warning letters to more than 60 manufacturers and retailers of ultrasonic pest-control devices...

Modern Concept Marketing, Inc., its president, Joseph Moadeb, and its vice president, Sam Jenkala, have agreed to pay $2 million for consumer redress to settle federal charges that they operated a...

Advanced Public Communications, Corporation, James L. Bianco, Jr. and Michael Drucker, three of the four defendants named in a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission as part of a nationwide...

On Friday, April 27, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted preliminary approval to a plan of distribution in the FTC's and the 50 states' settlement in the lawsuit against Mylan...

The Federal Trade Commission today once again reminds students to choose their travel providers carefully and announces it has settled the last case of alleged travel fraud brought through 1999's...

Chairman Robert Pitofsky today reiterated his intention to resign as Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission upon confirmation of his successor, but announced his intention to depart regardless of...

Consent agreement given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement regarding the following: Alaska Healthcare Network, Inc. The Commission...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced individual settlements with Victor Stanley Wilcox, Belinda Sweeney, and Lee Sumner Churchill, defendants named in a June 2000 lawsuit for allegedly...

The Federal Trade Commission today told a Senate Subcommittee that it favors legislation to limit junk e-mail by allowing consumers to refuse to receive it and imposing penalties on those who ignore...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky presented the Commission's testimony today before the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism of the Committee on...

The Federal Trade Commission today released a follow-up report to its September 2000 Report, Marketing Violent Entertainment to Children: A Review of Self-Regulation and Industry Practices in the...

Responding to the challenges posed by cross-border Internet fraud and working to enhance consumer protection and consumer confidence in e-commerce, the United States and twelve countries * today...

WHAT: On April 24, at 11:15 a.m., the Federal Trade Commission will hold a press conference to unveil econsumer.gov, a joint effort to gather and share cross-border e-commerce complaints. econsumer...

The Federal Trade Commission is pleased to note the appointment, announced today, of Terry Calvani to be a Commissioner of the Irish Competition Authority. Terry served as a Federal Trade Commissioner...

National Vending Consultants, a New Mexico based-company, and its principals, Patrick Abeyta, Jr. and Debra Abeyta, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they failed to provide...

Appointment of Molly S. Boast as Director of the Bureau of Competition The Federal Trade Commission appointed Molly S. Boast as Director of the Bureau of Competition by a vote of 4-1, with...

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

The Federal Trade Commission announced that it has received clearance from the Office of Management and Budget under the Paperwork Reduction Act to conduct a study of U.S. generic drug competition...