The Federal Trade Commission has approved Oerlikon-Buhrle Holding AG's application to divest its compact disk metallizer business to Diana Beteiligungs und Verwaltungs Gesellschaft GmbH. The...

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a public workshop on December 7 and 8 to discuss "green" advertising and labeling, and how well its guides on environmental claims have been working...

The Federal Trade Commission has granted in part the Nov. 20, 1995 petition of American Stores Company by ending the company's obligation to obtain FTC approval before making certain retail grocery...

The Federal Trade Commission has decided to retain its Used Car Rule, which requires automobile dealers to post important warranty information in "Buyers Guides" on any used cars they offer for sale...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Treasury Department today signed an agreement providing for Treasury to collect millions of dollars in judgments obtained in FTC consumer protection cases. The FTC...

STP Corporation, and its parent corporation, First Brands Corporation, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they violated a 1976 FTC order under which they are prohibited from...

The Federal Trade Commission today ended its administrative challenge of a hospital merger in Joplin, Missouri, after concluding that further litigation in the case is not in the public interest. The...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with marketers of "Jogging in a Jug," a beverage made of apple juice, grape juice and vinegar, settling charges that they...

B.A.T Industries p.l.c. and its subsidiary, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, have applied for Federal Trade Commission approval to divest six brands of discount cigarettes to Lorillard Tobacco...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp., settling charges that its acquisition of John Randolph Medical Center in Hopewell...

The Kroger Co., Inc. has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to reopen and set aside a 1969 order that prohibits Kroger from knowingly inducing, receiving or accepting any discrimination in the...

Alleghany Corporation, of New York City, has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to reopen two FTC settlement orders and modify or end Alleghany's obligation under the orders to notify the FTC or...

The Federal Trade Commission has terminated a 1964 consent order as it applies to Albany International Corporation. The order settled charges that Papermakers Felt Association and its members --...

George Stephen Cary, a partner specializing in merger litigation at the southern California-based law firm of Irell & Manella for the past 11 years, has been named Senior Deputy Director of the...

Safe Brands Corporation, Warren Distribution, Inc. and ARCO Chemical Company have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the companies made unsubstantiated advertising claims about the...

The Tire and Rim Association, Inc., has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to terminate a 1962 consent order settling charges that the Association engaged in price-fixing. The Association seeks...

A Federal Trade Commission staff study has concluded that regulation of the trucking industry at the state level tended to raise trucking rates significantly. Using rates filed in the spring of 1987...

Unique Selling Propositions, Inc., doing business as Georgetown Galleries, and its owner, Richard Spring, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they misrepresented the investment...

The Federal Trade Commission has ended the obligation of Occidental Petroleum Corporation and Occidental Chemical Corporation to obtain Commission approval, until 2004, before acquiring the stock, PVC...

The Dannon Company, Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the company made false or misleading nutritional claims for its Pure Indulgence line of frozen yogurt. The FTC...