The Federal Trade Commission has negotiated settlement agreements with the three individual defendants named in the FTC's business opportunity fraud case against Second Income, Inc. and Silver Shots...

A federal district court judge has ordered American Inventors Corporation (AIC), American Institute for Research and Development, Inc. (AIRD), and two individuals, Ron Boulerice and John Samson...

Dahlberg, Inc. has agreed to pay a $2.75 million civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the company made numerous false and unsubstantiated claims for its Miracle-Ear "Clarifier...

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that, effective Jan. 2, 1996, administrative orders issued prior to Aug. 16, 1995, will expire automatically 20 years after they were issued, absent the...

You soon may see the name "lyocell" in the fiber content labels of some of the clothes you purchase. The Federal Trade Commission has proposed to allow clothing manufacturers to use the new name for a...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Port Washington Real Estate Board (the Board), settling allegations that it restrained competition in the provision of...

The Federal Trade Commission has reached settlement agreements that will recover almost $900,000 and which could ultimately make available a total of $1.8 million for redress to small businesses...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Silicon Graphics, Inc., settling charges that the Mountain View, California-based company's acquisition of two of the...

McCormick & Company, Inc. has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to end the company's obligation, until 2003, to obtain FTC approval before acquiring any interest in, or assets of, a company that...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with National Dietary Research, Inc. (NDR), The William H. Morris Company, and their owner, William H. Morris, settling...

In an effort to harmonize American clothing labeling regulations with those of Canada and Mexico, the Federal Trade Commission today proposed to allow the use of certain care symbols, rather than...

The Federal Trade Commission has granted the petition of Kraft Foods, Inc. to set aside an old order that applied to Kraft as a successor to the National Dairy Products Corporation. The Commission...

The Federal Trade Commission has determined that an octane label proposed by Gilbarco, Inc. that is smaller than required under an FTC rule still would clearly and conspicuously disclose to consumers...

Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation has applied to the Federal Trade Commission for approval to divest the North Okaloosa Medical Center in Crestview, Florida, to Community Health Systems, Inc. of...

"In the last year, the Federal Trade Commission has crafted new techniques for dealing with several of the more intractable consumer and competition abuses in the marketplace. At the same time, the...

The Federal Trade Commission staff has advised Columbine Family Health Center that its proposal to add a provision to an agreement to share certain costs of providing outpatient care with Provenant St...

Nibblers, Inc. has agreed to pay a $10,000 civil penalty and both the firm and its president, Thomas Kiernan, have promised to properly and accurately disclose key information to future investors in...

MTH Holdings, Inc. has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to reopen and set aside provisions of a 1989 consent order requiring prior Commission approval to acquire any grocery store in parts of...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with the Mustad International Group NV of Bulle, Switzerland, and its subsidiary, Mustad Connecticut, of Bloomfield...

A U.S. District Court judge ordered a Twinsburg, Ohio company to pay nearly $1.6 million in consumer redress and banned the company's president from further involvement with business opportunities and...