TrendMark International, Inc., a Memphis, Tennessee company, and its owners, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made a host of unsubstantiated weight loss and health...

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final consent agreements with the following entities. The Commission action makes the consent orders...

The staff of the Federal Trade Commission yesterday filed a comment with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) about the relationships between regulated electric utilities and their affiliated...

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final consent agreements with the following entities. The Commission action makes the consent orders...

Consumer Credit Services, Inc. (CCS), based in Las Vegas, Nevada, has agreed to settle charges that it defrauded consumers nationwide through the deceptive telemarketing of credit cards and lines of...

A group of Louisiana physicians has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it unlawfully fixed prices, which increased the cost of physician services and medical insurance coverage for...

In the latest development in the Federal Trade Commission’s case against a Nevada telemarketing operation doing business as the Sterling Group, Judge Lloyd D. George, of the U.S. District Court for...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a settlement with Designer Checks, Inc. of Anniston, Alabama. In a consent decree filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama...

The Federal Trade Commission today told the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee that the proliferation of deceptive, unsolicited commercial e-mail -- "spam" -- could undermine...

Commission action regarding petitions to reopen and modify FTC orders: Following a public comment period, the FTC has ruled on a petition from the following: A final order against Schnuck Markets, Inc...

In testimony today before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky cited globalization, deregulation and technological changes as some of the factors...

Image Sales & Consultants, Inc., a Fort Wayne, Indiana-based company, and its president, Michael Dague, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges stemming from their role in "Operation...

John D. Graubert has been named Deputy General Counsel of the Federal Trade Commission. Graubert has extensive experience in antitrust and other litigation matters before both administrative agencies...

Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received an application for approval of a transaction from the following. The FTC is seeking public comments on the application for 30 days...

Diageo plc has received Federal Trade Commission approval to sell the Dewar's Scotch, Bombay Gin and Bombay Sapphire gin brands to Bacardi & Company Limited for $1.9 billion, the agency announced...

What: PRESS CONFERENCE Who: William J. Baer, Director FTC Bureau of Competition When: 2:30 P.M, Monday, June 8, 1998 Where: Federal Trade Commission 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Room 432 Washington...

The Federal Trade Commission charged today that Intel Corporation, the world’s largest manufacturer of microprocessors, used its monopoly power to cement its dominance over the microprocessor market...

Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received applications for approval of transactions from the following. The FTC is seeking public comments on the applications for 30 days, until...

Consumers have little privacy protection on the Internet, the Federal Trade Commission said today as it released its "Report to Congress on Privacy Online." The report, a comprehensive analysis of the...

Representatives of the United States and the European Communities today signed an agreement clarifying the circumstances under which they will refer cases of anticompetitve activities to each other...