Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today named Calvin J. Collier the 2006 recipient of the Miles W. Kirkpatrick Award. Citing Collier’s significant contributions to the agency and...

Issuance of Commission report: The Commission has issued a study entitled “ 2006 Report on Ethanol Market Concentration” that examines the current state of ethanol production in the United States and...

Capital Acquisitions and Management Corp. and affiliated companies will pay $1 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their debt collection practices violated federal law. The...

The Federal Trade Commission has issued a report to Congress under Section 319 of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003, which requires the FTC to study the accuracy and completeness...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division today announced that the latest in a series of joint public hearings designed to examine the implications of single-firm...

Application for proposed divestiture: The Commission has received an application for approval of proposed divestiture from Linde AG and The BOC Group plc concerning an August 29, 2006, FTC consent...

A Florida business and its owner, who marketed purported height-enhancing pills for kids and young adults, will pay $375,000 to settle charges that their advertising claims were deceptive. The Federal...

Commission authorization of the staff to file amended complaint: The FTC has authorized the staff to file an amended complaint in the matter currently pending against Datacom Marketing Inc. and other...

Commission receipt of application for proposed divestiture: The Commission has received an application for approval of proposed divestiture from Dan L. Duncan; EPCO, Inc.; Texas Eastern Products...

Issuance of Commission report: The Commission has authorized the staff to release publicly the FTC’s Performance and Accountability Report (PAR) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2006. As required by the Reports...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that a U.S. district court judge in Nashville, Tennessee, has ruled Timothy Scott Jackson, Dora Helena Ortegon, and GIS, Inc. (GIS), guilty of civil...

The nation’s two largest funeral home and cemetery chains have reached an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission, which contended that Service Corporation International’s (SCI) proposed...

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, the District Court for the Southern District of New York has permanently banned a group of Miami-based defendants from making misrepresentations when...

Defendants involved with operations that secretly downloaded spyware that changed settings on consumers’ computers, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their practices violated...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division today announced that the latest in a series of joint public hearings designed to examine the implications of...

Guidance Software Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its failure to take reasonable security measures to protect sensitive customer data contradicted security promises...

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that Commission actions from the past 37 years, including documents previously available to the general public only in book form, are now available on the...

The Federal Trade Commission is presenting half-day “back to basics” workshops on complying with truth-in-advertising laws, Green Lights & Red Flags: FTC-BBB Rules of the Road for Advertisers &...

Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today announced several recent appointments and promotions that reinforce the agency’s commitment to maintaining a leadership role in competition enforcement and policy...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today announced that Mary Beth Richards will join the agency as Deputy Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection. Richards comes to the FTC...