Protecting competition for the sale of prescription drug Ovcon, the Federal Trade Commission today announced that it has agreed to settle its complaint against Warner Chilcott, which manufactures the...

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

The Federal Trade Commission today announced its decision to challenge Barr Pharmaceutical, Inc.’s proposed acquisition of Pliva d.d for approximately $2.5 billion. The FTC’s complaint alleges that...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), working with government agencies in Mexico and Canada, have launched a drive to stop deceptive Internet advertisements...

The millions of dollars that consumers were promised were only a dream, but the consequences confronting the swindlers who tricked them are real, now that the Federal Trade Commission has charged them...

That’s the message from “We Don’t Serve Teens,” a national campaign to reduce underage drinking, which is helping parents protect their kids with www.DontServeTeens.gov, a Web site sponsored by the...

Publication of Federal Register notice: The Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice requesting comments on a proposal to collect information from food and beverage...

The Federal Trade Commission is charging the sellers of the “Centro Natural de Salud Obesity Treatment” with making false and unsubstantiated claims that their product causes rapid, substantial, and...

The Federal Trade Commission today charged that Thermo Electron Corporation’s proposed $12.8 billion acquisition of Fisher Scientific International, Inc. would harm competition in the U.S. market for...

WHO: Lydia Parnes, Federal Trade Commission Susan Molinari, The Century Council James Sgueo, National Alcohol Beverage Control Association Jacqueline Hackett, Students Against Destructive Decisions...

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal judge has stopped a Canadian billing scheme that, since 2001, has targeted businesses and municipalities nationwide, and hotels and resorts in...

In coordination with the FTC’s recent real estate competition law enforcement sweep, the Commission has issued a new Facts for Consumers publication entitled “Selling Your Home? Tips for Selecting a...

The Federal Trade Commission today charged two real estate groups operating multiple listing services in the Detroit, Michigan, area with illegally restraining competition by limiting consumers’...

The Federal Trade Commission is hosting a blog to provide information and a forum for feedback about its public hearings on “Protecting Consumers in the Next Tech-ade,” to be held November 6-8, 2006...

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a press event on Thursday, October 12, 2006, at 11 am EDT to announce the results of a real estate competition sweep that will include seven law enforcement...

Improving consumer access to broadband Internet service is an important goal for federal, state, and local governments. The possibility of competitive risks arising from municipal participation in...

Commission approval of amended complaint: The Commission has approved the filing of an amended complaint in the matter concerning Nationwide Connections, Inc. The original complaint, filed in March...

Commission approval of staff comments to the Virginia House of Delegates: The FTC has approved the filing of comments by the staffs of the Bureaus of Competition and Economics and the Office of Policy...

An Internet business that advertised and sold consumers’ phone records and records of credit card accounts to third parties has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated...

An insulation seller will pay a $104,257 civil penalty to settle charges that it made false and misleading performance claims about its insulation product known as “The Barrier.” The settlement...