Commission authorization of the filing of staff comments: The Commission has authorized the staff of the Bureau of Economics and of the Office of the General Counsel to file comments with the Illinois...

Brent Chivers, doing business as Credit Card Services and Destyni Enterprises, agreed to pay $85,000 in consumer redress as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC alleged that...

Commission approval of final consent order: Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved the issuance of a final consent order in the matter concerning the Carlsbad Physician...

The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice (DOJ) today released a detailed schedule for a session of their joint hearings on health care and competition law and policy to be held June 25...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced coordinated actions against two companies - both charged with promoting the dietary supplement "Seasilver" with...

The Federal Trade Commission today told Congress that it is working with federal, state and local law enforcers, business groups, and consumers to prevent identity theft, provide victim assistance...

Two Federal Trade Commission officials, William Kovacic, General Counsel, and Joe Simons, Director of the Bureau of Competition, will participate in the second annual International Competition Network...

In the FTC's third case targeting companies that misrepresent the security of consumers' personal information, designer clothing and accessory marketer Guess, Incorporated has agreed to settle Federal...

Testifying on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission today before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Chairman Timothy J. Muris provided the FTC’s perspective on current marketplace issues involving...

Joined at Federal Trade Commission headquarters in Washington, DC, today by Herwig Schlögl, Deputy Secretary General of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and FTC...

The Federal Trade Commission will host a workshop, "Information Flows: The Costs and Benefits to Consumers and Businesses of the Collection and Use of Consumer Information," on Wednesday, June 18...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris and Commissioner Mozelle W. Thompson, Chair of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Committee on Consumer Policy, will...

Release of Commission report: The Commission has approved the release of the Federal Trade Commission's Preliminary Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2003-2008 for stakeholder review and comment, as...

The Federal Trade Commission's annual report on cigarette sales and advertising for 2001 shows that cigarette sales by manufacturers to wholesalers and retailers decreased 3.8 percent from 2000 levels...

Today the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a rule to eliminate unnecessary roadblocks to approval of generic drug products so that consumers have more meaningful choices among medicines...

Unither Pharma, Inc. and United Therapeutics Corporation have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made deceptive claims in advertising for their HeartBar product. The...

Health care business and policy experts will meet on Thursday, June 12, 2003 from 9:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST to discuss the design and implementation of employment-based health insurance and the...

Providing Federal Trade Commission reauthorization testimony today separately before the Subcommittee on Competition, Foreign Commerce, and Infrastructure of the Senate Commerce Committee and the...

Commission approval of proposed divestiture: The Commission has approved an action related to the final decision and order concerning MSC.Software Corporation (MSC), as detailed below. In August 2002...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged the marketers of a dietary supplement called Coral Calcium Supreme with making false and unsubstantiated claims about the product's health benefits. This...