Laser Express of Tennessee, Limited., Inc., based in Nashville, and its owner, Jeff Richfield, have agreed to pay $374,000 in consumer redress to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they...

The Black and Decker Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiary, Kwikset Corporation, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they misrepresented that certain of Kwikset's...

Amendments to Commission rules and regulations: The Commission has approved amendments to the following: The FTC's Rules and Regulations Under the Fur Products Labeling Act (Fur Rules). The amendments...

The Federal Trade Commission has halted the operation of three Canadian telemarketing companies and five individuals who illegally market foreign lottery tickets to U.S. citizens. Buying and selling...

The Federal Trade Commission won its federal district court challenge of the proposed acquisition of the loose leaf chewing tobacco business of National Tobacco Company, L.P., by Swedish Match North...

Citing allegations that FMC Corporation ("FMC") and Japan's Asahi Chemical Industry Co. Ltd ("Asahi Chemical") engaged in a conspiracy to monopolize the world market for microcrystalline cellulose (...

The Federal Trade Commission has negotiated a proposed consent order designed to remedy the likely anticompetitive effects arising from the acquisition of two Pacific Gas & Electric ("PG&E")...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky today announced the resignation of Richard G. Parker, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition. Parker, who joined the Commission in February 1998...

Under the terms of a proposed consent order with the Federal Trade Commission, Computer Sciences Corporation's ("CSC") proposed $568 million acquisition of Mynd Corporation ("Mynd") would be allowed...

The Federal Trade Commission has approved, and will publish in the Federal Register, a Final Rule and Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPR) in connection with the Commission's Rule...

Release of FTC Holiday Shopping Alert: The Office of Consumer and Business Education, within the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, has recently released a Holiday Shopping Alert titled: "Buying...

The Federal Trade Commission today accepted a proposed consent agreement designed to remedy the anticompetitive effects resulting from Valspar Corporation's ("Valspar") acquisition of Lilly Industries...

Law enforcement authorities on both sides of the border have moved to halt a Vancouver-based telemarketing scam targeting senior citizens in the United States. At the request of the Federal Trade...

The Federal Trade Commission today accepted a proposed consent order that would allow the merger of pharmaceutical manufacturers SmithKline Beecham plc ("SB") and Glaxo Wellcome plc ("Glaxo"), while...

Defendants in two separate cases filed in federal district court as part of "Operation Misprint" have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges. In both cases, the FTC alleged that the...

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on proposed interpretations of the provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) that permit companies to communicate consumer information...

The Kohl Group, LLC., doing business as Federal Information Services, and its principals, Gregory Stewart Hall, Benjamin H. Kim, Douglas Lee and Mark Aaron Osborne, have agreed to post a $100,000...

The Federal Trade Commission has accepted a proposed consent order that would remedy the likely anticompetitive effects of the proposed merger of America Online, Inc. ("AOL"), the nation's largest...

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a press conference on Thursday, December 14, 2000, at 1:30 p.m. to discuss the action approved this morning regarding the proposed merger of America Online and...

An Internet business that bragged about the "high quality" of the templates it sold to help produce false identity documents has been ordered to halt the sales by a U. S. District Court at the request...