The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following action. Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received an application for approval of a transaction from the following. The...

The Asociacion de Farmacias Region de Arecibo ("AFRA") and Ricardo Alvarez Class ("Alvarez") (together referred to as "respondents"), have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they...

An association of marine pilots in Oregon has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it monopolized and unreasonably restrained competition in the market for pilotage services on the...

Alyce Designs Inc. and two corporate officers have agreed to pay a $36,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they violated the Care Labeling Rule by selling wedding gowns...

As growing numbers of consumers participate in the global marketplace, the issue of international consumer protection is becoming increasingly relevant, the Federal Trade Commission said today as it...

What: According to "Price Check II," a survey of the accuracy of electronic price scanners used in retail stores, consumers need to pay attention at the checkout counter because the prices of 1 in 28...

La Federal Trade Commission, la U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Santé Canada, et le Secretaria de Salud du Mexique ont annoncé aujourd'hui l'adoption d'une entente sur des stratégies mixtes visant...

The Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Health Canada, and the Secretaria de Salud of Mexico today announced the adoption of an agreement on Joint Strategies to Combat...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged Franklin Credit Services, Inc., Amansco Credit Services, Inc., and the companies' principal owner, James Michael Christensen, with falsely representing to...

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

Iomega Corporation, the world's leading manufacturer of portable data storage products, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated the FTC's Mail Order Rule when it failed...

New Vision International, Inc., a multi-level marketing company that sells nutritional supplements, its affiliated company, NVI Promotions, L.L.C., and their principals, Jason P. Boreyko and Benson K...

The American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM) has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it made unsubstantiated and false advertising claims that non-surgical, EDTA...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following action: The Commission has voted to approve Supervalu's request for a shortened comment period on its application to divest two stores in...

On November 23, 1998, U.S. District Judge Linda H. McLaughlin in Santa Ana, California, sentenced Lonny Remmers, a defendant in a case stemming from the Federal Trade Commission's "Project Scofflaw,"...

Daniel W. Fisher and J. Todd Tidmore, named as defendants in the Federal Trade Commission’s "Project Field of Schemes" investment fraud cases, have agreed in separate settlements to post performance...

The effective date of the Formal Interpretation under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR) rules setting forth the conditions under which the creation, or acquisition of an interest in, a Limited Liability...

Robert M. Oliver, who promoted a business opportunity through material posted on an Internet site that promised potential purchasers that they could set-up the "Consumer Protection Agency" for the...

A founder of FutureNet, a company that was promoted as a multi-level marketing program, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the program was actually an illegal pyramid scheme...

The Federal Trade Commission has granted the request of Navistar International Transportation Corporation for an exemption from the FTC's Franchise Rule with regard to the company's truck dealership...