In the latest development in the Federal Trade Commission’s case against a Nevada telemarketing operation doing business as the Sterling Group, Judge Lloyd D. George, of the U.S. District Court for...

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

Consumer Credit Services, Inc. (CCS), based in Las Vegas, Nevada, has agreed to settle charges that it defrauded consumers nationwide through the deceptive telemarketing of credit cards and lines of...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a settlement with Designer Checks, Inc. of Anniston, Alabama. In a consent decree filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama...

Commission action regarding petitions to reopen and modify FTC orders: Following a public comment period, the FTC has ruled on a petition from the following: A final order against Schnuck Markets, Inc...

The Federal Trade Commission today told the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee that the proliferation of deceptive, unsolicited commercial e-mail -- "spam" -- could undermine...

In testimony today before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky cited globalization, deregulation and technological changes as some of the factors...

John D. Graubert has been named Deputy General Counsel of the Federal Trade Commission. Graubert has extensive experience in antitrust and other litigation matters before both administrative agencies...

Image Sales & Consultants, Inc., a Fort Wayne, Indiana-based company, and its president, Michael Dague, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges stemming from their role in "Operation...

Diageo plc has received Federal Trade Commission approval to sell the Dewar's Scotch, Bombay Gin and Bombay Sapphire gin brands to Bacardi & Company Limited for $1.9 billion, the agency announced...

Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received an application for approval of a transaction from the following. The FTC is seeking public comments on the application for 30 days...

The Federal Trade Commission charged today that Intel Corporation, the world’s largest manufacturer of microprocessors, used its monopoly power to cement its dominance over the microprocessor market...

What: PRESS CONFERENCE Who: William J. Baer, Director FTC Bureau of Competition When: 2:30 P.M, Monday, June 8, 1998 Where: Federal Trade Commission 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Room 432 Washington...

Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received applications for approval of transactions from the following. The FTC is seeking public comments on the applications for 30 days, until...

Representatives of the United States and the European Communities today signed an agreement clarifying the circumstances under which they will refer cases of anticompetitve activities to each other...

Consumers have little privacy protection on the Internet, the Federal Trade Commission said today as it released its "Report to Congress on Privacy Online." The report, a comprehensive analysis of the...

In testimony today before the House Committee on the Judiciary, William J. Baer, Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition, outlined, on behalf of the Commission, the agency’s...

Gary Walton, doing business as Pinnacle Financial Services, has agreed to settle federal charges that he allegedly assisted Canadian telemarketers in their fraudulent advance fee loan scheme directed...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following action. Consent agreement given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the...

The Federal Trade Commission joined with other federal agencies and filed comments on May 29, 1998, with the Federal Reserve Board (Board) advocating changes in its Regulation B and Regulation C. The...