The staff of the Federal Trade Commission filed a comment on May 29, 1998, with the Maine Department of the Attorney General and Public Utilities Commission regarding "The Interim Report on Market...

What: Federal Trade Commission Report on Privacy Online The report assesses the current state of industry self-regulation as a means of protecting consumer privacy -- including children's privacy --...

Konrad King, and his company, Konrad King, Inc. of Las Vegas, Nevada, have settled Federal Trade Commission charges stemming from their role in the FTC's case against Woofter Investment Corporation...

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

Southwest Marketing Concepts, Inc., d/b/a The Journal -- The Voice of Law Enforcement, and its principal, Stephen Inmon, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they misrepresented...

Companies that used celebrities, including Robin Leach, to tout luxury vacations in tropical settings, have been charged by the Federal Trade Commission with operating a scam in violation of federal...

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: The Commission has granted a petition from...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged a New York-based drycleaning operation with providing wedding gown manufacturers with care labels that violate the Care Labeling Rule, and with falsely...

Five institutional pharmacies have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they unlawfully fixed prices, leading to higher reimbursement levels for serving Medicaid patients in Oregon...

The Federal Trade Commission has denied a petition from the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) proposing the Commission initiate a rulemaking proceeding to prohibit the issuance of travel agent...

The Federal Trade Commission today told a Senate subcommittee that legislation to combat credit identity theft could help consumers by defining identity theft as a crime and providing for consumer...

A company that claimed consumers could earn big money by investing in its home-based medical "billing center" business opportunity has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its...

A home is often a consumer's greatest, single asset and home equity fraud can rob consumers of their homes and the equity they have spent years building. Because of an increasing number of consumer...

Staff of the Federal Trade Commission have advised Phoenix Medical Network, Inc., a proposed physician network in Erie, Pennsylvania, that they have no present intention to recommend a challenge to...

A business that claimed it could obtain unsecured credit cards -- even for consumers with past credit problems -- for up-front "processing fees" of up to $129 has agreed to settle Federal Trade...

The staff of the Federal Trade Commission today filed a comment with the Louisiana Public Service Commission (PSC) in response to its request for comments about the "Market Structure, Market Power...

Darryl André, and three other individual defendants, operating under a host of assumed names, including Premier Card Services, have agreed to settle federal and state charges that they deceptively...

The remaining two defendants sued by the Federal Trade Commission in 1995 as part of "Project Telesweep" -- a nationwide crackdown on business opportunity fraud -- have agreed to settle the federal...

The Federal Trade Commission today unveiled a "roadmap" on the Web that will show consumers how to protect their personal information from public access. This "one stop shop" for consumer privacy...

A company that promised fabulous earnings for investors in an Internet website development business has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated the FTC’s Franchise Rule. The...