The Federal Trade Commission today announced it has revised a portion of its Environmental Marketing Guides ("Green Guides") to expand the definitions of certain terms to reflect current consumer...

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...

In its first action attacking the practice of "cramming" -- charging consumers on their actual phone bills or on look-alike bills for services they have not purchased -- the FTC today announced the...

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...

The Internet is quickly becoming the marketplace of choice for deceitful telemarketers and a new generation of fraud that uses increasingly sophisticated technology, according to a report issued today...

Petitions to reopen and modify or set aside orders: The FTC has received a petition from the following entity seeking changes in, or termination of, an FTC order. The FTC is seeking public comments on...

Navistar International Transportation Corporation has asked the Federal Trade Commission to exempt the company’s truck dealership operations from the disclosure requirements of the FTC’s Franchise...

The Federal Trade Commission today published in the Federal Register a final rule amending its procedures related to applications for prior approval of divestitures, acquisitions, or similar...

The Federal Trade Commission said today it will seek a federal district court order to block the proposed merger of Lucy Lee Hospital, owned by Tenet Healthcare Corporation (Tenet), and Doctors...

National Scholastic Society, Inc., doing business as University Society Publishers Periodicals, and David C. Beasley, Jr., have agreed to post a $250,000 performance bond before engaging in any...

federal district judge has issued a temporary restraining order and frozen the assets of an Internet merchant who used online "auction houses" to offer merchandise, but never delivered the goods to...

Michael Wroblewski has been named Advocacy Coordinator for the Federal Trade Commission. In that role, Wroblewski will oversee the FTC's program for providing comments, where requested, on consumer...

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

Operators of FutureNet, an alleged pyramid scheme, agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their scheme violated federal law. The settlement provides $1 million for consumer redress...

Staff of the Federal Trade Commission has advised the Magazine Publishers of America (MPA) that it would not recommend a challenge on antitrust grounds to the adoption of proposed Guidelines on...

Applications for approval of transactions: After a public comment period, the FTC has approved a petition from the following entity: The FTC has approved a request from TRW, Inc. to divest its...

As part of its ongoing periodic review of its rules and guides, the Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on its Guides Against Deceptive Labeling and Advertising of Adhesive Compositions...

As part of its ongoing periodic review of its rules and guides, the Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on its Guides for the Rebuilt, Reconditioned and Other Used Automobile Parts...

A federal district judge has issued a preliminary injunction, appointed a permanent receiver and frozen the assets of a company and three individuals that lured investors into paying as much as $10...

The booming economy has contributed to a dramatic increase -- from 1,500 to 3,700 -- in the number of merger filings received by the Federal Trade Commission in the last six years, said William J...