Mozelle W. Thompson was confirmed last night by the U.S. Senate as a Commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission to a term that expires in September, 2003. Thompson, who has already assumed the...

Orson Swindle was confirmed unanimously by the U.S. Senate on March 19, as a Commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission to a term that expires in September, 2004. Commissioner Swindle, who received...

The Federal Trade Commission has announced another enforcement action aimed at curbing deceptive charitable solicitations on behalf of local law enforcement agencies. Civic Development Group, a...

A seller of prepaid phone cards has agreed to settle the Federal Trade Commission’s and the New York State Attorney General’s charges of deception in the advertising and sale of prepaid phone cards...

Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has approved a request from TRW, Inc. to shorten the public comment from 30 days to 10 days for the company’s application to divest TRW’s Ballistic...

The Federal Trade Commission's annual report to Congress on cigarette sales and advertising for 1996 shows a $212 million increase in advertising and promotional spending from 1995. According to the...

Predatory practices in the subprime mortgage lending market such as "equity stripping," "packing," and "flipping" and the threat these practices pose to vulnerable homeowners were the subjects of...

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that Robert James Smith, the owner of National Financial Services ("NFS"), a Baltimore, Maryland, debt collection agency, has paid a penalty of $625,810 to...

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

Jodie Bernstein, Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection, will participate in a news conference with Senator Charles E. Grassley and Senator John Breaux about abusive...

An administrative law judge has upheld Federal Trade Commission charges that ads claiming that Doan's pills are more effective in relieving back pain than other over-the-counter pain relievers are...

The Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice and the National Association of Attorneys General today released a "Protocol" for how federal and state agencies will conduct joint and...

According to the terms of a proposed consent order announced today by the Federal Trade Commission, Federal-Mogul, one of the world's leading producers of thinwall bearings used in car, truck and...

Consumers are still being bilked out of millions of dollars by bogus credit repair organizations, the Federal Trade Commission said today as it announced another project in its continuing effort to...

In the first law enforcement action targeting fraudulent, unsolicited commercial e-mail -- spam -- the Federal Trade Commission has asked a federal district court judge to permanently prohibit the...

Three businesses that used the allure of the Internet and hi-tech products to peddle fraudulent business opportunity and pyramid scams have been charged by the Federal Trade Commission with violating...

The Federal Trade Commission said today it will seek federal district court orders to prevent the proposed mergers of the nation's four largest drug wholesalers into two firms. According to the agency...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky testified today before the Senate Commerce Committee and presented Commission testimony that addresses advertising, marketing and antitrust issues in...

The Federal Trade Commission today published in the Federal Register final rule amendments to Rule 3.11A, which allows for expedited treatment of certain administrative adjudications before the agency...

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...