The Federal Trade Commission today announced that a federal district court has ordered Lonny Remmers, a defendant already under order in a civil case filed by the FTC against Satellite Broadcasting...

The Federal Trade Commission has ordered Brake Guard Products, Inc. to discontinue advertisements that claim their add-on braking system performed as effectively as factory installed antilock braking...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it will begin to distribute refunds from a $350,000 fund to consumers who signed up with Careers, Inc., a Michigan firm that deceptively marketed...

In a settlement announced today with the Federal Trade Commission, S.C. Johnson has agreed to divest a portion of the assets it would gain in its $1.125 billion acquisition of DowBrands, including Dow...

Companies promising jobs with the U.S. Postal Service are breaking federal law said the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Postal Service as they announced a national effort to "Stamp Out Job Fraud...

A Colorado resident, who responded to an ad announcing postal jobs that didn't exist, will tell his story at a press conference to be held jointly by the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Postal...

The two largest marketers of the electronic article surveillance systems used in retail stores to prevent shoplifting have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they agreed to...

The Federal Trade Commission has announced changes in the two threshold figures that define when it is unlawful for an individual to serve as an officer or director of two or more competing...

Three national advertising agencies have signed agreements with the Federal Trade Commission to resolve charges that they violated federal laws through certain car lease advertising. The settlement...

The Federal Trade Commission has settled a case against Parade of Toys, Inc. The case was one of 18 enforcement actions initiated under "Operation Trade Name Games" in August 1997. This cooperative...

Commission action regarding petitions to reopen and modify or set aside orders. Following a public comment period, the FTC has ruled on a petition from the following: The Commission has agreed to...

Residents of Paramus and Hillsdale, New Jersey, will continue to benefit from competition for cable television service as a result of an agreement between the Federal Trade Commission and Cablevision...

The Federal Trade Commission made public today the results of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide testing for 1,249 varieties of domestic cigarettes sold in 1995. The report to Congress, titled "Tar...

The Federal Trade Commission has extended until February 4, 1998, the public comment period on proposed revisions to the method currently used to determine the tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide...

Intel Corporation, the leading producer of microprocessors for personal computers, proposes to acquire the voting securities of Chips and Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier of graphics and video...

Eight marketers of self-help and health-related products promoted in radio and television infomercials have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that ad claims for their products were...

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final consent agreements with the following entities: Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.; Volkswagen...

DuPont Advanced Fiber Systems and BASF Corporation have each independently petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to change its Textile Labeling Rules to include generic names and definitions for new...

Approximately two-thirds of the Chicago metropolitan-area patients who undergo lithotripsy -- a non-surgical, shock-wave treatment for stones -- are treated at one or the other of two Parkside Kidney...

The Federal Trade Commission has filed suit in federal district court alleging that Alpine Industries, Inc., a company based in Tennessee and Minnesota, has violated a 1995 Commission order by...