Commission approval of final consent order: The Commission has approved a final consent order in the matter concerning Hi-Health Supermart Corporation, et al . The Commission vote approving the final...

The Federal Trade Commission and state and local law enforcement officials today announced 55 law enforcement actions as part of their ongoing collaborative campaign to stop fraud exploiting the...

Operators of online malls that disguised themselves as legitimate business opportunities have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they were actually illegal pyramid schemes, in violation of...

The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a joint letter today urging the Alabama State Senate to reject House Bill 156, because it would change current law to restrict the...

The Federal Trade Commission published a Federal Register notice today seeking public comment on certain definitions and substantive provisions under the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited...

FTC to Announce Most Recent Results of Hispanic Law Enforcement and Outreach Initiative The Federal Trade Commission’s Southeast Region – Atlanta and U.S. Postal Inspection Service will host a media...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will jointly sponsor a workshop on marketing, self-regulation, and childhood obesity on July 14 and 15, 2005...

Petition for approval of proposed divestiture: Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. (Magellan) has filed a petition requesting the Commission’s approval of the proposed divestiture of certain assets...

Operators who sent illegal spam and made deceptive claims for a bogus fuel-saving product that doesn’t save fuel have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that their e-mail and Web sites violated...

The National Do Not Call Registry has been “enormously successful,” according to the Federal Trade Commission. In a statement submitted today to the Committee on Industry, Natural Resources, Science...

Each year, millions of students seek help in financing their college education, and some fall prey to scholarship and financial aid scams that “guarantee” money for college in exchange for a fee. In...

Petition to reopen and set aside Commission order: The Commission received a petition to reopen and set aside a final consent order in the matter concerning Lafarge S.A.’s (Lafarge) 2001 merger with...

This year, instead of giving your mother something she doesn’t need for Mother’s Day, you can give her something she can really use. A new Mother’s Day e-card that’s sent with love from you and FTC...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a consent order settling charges that an independent practice association, representing two orthopaedic groups in Cincinnati, Ohio, violated antitrust laws...

A U.S. district court judge has held Integrated Capital, doing business as National Student Financial Aid (NSFA), and its principal, Alan Wilson, in contempt for violating terms of an August 2003...

The Federal Trade Commission today issued its eighth quarterly announcement summarizing the agency’s enforcement efforts against telemarketing fraud and abuse. The quarterly enforcement update lists...

Commission approval of final consent order: Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved a final consent order in the matter concerning Vision I Properties, LLC, d/b/a Cartmanager...

The Federal Trade Commission filed two proposed stipulated orders in federal court resolving charges that the marketers of AB Energizer, an electronic abdominal exercise belt, falsely advertised that...

Commission authorization of the staff to file amended complaint: The Commission has authorized the staff to file an amended complaint in the case currently pending against CHK Trading Corp., et al....

The Federal Trade Commission today filed a petition with the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, in Atlanta, Georgia, requesting that the Court vacate its March 8, 2005 decision in the matter...