Press conference to announce civil and criminal law enforcement initiatives targeting illegal spam operations announced by the FTC, Assistant U.S. Attorneys, Canadian Competition Bureau, and the...

Commission approval of staff comments: The Commission has approved the filing of comments by the staffs of the Bureau of Competition, the Bureau of Economics, and the Office of Policy Planning with...

The Federal Trade Commission has settled charges against three corporations and their owners and officers that the defendants used deceptive practices to promote their multilevel-marketing program and...

Satellite television provider DIRECTV will pay $5,335,000 to settle FTC charges that, since October 2003, DIRECTV and companies it hired to promote DIRECTV programming have been violating the Do Not...

Request for approval of consent order modifications: The Commission has received a request for approval of proposed modifications to a supply agreement required by a 1999 consent order with The...

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a press conference on Tuesday, December 13, 2005, at 11 am EST to announce the settlement with a major U.S. company over alleged violations of the FTC’s Do Not...

The Federal Trade Commission is offering energy conversation tips to help consumers save money in every room of the house. The Web site, Saving Starts @ Home : The Insider Story on Conserving Energy...

Publication of Federal Register notice: The Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice concerning final amendments to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Rules, 16 C.F.R. Parts 801...

Commission authorization of the staff to file amicus brief: The Commission has authorized the filing of an amicus brief in In re Tamoxifen Citrate Antitrust Litigation, a case pending before the U.S...

Shoe discounter DSW Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its failure to take reasonable security measures to protect sensitive customer data was an unfair practice that...

In a unanimous administrative opinion and order made public today, the Federal Trade Commission ruled that North Texas Specialty Physicians (NTSP), an association of independent physicians in the...

Two Internet-based companies and their principals are permanently barred from misrepresenting any product or service, and will pay refunds to their consumer victims to settle Federal Trade Commission...

Commission approval of application for revised safe harbor program: The Commission has approved an application submitted by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) asking that it be allowed to...

The Federal Trade Commission, together with the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), has announced that it will hold a series of public hearings designed to examine the...

According to a new study released today by the Federal Trade Commission, spammers continue to harvest email addresses from public areas of the Internet, but Internet Service Providers’ anti-spam...

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it found a high level of compliance in East Texas with the FTC’s Funeral Rule, which protects consumers from abusive practices in the funeral industry...

The Federal Trade Commission has launched a new Spanish-language consumer education campaign to help consumers stay safe online. The campaign, Alerta en Linea, is part of a broad initiative developed...

Release of Commission report: The Commission has authorized the staff to release publicly the FTC’s Performance Report for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005. As required by the Reports Consolidation Act of 2000...

Commission approval of final consent order: Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved the issuance of a final consent order in the matter concerning DaVita, Inc. and Gambro AB...

Spammers who sent millions of illegal e-mail messages – including sexually explicit messages – have paid $621,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their practices violated federal laws...