On June 9, 2005, the Federal Trade Commission, the National Academies’ Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP), and the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) will co...

Under a consent order announced today, the Federal Trade Commission will allow Occidental Chemical Company’s (OxyChem) proposed purchase of the chemical assets of Vulcan Materials Company (Vulcan)...

Petition to reopen and modify Commission order : The Commission has received a petition to reopen and modify a final order in the matter concerning White Sands Health Care System, L.L.C., Alamogordo...

The Federal Trade Commission has settled a complaint against Tropicana Products, Inc., in which it alleged the company misled consumers with claims that drinking two to three glasses a day of its...

Canadian operators who sold defective HIV test kits over the Internet have settled Federal Trade Commission charges of making deceptive advertising claims. The settlement bars the defendants from...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras and several FTC staff members will participate in the fourth annual International Competition Network (ICN) Conference in Bonn, Germany, on June...

Beginning today, a new federal rule will require businesses and individuals to take appropriate measures to dispose of sensitive information derived from consumer reports. Any business or individual...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras has named Maureen Ohlhausen to be Director of the agency’s Office of Policy Planning. Ohlhausen, who has served as the Office’s Acting Director...

Commission authorization of amicus brief filing: The Commission has authorized the filing of a joint amicus brief with the U.S. Department of Justice in the matter of Texaco, Inc. v. Dagher, Nos. 04...

Scarborough, Maine-based defendants are barred from making false or unsubstantiated claims about any weight-loss product or program, dietary supplement, food, or drug, and have agreed to pay $100,000...

Commission authorization of amicus brief filing: The Commission has authorized the filing of a joint amicus brief with the U.S. Department of Justice in the matter of Volvo Trucks North America v...

An operation that spammed millions of consumers with graphic sexual descriptions to drive traffic to their Web sites to “date lonely housewives” has been halted by the court at the request of the...

I have submitted my resignation as Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, effective June 30, 2005, or immediately upon the arrival of my replacement, if that is earlier. Working on behalf of...

An operator who charged consumers for services he did not deliver and misrepresented customers’ credit worthiness to the credit reporting agencies has been banned for life from operating a credit...

Concluding what it called a “thorough and exhaustive” 12-month process, the Federal Trade Commission today announced that it has closed its investigation into Shell Oil Products US’s (Shell) decision...

Federal Trade Commission Principal Deputy General Counsel John Graubert today presented the Commission’s testimony on new entry into hospital competition before the U.S. Senate’s Subcommittee on...

Issuance of response concerning the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act: The Commission has authorized the staff to issue a response to California’s Flagstar Bank (Flagstar), which had requested a preemption...

The Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a letter urging the Governor of Missouri to veto House Bill 174, because it would change current law to restrict the ability of...

The Federal Trade Commission and 35 government partners from more than 20 countries have targeted the technology trick used by illegal spammers to tap into consumers’ home computers and use them to...

Petition requesting Commission approval of agreement amendments: The Commission has received a petition from the Dow Chemical Corporation (Dow) requesting approval of certain amendments to the “Ineos...