The Federal Trade Commission has launched the seventh annual National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW), February 6-12, 2005, in cooperation with federal, state and local agencies, and national advocacy...

Commission approval of final consent order: Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved a final consent order in the matter concerning Genzyme Corporation and ILEX Oncology, Inc...

Christopher Tomasulo, a defendant named in a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit against an operation that sold bogus credit cards through telemarketing, is banned from selling credit-related products...

The Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Economics today released an Economic Issues paper entitled, “Transparency at the Federal Trade Commission: The Horizontal Merger Review Process, 1996-2003.”...

An adult Web site operation that used illegal spam to drive customers to its site has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the spam was deceptive and unfair and violates federal law...

The Federal Trade Commission today released its annual report detailing consumer complaints about identity theft and listing the top 10 categories of fraud-related complaints filed with the FTC in...

Application for approval of proposed divestiture: The Commission has received a petition for approval of proposed divestiture from Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (Enterprise) and Dan L. Duncan...

The Federal Trade Commission today issued a “Facts for Business” guide to help businesses avoid hiring people with phony degrees. “ Avoid Fake-Degree Burns By Researching Academic Credentials”...

Commission comments on GAO report on National Do Not Call Registry: The Commission has submitted comments to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) concerning a new GAO report evaluating the...

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

The Federal Trade Commission and Mexico’s consumer protection agency, the Procuraduría Federal del Consumidor (Profeco), today signed a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote enhanced...

Two companies targeting Spanish-speaking consumers with claims that they could improve consumers’ credit ratings have violated federal laws, according to the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC has...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras announced today that Executive Director Rosemarie Straight will retire after 22 years of service to the agency. Majoras has designated Judith...

emuel Apelar and John Mitchell, the remaining defendants in the case against Jubilee Financial Services and its related debt negotiation companies, are banned from advertising, marketing, or providing...

The Federal Trade Commission’s Southwest Region - Dallas and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service will host a press conference on THURSDAY, January 27, 2005, at 12:30 p.m. CST to highlight a one-day...

Publication of Federal Register notices: The Commission, by a vote of 5-0, has authorized publication of a Federal Register notice announcing the revised thresholds for the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR)...

Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has issued its final regulation to improve required notices in prescreened offers for credit or insurance. The notices, among other...

Officers of a company that directed an international telemarketing network that defrauded hundreds of thousands of consumers through the deceptive telemarketing of bogus advance-fee credit cards are...

Commission approval of proposed license-back agreement: The Commission has approved a petition from BayerCropScience AG (BCS), requesting that the FTC amend the Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA)...

A U.S. District Court Judge has found that the Federal Trade Commission has “demonstrated a likelihood of success on the merits” against two of the defendants named in the FTC’s action against two...