The president and chief financial officer of a Goleta, California-based firm that marketed job search services -- Stratified Advertising and Marketing, Inc., which also does business as Intelinet Data...

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the following entity. The Commission action makes the consent order...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice today announced revisions to their joint Merger Guidelines in order to clarify how the agencies analyze efficiency claims in mergers under...

A New Jersey telemarketer who allegedly bilked businesses and not-for-profits ranging from small retirement homes to The Chicago Symphony Orchestra by sending them unordered merchandise, billing them...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the policies and procedures it has implemented to minimize the burden on small businesses in complying with statutes and rules enforced by the agency. The...

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comments on whether to repeal, modify or expand its Amplifier Rule, which standardizes the measurement and disclosure of power, distortion and other...

After careful consideration, the Federal Trade Commission today rejected the proposed settlement in the Staples/Office Depot merger. Staples and Office Depot are two of the three largest office supply...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. Commission action regarding applications for approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has ruled on an application...

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on whether to modify, rescind or retain the provisions of the Ophthalmic Practice Rules which requires eye care practitioners to release eyeglass...

As part of an ongoing review of all Federal Trade Commission rules and guides, the FTC is seeking public comment about whether its Rule 703, which sets out its requirements governing informal dispute...

In its continuing effort to educate consumers with credit problems about their rights, the Federal Trade Commission today announced a number of new important tools to combat fraudulent credit repair...

The Federal Trade Commission said today that this summer it will distribute refunds from a $204,000 fund to consumers who purchased purported vehicle anti-corrosion devices sold by RustEvaders...

Autodesk, Inc., has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its $90 million acquisition of Softdesk, Inc., as originally proposed, would have substantially lessened competition in the...

As part of an ongoing review of the Rules and Guides it enforces, the Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment about whether to retain, discard or amend the Negative Option Rule. The Rule...

Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received an application for approval for a transaction from the following. The FTC is seeking public comments on the application for 30 days...

The Federal Trade Commission will provide a press availability on Tuesday, April 1st, the effective date for a new federal law, which provides consumers with better protection from fraudulent credit...

Cabot Hosiery Mills, Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the company violated the FTC's Textile Fiber Products Identification Act (Textile Act) when it sold to national...

Mauney Hosiery Mills, Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the company violated the FTC's Textile Fiber Products Identification Act (Textile Act) when it sold to national...

More than 85,000 consumers nationwide will be receiving refund checks totaling about $4 million by mid-April. The refund pool was funded by settlements the Federal Trade Commission negotiated in its...

The Federal Trade Commission has obtained a settlement agreement with Keith Berggren and the "credit repair" company through which he did business, Clear Your Credit, Inc. The agreement settles FTC...