Press Releases

The Federal Trade Commission has finalized a new rule to fight two common types of illegal tactics consumers face when buying a car: bait-and-switch tactics and hidden junk fees. The new rule is...

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking to block Sanofi’s proposed acquisition of an exclusive license to Maze Therapeutics Inc.’s therapy in development for treatment of Pompe disease. The Commission...

The Federal Trade Commission has obtained proposed orders against the operators of a wide-ranging scheme known as “The Sales Mentor” that made millions by falsely promising consumers that they could...

The Federal Trade Commission has issued an order approving the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority’s 2023 budget as submitted to the Commission. On March 27, 2023, the Commission adopted...

Anticompetitive acquisitions and practices can chill fair competition, leading to higher health care costs, degraded working conditions, and less innovation across the health care and pharmaceutical...

The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against Florida-based EXOTOUSA LLC. (d/b/a Old Southern Brass) for falsely claiming that certain company products were manufactured in the U.S, and that...

The Federal Trade Commission is launching a claims process for consumers harmed by Credit Karma’s practice of misrepresenting that consumers were “pre-approved” for credit card offers. According to...

The Federal Trade Commission today sued 7-Eleven, Inc. alleging the convenience store chain violated a 2018 FTC consent order by acquiring a fuel outlet in St. Petersburg, Fla. without providing the...

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a virtual informal hearing on January 16, 2024, on the proposed amendments to the Negative Option Rule. During the hearing, which will be open to the public and...

The Federal Trade Commission has issued its 2023 Report on Ethanol Market Concentration . The Energy Policy Act of 2005 directs the Commission to perform an annual review of market concentration in...

The Federal Trade Commission today testified before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Responsiveness and Accountability to Oversight and updated the panel on the responses the FTC has provided to...

The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $3 million in refunds to businesses that paid for memberships to HomeAdvisor, Inc., a company affiliated with Angi (formerly known as Angie’s List)...

The Federal Trade Commission has issued an Order approving a modification to the Anti-Doping and Medication Control rules proposed by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority. The rule...

The Federal Trade Commission has approved an omnibus resolution authorizing the use of compulsory process in nonpublic investigations involving products and services that use or claim to be produced...

California-based CRI Genetics, LLC (CRI) will pay a $700,000 civil penalty and will be barred from a wide range of deceptive practices to settle charges from the Federal Trade Commission and the...

The Federal Trade Commission filed an amicus brief to address the anticompetitive harm that stems from improperly listed patents in the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) publication of “Approved...

The Federal Trade Commission is sending a second round of payments totaling more than $857,000 to consumers who were harmed by Illinois-based Napleton Automotive Group’s junk fees and discriminatory...

The Federal Trade Commission today sued to block John Muir Health’s proposed $142.5 million deal to acquire sole ownership of San Ramon Regional Medical Center, LLC from current majority owner Tenet...

The Federal Trade Commission issued its Fiscal Year 2023 Agency Financial Report. The report highlights the FTC’s accomplishments in protecting consumers and promoting competition and reaffirms the...

The Federal Trade Commission is announcing the Voice Cloning Challenge to help promote the development of ideas to protect consumers from the misuse of artificial intelligence-enabled voice cloning...