Press Releases

The Federal Trade Commission has issued an advisory opinion clarifying when the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act allows a debt collector to notify a consumer that it has ceased trying to collect a...

The Federal Trade Commission has joined forces with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois to halt an illegal operation that sold lists of...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras will provide opening remarks to begin the FTC’s two-day public workshop to explore changes in the debt collection industry and examine their...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a complaint challenging Kyphon, Inc.’s (Kyphon) proposed acquisition of the spinal assets of Disc-O-Tech Medical Technologies, Ltd. and Discotech...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged the marketers of Kevin Trudeau’s book, “The Weight Loss Cure ‘They’ Don’t Want You to Know About,” with misrepresenting the book’s contents in their...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced complaints against seven online sellers of alternative hormone replacement therapy (HRT) products, alleging that they made health claims for their natural...

About two-thirds of Spanish-language ads for work at home opportunities were potentially deceptive, out of the more than 300 found by the Federal Trade Commission and partners during a two-day surf of...

On December 10 and 11, 2007, the Federal Trade Commission will host a public workshop, “Security in Numbers: SSNs and ID Theft,” to explore the uses of Social Security numbers in the private sector...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced it will not continue with administrative litigation challenging Western Refining, Inc.’s acquisition of Giant Industries, Inc. The vote to dismiss the...

The Federal Trade Commission today charged four companies and their principals, Miriam and Robert Lovinger, with deceptively marketing a “debt settlement” operation that allegedly failed to provide...

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a press briefing to describe recent efforts to combat fraud targeting Spanish speakers, including recent law enforcement actions, a work-at-home ad review, and...

The Federal Trade Commission today described for Congress its study concerning credit-based insurance scores and automobile insurance. Announced in July, the study found that these scores are...

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

Operators who infected more than 15 million computers with destructive, intrusive spyware will give up $330,000 in ill-gotten gains from their venture to settle FTC charges that their scam violated...

FTC approval of petition to reopen and modify Commission order: Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved a petition to reopen and modify an FTC order concerning Duke Energy...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a complaint seeking civil penalties against a New Jersey-based telemarketer that allegedly made misrepresentations to consumers when fund-raising for...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced its challenge of Mylan Laboratories’ (Mylan) proposed $6.6 billion acquisition of Germany’s E. Merck oHG (Merck), alleging that the transaction would...

The Federal Trade Commission is launching a pilot program to strengthen international enforcement relationships with counterpart agencies abroad. The first International Fellow, from Brazil’s...

A one-day “back to basics” workshop on complying with truth-in-advertising laws is being presented on Thursday, October 25, 2007, by the Federal Trade Commission’s Southwest Region and the Better...

Presenting Federal Trade Commission testimony today before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary’s Task Force on Antitrust and Competition Policy, Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras...