Press Releases

The Federal Trade Commission today issued a statement that explained its reason for closing the investigation of the $17 billion acquisition by Federated Department Stores, Inc. (Federated) of the May...

Commission approval of proposed agreement amendments: The Commission has approved a petition from the Dow Chemical Corporation (Dow) requesting certain amendments to the “Ineos Agreement,” which is...

Commission approval of proposed divestiture: The Commission has approved an application for proposed divestiture from Cytec Industries, Inc. , related to Cytec’s recent acquisition of the Surface...

Canadian defendants accused of fraudulently selling business directory listings have been banned from the business directory industry to settle charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission. The...

Commission approval of comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: The Commission has approved the filing of two comments with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) concerning: 1)...

The marketers of “Smoke Away” have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceptively marketed the dietary supplement kits by claiming they would allow smokers to quit smoking quickly...

Commission approval of proposed divestiture: The Commission approved an application for proposed divestiture by Cemex, S.A. de C.V. (Cemex) related to its recent acquisition of RMC Group PLC (RMC)...

I am pleased to report that, as of this week, the National Do Not Call Registry has topped 100 million phone numbers. This is a significant milestone for the Registry, which opened for business just...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged an employment-opportunity scammer and his three companies with marketing a fraudulent U.S. Postal Service employment program. The program offered consumers...

Release of Commission report: The Commission, with the concurrence of the Acting U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, has authorized the release of the Twenty-Seventh Annual Report to...

Consumerinfo.com, Inc., doing business as Experian Consumer Direct, has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceptively marketed “free credit reports” by not adequately disclosing that...

What: Press conference to announce settlement of FTC charges that an Internet marketer used the lure of a free credit reports to deceive consumers. When: 10 a.m., Tuesday, August 16, 2005 Where...

On Wednesday, September 21, 2005, the Federal Trade Commission and the State Bar of Arizona will hold a one-day back-to-basics workshop about complying with truth-in-advertising standards. Green...

The FTC’s annual report on cigarette sales and advertising shows that the major cigarette manufacturers spent $15.15 billion on advertising and promotional expenditures in 2003, an increase of $2.68...

Publication of Federal Register notice: The Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice concerning proposed amendments to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Rules, 16 C.F.R. Part 803...

Commission authorization of the staff to file joint amicus brief: The Commission has authorized the staff to file a joint amicus brief with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in the matter Illinois...

Partners Health Network, Inc., a physician-hospital organization (PHO) operating in northwestern South Carolina, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it orchestrated and carried...

Under the terms of a stipulation and modified consent decree approved by the Federal Trade Commission and submitted in federal court by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), KB Home, a California...

Advertising.com., Inc., now a subsidiary of America Online, Inc., has agreed to settle FTC charges that it violated federal law by offering free security software, but failing to disclose adequately...

Canadian telemarketers who duped consumers into revealing their bank account information and debited hundreds of dollars from their accounts have been permanently banned from engaging in telemarketing...