Press Releases

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on a proposal to amend the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule to make permanent a temporary provision in the Rule allowing operators...

The Federal Trade Commission has postponed the effective date of rule provisions it adopted December 16, 2004, establishing criteria for determining whether the primary purpose of an e-mail message is...

Four defendants operating a college financial aid scam have agreed to a multimillion dollar judgment with the Federal Trade Commission. The Commission filed its action as part of the Southwest...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged a network of corporations and individuals with using spam to sell access to online pornography. The FTC alleges that the defendants, acting as a single...

Commission appointment of interim monitor: The Commission has approved the appointment of Quantic Regulatory Services, LLC (Quantic) as interim monitor in the matter concerning Cephalon, Inc.’s...

What: Media Availability to detail the FTC’s first law enforcement actions targeting companies that spam consumers with sexually-explicit e-mails in violation of the Adult Labeling Rule, the CAN-SPAM...

The Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition today issued a summary of agreements filed with the Commission in fiscal year 2004 (ending September 30, 2004) by generic and branded drug...

Commission approval of Federal Register notice: The Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice announcing the regulatory review of two rules scheduled for 2005, as well as...

In an administrative opinion announced today, the Federal Trade Commission ruled that Chicago Bridge & Iron Company (CB&I) illegally acquired certain Pitt-Des Moines, Inc. (PDM) assets. CB&I completed...

A company that heavily advertised an herbal dietary supplement called “Sagee” to the Chinese-language and Vietnamese-language communities has settled Federal Trade Commission charges of making false...

In the aftermath of the tsunami, the Federal Trade Commission is urging consumers to be cautious of potential charity scams. Fraudsters may take advantage of the tragedy by creating bogus fundraising...

Commission approval of proposed divestiture : The FTC has granted approval for Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (Enterprise) and Dan L. Duncan to divest the Enterprise Propane Storage Interest in...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras announced today that William E. Kovacic, FTC General Counsel, will leave the Commission December 31 to return to academic life as the E. K...

Commission approval of petition to reopen and modify final order: The Commission has approved a petition from Liberty Media Corporation (Liberty) requesting that the FTC reopen and modify the final...

In February and March 2005, the Federal Trade Commission, the National Academies’ Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP), and the American Intellectual Property Law Association...

“Check overpayment” scams target consumers selling cars or other valuable items through classified ads or online auction sites. Unsuspecting sellers get stuck with a big loss when scammers pass off...

The Federal Trade Commission will host a public conference in Washington, DC, on January 14, 2005, to examine two recent studies focusing on the price effects of mergers and concentration in the...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that a Florida federal district court has ordered Jack L. Schrold, a defendant under order in a civil case filed by the Department of Justice on behalf of...

Petition to reopen and modify final order: The Commission has received a petition from Aventis S.A. (Aventis), the successor company to Hoechst AG and Rhone-Poulenc S.A. (RP) (the respondents), to...

Beginning January 1, 2005, the Federal Trade Commission’s Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) will require telemarketers to access the National Do Not Call Registry and purge newly-registered numbers from...