Press Releases

At the conclusion of the International Competition Network's (ICN) conference held in Seoul, South Korea, antitrust agencies adopted four additional Recommended Practices for merger notification...

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on proposed rules under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) regarding further definition of the terms “identity theft” and...

Government agencies, private industry, and consumers must work vigilantly together to safeguard information security and help create a “culture of security,” according to Federal Trade Commission...

MTS, Inc., and Tower Direct, LLC, (“Tower”) have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that a security flaw in the Tower Web site exposed customers’ personal information to other Internet...

A U.S. district court judge has held Roy B. Goodman and his company, Ameritel Payphone Distributors, Inc., in civil contempt for violating the court’s February 2001 permanent injunction. The...

Commission denial of petition requesting a rulemaking proceeding: Following a review of a petition submitted to the FTC, the Commission has voted to deny the request for a rulemaking proceeding...

The Federal Trade Commission is clarifying an October 29, 2003, press release concerning its case against Alyon Technologies, Inc. Some consumers may have misunderstood the press release as permitting...

Grover Stewart, Senior Operations Manager of Nationwide Premium Cigar Distributors Corporation, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that he, as well as other Nationwide Premium...

Publication of Federal Register notice: The Federal Trade Commission is requesting public comment on various issues related to the state of competition in the contact lens industry. In connection with...

Providing a comment today before the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the staff of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureaus of Consumer Protection and...

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on a proposed rule regarding the proper disposal of consumer report information and records under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act...

Two Federal Trade Commission officials, William Kovacic, General Counsel, and Randolph Tritell, Assistant Director for International Antitrust, will participate in the third annual International...

WHAT: Public Workshop , "Monitoring Software on Your PC: Spyware, Adware, and Other Software." WHO: Howard Beales Director FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection WHEN: Monday, April 19, 2004 9:00 : Opening...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a final court order entered against six major New York- and New Jersey-based telemarketing companies and their principal resolving charges that the...

Joint Release Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Department of Housing and Urban Development Department of Justice Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Federal Housing Finance Board...

Starting May 19th 2004, spam that contains sexually oriented material must include the warning “SEXUALLY-EXPLICIT: ” in the subject line or face fines for violations of federal law. The CAN-SPAM Act...

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking comments on and requests to participate in a workshop, “Radio Frequency Identification: Applications and Implications for Consumers,” to be held June 21, 2004...

In response to requests from Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch and Deputy Senate Majority Leader Juan M. Pichardo, FTC staff have commented on seven state bills that contain so-called...

The Federal Trade Commission has issued an administrative complaint challenging Arch Coal Inc.’s (Arch) proposed acquisition of all the assets of Triton Coal Company, L.L.C. (Triton) from New Vulcan...

On April 15 and 16, 2004, the Federal Trade Commission, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), and the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology will co-sponsor a conference to address patent reform and...