Press Releases

KFC Corporation, owner of the Kentucky Fried Chicken national restaurant chain, has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that it made false claims in a national television advertising campaign...

Preserving competition in the U.S. market for mobile radio frequency (RF) automatic meter reading (AMR) technologies for electric utilities, the Federal Trade Commission today conditionally approved...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged marketers of two dietary supplements with falsely claiming that their products can prevent and cure cancer and other diseases. According to the FTC’s complaint...

As in the earlier Harris Interactive® survey, the recent survey by Customer Care Alliance demonstrates the overwhelming success of the National Do Not Call Registry. Among those surveyed, 92 percent...

Commission authorization of joint amicus brief filing: The Commission has authorized the filing of a joint amicus brief with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in 3M Company v. LePage’s Inc., No. 02...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged a California mortgage broker that advertised extremely low mortgage rates with violating federal laws. The FTC’s complaint against Chase Financial Funding, Inc...

A federal district court has approved a stipulated order including a permanent injunction against Biosource Financial, Inc., Gordon Levy, Jason C. Williams, and Danny Longo, defendants named in a 2002...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged Phillip W. Ranney and a group of Colorado-based mortgage brokers with violating federal laws by deceptively claiming that they will refinance consumers’...

A U.S. District Court has issued a Temporary Restraining Order to halt U.S. sales of a HIV/AIDS home test kit. The Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint alleging that the kit’s marketer...

Commission comment to the federal banking agencies and National Credit Union Administration: The Federal Trade Commission has submitted comments to the federal banking agencies and the National Credit...

In 30 years as an antitrust enforcer, academic, and consultant on antitrust issues, I have rarely seen a report so fundamentally flawed as the GAO study of several oil mergers that the Federal Trade...

The Federal Trade Commission has filed suit in federal court to halt a scam that drained millions of dollars out of thousands of consumers’ checking accounts for “discount pharmacy cards” the...

Albert Mouyal, the remaining defendant cited by a Federal Trade Commission action with operating a bogus telemarketing boiler room in Canada, is permanently banned from telemarketing directories and...

Commission authorization of the staff to file amicus brief: The Commission has authorized the filing of a joint amicus brief with the Department of Justice in McMahon v. Advanced Title Services...

Application for approval of proposed divestiture: The Commission has received an application for approval of a proposed divestiture from GenCorp, Inc., related to the FTC’s consent order conditionally...

Comment period for RFID Workshop extended: The FTC has extended until July 9, 2004 the deadline for filing comments on “Radio Frequency Identification: Applications and Implications for Consumers.” On...

Commission approval of Federal Register notice: The Federal Trade Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice concerning several revisions to certain provisions of the Fair...

The Federal Trade Commission today told the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation that it has established a special Task Force of federal and state law enforcers to target illegal...

Effective today, 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, passed...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged California-based marketers of the “Balance Bracelet,” a purported pain relief product, with making false and unsubstantiated claims. In its complaint filed in...