Press Releases

In the latest in a series of law enforcement initiatives targeting Internet fraud, the Federal Trade Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission, United States Postal Inspection Service, three...

Nationwide Premium Cigar Distributors Corporation (Nationwide Premium), based in Hallandale, Florida, and its president, Alvin Blish, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they...

WHAT: Press conference to announce more than 40 law enforcement actions targeting deceptive spam and fraudulent Internet scams by 20 federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. WHO: Brad Elbein...

The Federal Trade Commission has announced that its staff will offer a training program for financial institutions that are subject to its Safeguards Rule. That Rule implements the safeguards...

The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice today released a detailed schedule for the sessions of their joint hearings on health care and competition law and policy to be held May 27, 2003...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are warning Web site operators who suggest that their products will protect against, treat, or even cure Severe Acute...

Commission approval of time period extension: The Commission has approved a fourth extension of a time period concerning a matter involving Baxter International, Inc. (Baxter) . Under the order in...

The Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection will hold the first of two one-day sessions on "Technologies for Protecting Personal Information" on Wednesday, May 14, 2003 . The...

Two Internet sites claiming that they can "pre-register" consumers with the Federal Trade Commission's National telemarketing "Do Not Call" Registry are the focus of a federal district court complaint...

The Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement with Comstar Communications, Inc. and its president, Randall A. Carasco, who marketed and sold "WaveShield," "WaveShield 1000," and "WaveShield...

The fifth session of the Federal Trade Commission/Department of Justice joint hearings on health care and competition law and policy will be held on Wednesday, May 7, from 9:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and...

Jonathan P. Cohen, the last remaining individual defendant named in a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit involving fundraising fraud, is banned from further fundraising and telemarketing activities as...

Every year millions of students apply for financial aid and scholarships to help finance their college education. Sometimes they fall prey to scholarship and financial aid scams. To help federal...

The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint in federal district court against A. Glenn Braswell and four of his corporations challenging allegedly false and unsubstantiated advertising claims...

Petition for approval of proposed divestiture: The Commission has received a petition for approval of a proposed divestiture from ConocoPhillips, Inc. concerning the recent merger of Conoco Inc. and...

Presenting keynote remarks today at the Antitrust Practice Group Retreat sponsored by Washington, D.C. law firm Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White, Federal Trade Commission General Counsel William Kovacic...

Federal Trade Commission General Counsel William Kovacic will be the keynote speaker at an Antitrust Practice Group Retreat luncheon on Friday, May 2, 2003, hosted by the Washington, D.C. law firm of...

Carlsbad Physician Association (CPA), a New Mexico physicians' organization, along with its Executive Director and certain Board and Contract Committee members, has agreed to settle Federal Trade...

A Mobile, Alabama company that operated a vending machine scam through several corporate identities has agreed to settle federal charges. In June 2002, as part of "Project Busted Opportunity," the...

To avoid a possible arrest warrant and other legal action that could result in an injunction and civil penalties, Morehead McKim Gallaher Funeral Directors, Inc. and its director, Michael Bannon...