Press Releases

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris, as well as the Commission's three bureau directors, Joe Simons, Howard Beales, and David T. Scheffman, will address participants at the ABA's annual...

The Federal Trade Commission today told Congress that it is using a variety of initiatives to combat identity theft. Testifying before the House Financial Services Committee, Howard Beales, Director...

Rolls-Royce Corporation has asked the Federal Trade Commission to exempt the company's authorized maintenance centers for turboprop, turbofan, and industrial gas turbine engines from the disclosure...

Federal Trade Commission Competition Director Joe Simons today announced the issuance of the Bureau's new "Statement of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition on Negotiating Merger...

A husband and wife team doing business through six corporations and five unincorporated entities are permanently banned from selling work-at-home business opportunities and from selling chain...

The Staff of the Bureau of Economics and the General Counsel's Office of the Federal Trade Commission have filed comments on the proposed decision of the Public Utilities Commission of the State of...

The Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a letter on March 28, 2003, urging the Rhode Island House of Representatives to reject two proposed bills that would prevent...

Distribution of $20 million dollars in consumer redress will begin in the near future for victims of SkyBiz, an alleged massive international pyramid operation based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The money for...

United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan, Assistant Attorney General Robert D. McCallum, Jr., and Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Competition Director Joe Simons announced today that a federal...

Univend, LLC, and its owner Paul Hall, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they failed to provide the pre-sale disclosure documents required by the FTC's Franchise Rule to...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it will issue a revised Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to amend its Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR), adding a new section that would impose fees...

The Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice related to the Appliance Labeling Rule (16 CFR Part 305). The FTC is seeking public comment on a proposed rule change and...

The Commission has granted supplemental petitions from the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) and the American Teleservices Association (ATA) regarding their request to stay the effective date of...

The Federal Trade Commission and the 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 April 9...

In testimony today before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform, Howard Beales, Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection, detailed...

The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice today released a detailed agenda for the sessions of their joint hearings on health care and competition law and policy to be held during April -...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced two complaints and proposed consent orders with two of the largest purveyors of laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) refractive eye surgery...

The Commission has authorized staff to file an amicus brief jointly with the U.S. Department of Justice in the matter concerning Empagran S.A. v . Hoffman-LaRoche, Ltd. No. 01-7115 (D.C. Cir.). The...

The Federal Trade Commission today released its schedule for creating and implementing the national "do not call" registry, first announced in December 2002 as part of the Amended Telemarketing Sales...

Howard Beales, Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection, will hold a media availability on Wednesday, March 26, 2003 at 2:00 p.m. EST to provide reporters with details...