Press Releases

Stating that the $827 million acquisition of Unilab Corporation (Unilab) by Quest Diagnostics, Inc. (Quest), as proposed, likely would be anticompetitive and lead to higher prices for clinical...

Application for approval of proposed divestiture: The Commission has received an application for approval of a proposed divestiture from ConocoPhillips, Inc. (ConocoPhillips), pursuant to a final...

In coordination with officials in Canada and Mexico, the Federal Trade Commission has charged CSCT, Inc., based in British Columbia, with making false claims that it can treat cancer by using an...

As part of its two-day "Partnerships Against Cross-Border Fraud" workshop, the Federal Trade Commission has released a report detailing consumer complaints about cross-border fraud and listing the top...

The Federal Trade Commission has asked a federal court to bring an end to the practices of a Canadian enterprise that charges consumers' credit cards and debits their bank accounts without...

Cross-border fraud, in the form of advance-fee loan schemes, prize draws and sweepstakes, and foreign money offers, is emerging as a serious consumer problem. To discuss current trends and explore...

What: Press Conference to announce the latest law enforcement effort involving a foreign company offering bogus cancer treatment Where FTC Headquarters Building 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have released a detailed final agenda for the opening session of their hearings on health care and competition law and policy, to be...

What: Press Conference to announce the latest law enforcement effort involving a foreign company offering bogus cancer treatment Where: FTC Headquarters Building 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W...

The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint in federal district court in Atlanta, Georgia charging Georgia-based Preferred Alliance, Inc. and its principal Bruno Faillace, who did business as...

The Commission has approved a proposed divestiture in the matter concerning Bayer AG's (Bayer) acquisition of Aventis CropSciences Holding S.A. (ACS), the crop protection business of Aventis S.A....

One hundred years ago today, Congress created the Bureau of Corporations, predecessor to the Federal Trade Commission. The Bureau was created as an investigatory agency within the Department of...

Charles Harwood, Director of the Northwest Region office, urged the American Bar Association (ABA) to substantially narrow or reject a proposed model definition of the practice of law at an ABA Task...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris has appointed Stephen J. McGuire to serve as Chief Administrative Law Judge at the FTC. McGuire replaces James P. Timony, who retired in late January...

Harvey and Tye Sloniker, two brothers who allegedly used deceptive and unfair practices to bilk consumers across the country out of millions of dollars, are permanently banned from telemarketing as...

The fifth annual National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW) will take place February 2 to 8, 2003. This year's theme for NCPW - a program that highlights consumer protection and education efforts around...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris today called on media executives to "Do the Right Thing" and stop running ads that contain obviously deceptive weight loss product claims. Speaking...

The Commission has approved the stipulated dismissal of a defendant in the matter currently pending against Electronic Products Distribution, LLC (EPD). The original complaint, filed along with two...

In response to a request by a Dayton, Ohio, physicians' group, the Federal Trade Commission staff today issued an advisory opinion concerning the proposed formation and operation of a "healthcare...

Consumers who lost money via inbound telemarketing fraud will see a portion of that money returned under the terms of a stipulated court order that the Federal Trade Commission announced today. The...