Press Releases

As of 8:00 a.m., November 3, 2003, consumers registered with the Do Not Call Registry filed more than 51,000 complaints against telemarketers who continue to call them. More than 33,000 telemarketing...

Illinois-based mortgage broker Mark Diamond and his company, OSI Financial Services, Inc., have settled charges by the Federal Trade Commission and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan that they...

The FTC has charged a purported Web cramming operation with billing small business consumers for “free” Internet services, without full disclosure of the negative option features and without consumers...

The Federal Trade Commission today told the House Committee on Small Business that solving the problem posed by spam will not be quick or easy and that a single approach won't provide a cure. In...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris today addressed the annual meeting of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) about the proper balance between marketplace...

Testifying today on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, Energy, and Consumer Protection of the Committee on Energy and...

The Federal Trade Commission is urging consumers to be cautious of potential charity scams in connection with the devastating California wildfires. Scam artists may take advantage of this situation by...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the settlement of separate complaints against household goods movers associations in Alabama, Mississippi, and New Hampshire. The FTC’s complaints alleged...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a federal district court complaint against telemarketing operators based in Vancouver, British Columbia. According to the FTC, the five companies and the...

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia has halted the alleged illegal lending practices of Stewart Finance Company, its owner John...

“Unfounded and exaggerated claims for dietary supplements have proliferated,” said Howard Beales, Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. In presenting testimony...

The Federal Trade Commission today issued its report on how to promote innovation by finding the proper balance of competition and patent law and policy. Although both competition in markets and...

The Federal Trade Commission charged in federal court that a Montreal based enterprise calls U.S. consumers promising major credit cards and charges as much as $299 without ever delivering the credit...

The Federal Trade Commission will host a day-long workshop on Wednesday, October 29, 2003, to discuss the results of a nationwide survey regarding the marketing of entertainment violence to children...

The Federal Trade Commission will host a media roundtable discussion on Tuesday, October 28, 2003, to provide background information and answer questions about the agency’s new report, “To Promote...

Do consumers in your area have questions about the National Do Not Call Registry? Are telemarketers asking about compliance? The Federal Trade Commission can help! Representatives from the FTC’s...

Consumers registered with the National Do Not Call Registry have filed more than 37,000 complaints as of 8:00 a.m., October 24, 2003, against telemarketers who continue to call them. Nearly 28,000...

A Texas resident who used a variety of assumed names to bilk small businesses nationwide for ad fees in his nonexistent law enforcement publications has settled Federal Trade Commission charges...

Mark Nutritionals, Inc. and Edward D’Alessandro, Jr. have agreed to settle federal charges that they used false and unsubstantiated claims to sell their weight-loss product. The Federal Trade...

Commission authorization of the FTC to share information in its Identity Theft Data Clearinghouse with Canadian law enforcement authorities: The Commission has authorized the FTC to share information...