Press Releases

The Federal Trade Commission today has reached an agreement with a network of doctors and hospitals in northeast Maine, under which the organization will stop negotiating jointly on behalf of its...

Under the terms of a final court settlement reached with the Federal Trade Commission and announced today, several Florida-based defendants have been barred from the sale of advance-fee credit cards...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris today announced that Dave Scheffman, Director of the Bureau of Economics, will be leaving the Commission on August 1 to return to the private sector...

Ambus Registry, Inc. and its two principals have agreed to be enjoined preliminarily from calling American consumers and misrepresenting that they have agreed to purchase the company’s “American...

Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved the issuance of two final consent orders in the matters concerning Anesthesia Service Medical Group, Inc. and Grossmont Anesthesia...

Grant Search, Inc., of Ashland, Oregon, and Grant Pac, Inc., of Sedalia, Missouri, and their principals are banned from selling any product or service that it purports to provide or assist consumers...

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it has settled charges that a large physicians’ organization in the St. Louis, Missouri, greater metropolitan area engaged in price-fixing on behalf...

Infomercial marketers Wellquest International, Inc. and Tony Hoffman Productions, Inc. (THPI) and others have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made false and unsubstantiated...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the results of its most recent efforts to crack down on unfounded claims about the benefits and safety of dietary supplements and other health-related...

Lifestyle Fascination, Inc., a New Jersey mail order company that sells a variety of products through print and online catalogs, has agreed to pay a $175,000 civil penalty to settle charges that it...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris today announced the resignation of Joseph J. Simons, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition effective August 1, 2003. Susan Creighton, Deputy...

The Federal Trade Commission recommends changes to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to enhance consumer protection and combat identity theft. In presenting its views before the Senate Committee on...

The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint in U.S. district court charging Electronic Financial Group, Inc. (EFG) and its principals with providing assistance to fraudulent telemarketers...

The Federal Trade Commission today issued an administrative complaint against California Pacific Medical Group, Inc., doing business as Brown & Toland, a San Francisco, California physicians'...

The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will host a joint press conference to announce their most recent efforts to crack down on misleading claims about the efficacy of...

The FTC Calendar incorrectly identified Testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection and Telecommunications and the Internet as an...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the issuance of three complaints against associations in Alabama, Kentucky, and Mississippi. These matters concern the collective filing by competing...

The Federal Trade Commission recommends changes to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to enhance consumer protection and combat identity theft. In presenting its views before the House Committee on...

Commission authorization of the staff to file amended complaint: The Commission has authorized the staff to file an amended complaint in the case currently pending against Patrick Cella, et al., CV-03...

The Federal Trade Commission told Congress today that there is no simple solution to solve the problem of spam. Speaking before the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittees on Commerce...