Press Releases

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...

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...

Optometry legislation proposed in Tennessee could increase consumer costs while doing nothing to increase the quality of eye care, according to comments submitted by the Federal Trade Commission to...

The Federal Trade Commission and 29 state Attorneys General have launched a law enforcement crackdown targeting Internet auction scams that bilked thousands of consumers out of their money and...

Commission authorization to file comments with Georgia Public Service Commission: The Commission has authorized the staff of the Bureau of Economics and the Office of General Counsel to file comments...

In a random sample of 1,000 pieces of unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE) from three Federal Trade Commission (FTC) data sets, 66 percent contained false "From" lines, "Subject" lines, or message text...

The Federal Trade Commission will host a media roundtable on Tuesday, April 29, 2003, at 10:30 a.m. EST to discuss a new report, "False Claims in Spam." The report describes a staff review of a random...

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a press conference on Wednesday, April 30, 2003, to announce a federal, state, and local law enforcement crackdown on internet auction scams. The enforcement...

The Federal Trade Commission will host a public forum to explore issues relating to the proliferation of and potential solutions to unsolicited commercial e-mail. The spam forum, beginning Wednesday...

Commission authorization to file amended complaints: The Commission has authorized the staff to file an amended complaint in the pending court matter regarding Yad Abraham, dba Sharpthorn Internet...

Greeting Cards of America (GCA), and its officers, and American Eagle Placements, and its owner, have been charged by the Federal Trade Commission with using deceptive tactics in selling their...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced it has secured a stipulated final court judgment and order against several California-based defendants who allegedly pitched bogus medical billing...

General Supply Centers, Inc. and Mark E. Gershick, its owner and president, are permanently barred from collecting on past shipments and will fully repay customer claimants through a court-appointed...

Two individuals and a series of Philadelphia-based corporations that sold Morrone’s Italian Ice & Homemade Ice Cream franchises have agreed to pay $100,000 in redress to settle Federal Trade...

The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice today released a revised schedule for the sessions of their joint hearings on health care and competition law and policy originally scheduled for...

The fourth session of the Federal Trade Commission/Department of Justice joint hearings on health care and competition law and policy will begin on Wednesday, April 23, 2003, at 9:15 a.m. The hearings...

On June 18, 2003, the Federal Trade Commission will host a day-long public workshop to examine the costs and benefits to consumers and businesses of the collection and use of consumer information. In...

The Federal Trade Commission has published an agenda and list of participants for a three-day "Spam Forum" it will host Wednesday, April 30 through Friday, May 2. The forum is being held to address...

Release of Commission report: The Commission has authorized staff to publicly release a report entitled "Federal Trade Commission Performance Report for Fiscal Year 2002." The Fiscal Year 2002 Report...

The Federal Trade Commission today accepted for public comment a proposed consent order with the Institute of Store Planners (ISP), which would require the group to remove restrictions on competition...