Press Releases

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Federal Trade Commission has asked a U.S. District court judge to block an allegedly illegal spam operation that uses deceptively bland subject lines, false return addresses, and empty "reply-to"...

ValueVision International, Inc., the third largest television "home shopping" network retailer in the United States, has agreed to pay a $215,000 civil penalty to resolve allegations that it violated...

A ring of defendants who allegedly defrauded thousands of consumers nationwide through a deceptive telemarketing pitch will pay more than $131,000 for consumer redress under a stipulated final court...

An Arizona-based company, Snore Formula, Inc., its officers, and a distributor have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they failed to have scientific substantiation for the claims...

Pfizer Inc., and Pharmacia Corporation will divest pharmaceutical products in nine separate product markets to different third parties to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the merger of...

Publication of information gathered at FTC mergers roundtable: On December 9-10, 2002, the FTC's Bureau of Economics held a roundtable entitled "Understanding Mergers: Strategy & Planning...