Press Releases

The Commission has approved a hold separate trustee agreement in the matter concerning Solvay S.A.'s (Solvay) acquisition of Ausimont S.p.A. As part of the FTC's proposed decision and order in this...

The Federal Trade Commission has authorized its staff to publicly release The 24th Annual Report to Congress on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) . This report summarizes the Commission's...

Reiterating the position of the staff of the Federal Trade Commission that overly restrictive interpretations of statutes and regulations may significantly limit competition from Internet sellers and...

Presenting remarks at a special twentieth anniversary celebration of the 1982 Department of Justice (DOJ) Merger Guidelines at the Department yesterday afternoon, Federal Trade Commission Chairman...

Presenting remarks titled "Protecting Consumers' Privacy: Goals and Accomplishments" today at the Networked Economy Summit in Reston, Virginia, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris said...

Law enforcers from both sides of the border have taken aim at Canadian telemarketers who target U.S. citizens for cross-border scams. In a series of coordinated crackdowns, the Federal Trade...

Two members of the Federal Trade Commission's Office of Policy Planning (OPP) gave oral testimony today before the North Carolina State Bar's Ad Hoc Committee on Residential Real Estate Closings...

What: Press Conference to announce a sweep by 19 U.S. and Canadian law enforcement and consumer protection agencies that have targeted cross-border telemarketing fraud. Cases include both civil and...

Howard Beales, Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection, presented FTC testimony today before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and...

Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell has issued an order extending until June 26, 2002, the deadline for filing the initial decision in the matter of Schering-Plough Corporation (Schering)...

The FTC has approved the release of the Commission's Sunshine Act Report for 2001 . The government's Sunshine Act (named because it is designed to shed light on federal agency operations) requires...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a proposed consent order with Bayer AG (Bayer) and Aventis S.A. (Aventis) that will allow Bayer's proposed purchase of Aventis's subsidiary Aventis...

Following closely on the heels of a $700,000 settlement of a similar case, announced last month, the Federal Trade Commission today announced its tenth settlement since 1998 for misrepresentations...

The Federal Trade Commission today released a detailed agenda of discussion topics and presentation times for its upcoming public workshop on proposed amendments to the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR)...

The Commission has approved an application from ChevronTexaco Corp. (ChevronTexaco) regarding the FTC's decision and order contained in the consent agreement accepted on September 7, 2001 that...

The Federal Trade Commission today authorized staff to seek a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction in federal district court to pre-empt any attempt by Meade Instruments...

The Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice related to the FTC's proposal to amend the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) by, among other things, establishing a centralized...

A U.S. District Court has ordered the perpetrator of an Internet scheme to halt his illegal practices. The defendant employed more than 5,500 copycat Web addresses to divert surfers from their...

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it has reached a settlement with Micro Star Software, Inc., a Carlsbad, California, software marketing company, and its president, Stephen Benedict...

The Federal Trade Commission today highlighted the importance of accurate information in the Whois database, saying that law enforcers fighting fraud on the Internet rely on the integrity and accuracy...