Press Releases

The Commission considered whether to direct staff to formulate a proposed consent agreement incorporating the latest settlement terms offered by the parties. The Commission's 2 -2 vote resulted in no...

Citing concerns that the transaction as proposed would lead to substantially less competition in the markets for the sale and distribution of rum in the United States, the Federal Trade Commission...

The Commission has received an application from America Online/Time Warner, Inc. (AOLTW) requesting approval of a non-affiliated Internet Service Provider (ISP) and alternative cable broadband service...

After inspecting more than 14,000 appliances in 144 showrooms at various locations throughout the country to determine whether the yellow-and-black EnergyGuide labels were properly displayed, the...

The Federal Trade Commission, in cooperation with the attorneys general of North Carolina, Virginia, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Illinois, today announced nine FTC, state, or joint FTC/state law...

A federal district court in New York has frozen the assets of Pathway Merchandising, Inc., Four Vend, Inc., doing business as IV Vend, IV Vending, Inc., For Vend and For Vend Incorporate, and their...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced it has filed a complaint in federal district court and received a temporary restraining order and asset freeze against Bargains & Deals Magazine, LLC (B&D)...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced it has filed a complaint in federal district court and received a temporary restraining order and asset freeze against Bargains & Deals Magazine, LLC (B&D)...

The Commission has received an application for divestiture from the following: Lafarge S.A./Blue Circle Industries PLC; Blue Circle North America Inc.; and Blue Circle Inc. (Lafarge). Through this...

The Federal Trade Commission and several states nationwide including North Carolina, Virginia, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, and Illinois will be hosting a joint press conference at FTC Headquarters in...

The Commission has approved the filing of an amended complaint regarding the following: Travel Express International, Inc. (TEI) . The FTC filed its original complaint against TEI on April 9, 2001...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced it has settled charges brought through an administrative complaint against FanBuzz, Inc. (FanBuzz), a corporation with headquarters in Minnetonka...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that The Hearst Trust and its wholly owned subsidiary, The Hearst Corporation (Hearst), have agreed to settle charges that it failed to include required...

The Federal Trade Commission today issued an administrative challenge to MSC.Software Corporation's (MSC) 1999 acquisitions of Universal Analytics, Inc. (UAI) and Computerized Structural Analysis &...

Saying that "there is no question that consumers are deeply concerned about the privacy of their personal information ... how it's being used ... and who is using it," Federal Trade Commission...

The Commission has received an application from America Online/Time Warner, Inc. (AOLTW) requesting approval of a non-affiliated Internet service provider (ISP) and alternative cable broadband service...

A new staff report issued today by the Federal Trade Commission examines which features of various state retail electricity programs appear to have resulted in consumer benefits and which have not...

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a one-day public workshop at its Washington, D.C. headquarters on November 8, 2001, to discuss office and cleaning supply fraud. The workshop will give FTC staff...

Lisa Frank, Inc., manufacturer of popular girls’ toys and school supplies, and operator of a Web site featuring those products, will pay $30,000 in civil penalties to settle Federal Trade Commission...

A cyberscammer who used more than 5,500 copycat Web addresses to divert surfers from their intended Internet destinations to one of his sites, and hold them captive while he pelted their screens with...