Press Releases

Timothy J. Muris, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, will unveil the agency's Privacy Agenda on October 4, 2001 during a speech at the Privacy 2001 Conference in Cleveland, Ohio. The FTC's...

Scheme operators who deceptively advertised a free 800 number dating service and then worked with a so-called "billing aggregator" to "cram" unauthorized charges of $3.99 a minute onto callers' phone...

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...

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...

WHO: Timothy J. Muris, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission, cyberlawyers and investigators from the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection. WHAT: Press availability to unveil a law enforcement initiative...

Staff of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Economics, Bureau of Consumer Protection, and Office of Policy Planning support a proposal by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to survey patients...

An adult Web site company that illegally billed consumers' credit cards and phone bills without their authorization has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the practices violated...

The most senior antitrust officials of the United States (Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy Muris, Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Charles James) and the European Union (Commissioner...

An interagency-sponsored public workshop on Gramm-Leach-Bliley (GLB) Act privacy notices will be held on Tuesday, December 4, 2001, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Federal Trade Commission, 600...

Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement regarding the following: Warner Communications, Inc. (The Three Tenors). The Commission vote to approve the...

B.B.M. Investments, Inc., (B.B.M.) of Vancouver, British Columbia, and its owner, Timothy Ryan Atkinson, will be permanently banned from marketing foreign lottery-related goods or services in...

Commission approval of proposed sale: Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved an application for sale of assets in the following matter: Albertson's/American Stores. Under the...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it has formally closed its investigation into the proposed merger of Phillips Petroleum Corporation (Phillips) and Tosco Corporation (Tosco)...

Since Tuesday's tragic events, the Federal Trade Commission has received numerous complaints of dramatic gasoline price increases in several states. State and local officials, as well as state...

Health fraud poses a direct and immediate threat of both economic and physical injury to persons already suffering from serious conditions and diseases, with the elderly being particularly vulnerable...

Through a proposed consent agreement reached with the Federal Trade Commission and announced today, the $45 billion merger of Chevron Corp. (Chevron) and Texaco Inc. (Texaco), two of the world's...

The Federal Trade Commission has negotiated a settlement to resolve antitrust concerns stemming from Metso Oyj's (Metso) proposal to acquire 100 percent of the outstanding voting securities and...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris has announced the appointment of Christine C. Wilson as his Executive Assistant. Wilson will oversee a range of antitrust and consumer protection...

The Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement today ordering refunds to many consumers who bought travel packages from Epic Resorts, LLC, and its wholly owned subsidiary Epic Travel, LLC. Under...

In a proposed settlement, Mark Alan Conway, who did business out of Atlanta, Georgia as HomeLife Credit Services (HomeLife), has agreed to be permanently banned from any involvement in activities...