Press Releases

Commission action regarding petitions to reopen and modify or set aside orders. Following a public comment period, the FTC has ruled on a petition from the following: The Commission has agreed to...

Residents of Paramus and Hillsdale, New Jersey, will continue to benefit from competition for cable television service as a result of an agreement between the Federal Trade Commission and Cablevision...

The Federal Trade Commission has settled a case against Parade of Toys, Inc. The case was one of 18 enforcement actions initiated under "Operation Trade Name Games" in August 1997. This cooperative...

The Federal Trade Commission has extended until February 4, 1998, the public comment period on proposed revisions to the method currently used to determine the tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide...

The Federal Trade Commission made public today the results of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide testing for 1,249 varieties of domestic cigarettes sold in 1995. The report to Congress, titled "Tar...

Eight marketers of self-help and health-related products promoted in radio and television infomercials have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that ad claims for their products were...

Intel Corporation, the leading producer of microprocessors for personal computers, proposes to acquire the voting securities of Chips and Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier of graphics and video...

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final consent agreements with the following entities: Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.; Volkswagen...

DuPont Advanced Fiber Systems and BASF Corporation have each independently petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to change its Textile Labeling Rules to include generic names and definitions for new...

Approximately two-thirds of the Chicago metropolitan-area patients who undergo lithotripsy -- a non-surgical, shock-wave treatment for stones -- are treated at one or the other of two Parkside Kidney...

The Federal Trade Commission has filed suit in federal district court alleging that Alpine Industries, Inc., a company based in Tennessee and Minnesota, has violated a 1995 Commission order by...

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the following entity. The Commission action makes the consent order...

In order to settle Federal Trade Commission charges, TRW Inc. has agreed to divest a portion of the systems engineering and technical assistance (SETA) operations of McLean, Virginia-based BDM...

The Federal Trade Commission on December 19, 1997, filed public comments in support of a Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) proposal to implement the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (“Act”)...

As part of its ongoing "Project $cholar$cam," an effort to combat fraudulent scholarship promotion schemes, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it has settled a complaint against Deco...

Shell Oil Company and Texaco, Inc., have agreed to divest a package of assets, including Shell's Anacortes, Washington, refinery; a Hawaiian terminal; and retail gasoline stations in Hawaii and in...

Mozelle W. Thompson has been sworn in as a Commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission and has assumed the responsibilities of the office. The Federal Trade Commission enforces federal laws and rules...

Orson Swindle has been sworn in today as a Commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission and has assumed the responsibilities of the office. The Federal Trade Commission enforces federal laws and rules...

In settlement of Federal Trade Commission allegations that the proposed acquisition by CUC International, Inc., (CUC) of HFS Incorporated (HFS) would create a virtual monopoly in the worldwide market...

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the following entities. The Commission action makes the consent order...