Press Releases

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. The FTC staff contact is Roberta Baruch, 202-326-2861. Applications for prior approval of transactions: The FTC has received an...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it has obtained a federal court order temporarily halting the operations of Worldwide Wallcoverings & Blinds, Inc., an Illinois corporation based in...

U.S.Telemedia, a firm that marketed computer chips online, has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that its marketing was deceptive and that it violated the Mail and Telephone Order Merchandise...

J.C. Penney, one of the largest retail stores in the country, has agreed to pay a $225,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated consumers' rights to receive...

The planned marriage between two of the four major competitors in the class rings market has been modified under an agreement negotiated by the Federal Trade Commission, which said the original...

The Federal Trade Commission has negotiated settlements in two cases against firms pitching high-tech investments to consumers using allegedly false claims about the risk and profit potential of the...

The Federal Trade Commission has negotiated a settlement with the marketers of CD- ROM display rack businesses that will require them to turn over an estimated $340,000 for a consumer redress fund...

In response to members of Congress, particularly Senator Richard H. Bryan, the Federal Trade Commission has recommended that Congress amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to provide...

Restland Funeral Homes, Inc. of Dallas and four of its subsidiary funeral homes will pay a $121,600 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they failed to provide customers with...

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

The Federal Trade Commission has dismissed its cases against six of the country's largest book publishers. The Commission did not reach any decision on whether the publishers had violated federal...

Telebrands Corporation, a Roanoke, Virginia mail/telephone-order company, and its owner, Ajit Khubani, have reached settlements with the Federal Trade Commission resolving charges that they violated...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. The FTC staff contact is Dan Ducore, 202-326-2526. Application for prior approval of transaction: The FTC has received an...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a set of procedural rule changes designed to streamline the administrative trial process for cases involving violations of various statutes enforced by the...

Applications for prior approval of transactions: The FTC has received an application for prior approval of a divestiture from the following. The application will be subject to public comment for 30...

The Federal Trade Commission today charged that Exxon Corporation has misled consumers by making unsubstantiated advertising claims for Exxon gasoline. The ads allegedly claimed that switching to...

The largest funeral home "sweep" in the country has just been completed in Massachusetts. Using test shoppers, the Federal Trade Commission and the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office visited...

The staff of the Federal Trade Commission has told the Copyright Office that consumers could benefit through lower costs and more robust competition if open video systems (OVS) were covered by the...

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 order binding...

Amoco Oil Company has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its "Crystal Clear Amoco Ultimate" advertising campaign included unsubstantiated claims that Amoco premium gasoline...