Press Releases

The Federal Trade Commission has begun efforts to repeal its Used Oil Rule as unnecessary and duplicative, and is seeking comments from the public on the proposed repeal for 30 days, until August 26...

B.A.T Industries p.l.c. and its subsidiary, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, have applied for Federal Trade Commission approval to divest six brands of discount cigarettes and a plant in...

Fresenius AG, of Bad Hamburg, Germany, through its subsidiary, Fresenius USA, Inc., located in Walnut Creek, California, has agreed to divest its Lewisberry, Pennsylvania hemodialysis (HD) concentrate...

“Project Jackpot,” a major enforcement effort targeting firms that fraudulently offer purportedly valuable prizes to consumers to induce them to purchase products, was announced today by federal and...

The nation’s two leading manufacturers of fire pumps made for installation onto fire trucks have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that each imposed restraints requiring their...

A tenant screening and debt collection agency operating in California, Idaho, Oregon and Washington has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated provisions of the Fair Debt...

Tutor Time Child Care Systems, Inc., a nationwide franchisor of day-care centers, has agreed to pay a $220,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it has overstated the...

Global Development Services, Inc., an invention promotion firm with offices in Manassas, Virginia, has agreed to pay $1 million for consumer refunds under a settlement announced by the Federal Trade...

Antares Corporation, trading and doing business as Natural Choice-USA, ORION Products Corporation, and their president Dana M. Bashor (collectively ORION), have agreed to pay $1 million in consumer...

The staff of the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice have told the Federal Communications Commission that it should not require Open Video System (OVS)...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. The FTC staff contact is Dan Ducore, 202-326-2526. Commission action regarding applications for prior approval: Following a public...

The staff of the Federal Trade Commission said in a letter made public today that it would not recommend that the Commission challenge a plan by Mayo Medical Laboratories to establish networks of...

The Federal Trade Commission today directed its staff to work out the details of a proposed final agreement with the parties on the proposed acquisition by Time Warner of Turner Broadcasting Systems...

A news release the Federal Trade Commission issued on June 27, 1996, announcing charges against Infinity Multimedia, Inc. and Quality Marketing Associates, Inc., both of Pompano Beach, Florida, in...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged Quaker State - Slick 50, Inc., the manufacturer of Slick 50, the best-selling auto engine treatment in the U.S., with making false and unsubstantiated...

The Federal Trade Commission, in an effort to keep supermarket prices competitive in numerous areas of Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, has negotiated an agreement with Ahold USA, Inc. and...

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

The five members of the Federal Trade Commission appeared today before a U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee to testify on behalf of the FTC’s proposed reauthorization. Chairman Robert Pitofsky...

Home Shopping Network, Inc. (HSN) and two of its subsidiaries have agreed to secure scientific evidence to back up claims that any food, supplement or drug can treat a disease or affect a function of...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky has named Victoria Streitfeld the new Director of Public Affairs for the agency, putting her in charge of the office that directs the FTC’s relations...