Press Releases

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following action. The FTC staff contact is Ann Malester, 202-326-2682. Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the...

The Federal Trade Commission has extended the deadline for receipt of public comment on its Guides for Private Vocational Schools, until July 1, 1996. As part of its ongoing periodic review of its...

A federal court judge in Nevada has granted the FTC's motion for summary judgment in the Federal Trade Commission's case against International Charity Consultants, Inc., and its cohorts, and issued a...

The Federal Trade Commission has rejected B.A.T Industries' application to divest six discount cigarette brands to Lorillard Tobacco Company, citing concerns that Lorillard would not compete...

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 Federal Trade Commission is seeking information from the public about the resale of "lemon buybacks" -- cars previously repurchased from consumers by manufacturers under state "lemon" laws, often...

Angelo DeLon, one of the defendants sued by the Federal Trade Commission over his role in an allegedly deceptive telemarketing scheme that purported to recover money consumers lost to investment fraud...

Have you ever seen infomercials that tout easy ways to make money in real estate or home-based businesses, or tell you how to get low-interest government loans or grants to start a new business or go...

Rite Aid Corporation has abandoned its proposed acquisition of Revco D.S., Inc. after the Federal Trade Commission voted April 17 to authorize its staff to seek a preliminary injunction in federal...

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 Federal Trade Commission has extended the public comment period on issues related to "Made in USA" claims in product advertising and labeling to June 30, 1996. The request for public comment is...

For anyone who thinks contributing to a cleaner environment means inconvenience and sacrifice, there’s good news: Doing a few simple things in your own home can help reduce pollution and waste. Making...

EDJ Telecommunications, Inc., doing business as International Marketing, a Las Vegas company, and its officers, Judy Burr and David L. Ramos, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges...

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 St. Louis, Missouri-based May Department Stores Company (May Co.) has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that, when it converted its Thalhimer’s customers’ charge card accounts to...

Lockheed Martin Corporation will settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its $9.1 billion acquisition of Loral Corporation would violate antitrust laws. The FTC charged that the proposed deal...

The Federal Trade Commission said today it will seek a federal district court order to prevent Rite Aid Corporation from going ahead with its $1.8 billion acquisition of Revco D.S., Inc. The FTC said...

The Federal Trade Commission said today that the Telemarketing Sales Rule implemented by the Commission will be a “strong new weapon in the arsenal against demand draft fraud and telemarketing fraud...

Two Seattle-based companies and their owners, Kurt Tripp and Ngoc Ly, have settled Federal Trade Commission allegations that they falsely represented Native American-style carvings as authentic Native...

The Federal Trade Commission will allow clothing manufacturers and other marketers to use the name “lyocell” in the fiber content labels they are required by law to place in garments and other textile...