Press Releases

Petition to reopen or modify an order: The FTC has received a petition from the following entity. The petition will be subject to public comment for 30 days, until April 5. NorAm Energy Corp., of...

As a result of debates in the 1960s and 1980s over core issues of antitrust, there is an incomplete but rough consensus about enforcement priorities, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. Unless otherwise noted, the FTC staff contact is Dan Ducore, 202-326-2526. Commission action regarding a petition to reopen or...

Mrs. Fields Cookies, Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that advertising and promotional materials touting a cookie line as "low fat" were false and misleading for two of the...

A total of $1.25 million will be available for consumers victimized by a massive sweepstakes scam because of a settlement the Federal Trade Commission reached in a case it filed last year to stop...

Georgetown Publishing House Limited Partnership, Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based publishing firm, and its president have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they used deceptive...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky said today that further guidance under existing laws rather than statutory directives being considered by Congress are the best way to aid further...

The Federal Trade Commission has negotiated a settlement with the French firm, Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, and its U.S. subsidiary, Saint-Gobain/Norton Industrial Ceramics Corporation, of Worcester...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. The staff contacts are Dan Ducore, 202-326-2526 and Elizabeth Piotrowski, 202-326-2623. Petitions to reopen and modify or set aside...

In 1984, before the break up of Ma Bell, about 55 million consumers leased their telephones. Today, the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission launched a campaign to alert...

The Federal Trade Commission today proposed amending its Appliance Labeling Rule to allow appliance manufacturers to place energy use labels required by the Canadian and Mexican governments directly...

Anthony E. DiResta has been named Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Regional Office in Atlanta, Georgia, by FTC Chairman Robert Pitofsky. Since 1984, DiResta has been in private practice and...

Consent order given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has determined to issue a consent order against the following company as final, thus making the consent order’s...

Fresh-O-Matic Corporation, a St. Charles, Missouri-based company that markets soft-drink vending machines business opportunities at franchise trade shows nationwide, has agreed to pay $100,000 to...

NordicTrack, Inc., a major marketer of indoor exercise equipment, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that it made false and unsubstantiated weight loss and weight maintenance...

Litton Industries, Inc, has agreed to divest the multi-million dollar systems engineering and technical assistance contract for the Navy’s Aegis destroyer program to settle Federal Trade Commission...

The Federal Trade Commission has obtained an agreement from American Direct Marketing, Inc. and its president to pay a $100,000 civil penalty as part of a settlement of allegations that they shipped...

Allied Bond & Collection Agency, Inc. (Allied), has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it falsely threatened legal action against consumers from whom they were attempting to...

Ann I. Jones has been named Regional Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Los Angeles Regional Office, FTC Chairman Robert Pitofsky announced today. Her appointment is effective immediately...

The growth in international franchise transactions, in part due to the explosion of ads for American franchise systems on the Internet, will be the topic of a Federal Trade Commission workshop in Room...