Press Releases

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Federal Trade Commission has appointed a trustee to find an entity to launch a low-voltage industrial fuse manufacturing business to be operated in competition with Cooper Industries, Inc...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. Consent orders given final approval: Following public comment periods, the Commission has determined to issue consent orders against...

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...

The Federal Trade Commission has proposed amendments to its textile content and origin labeling rules to allow the use of abbreviations for generic fiber names, and both abbreviations and symbols in...

Thousands of consumers who bought Steel Tec toy vehicles are eligible for refunds under a settlement agreement between the Federal Trade Commission and Azrak-Hamway International, Inc., which...

A federal district court in Los Angeles has ordered a temporary halt to an allegedly deceptive "credit repair" scheme run by Mark Thomas Ellis and Gabrielle Ellis, doing business as Universal Credit...

Two Colorado-based companies that marketed business opportunities for display racks featuring CD-ROM products have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges against them. The settlement would...

The sale of assets between one of the partners in each of the two teams competing for a $700 million Air Force contract could raise prices or reduce investments in technology and quality for a...

The Federal Trade Commission has won a $31 million federal district court judgment against Florida-resident Marvin Wolf and 33 other individual and corporate defendants allegedly involved in a huge...

The FTC staff contact is Dan Ducore, 202-326-2526. Commission action regarding petitions to reopen and modify or set aside orders: Following a public comment period, the Commission has responded to a...

The Federal Trade Commission has appointed a trustee to divest retail pharmacy assets located in Rite Aid stores in Bucksport and Lincoln, Maine, and in Berlin, New Hampshire, following Rite Aid...