Press Releases

The Federal Trade Commission has ended the obligation of Occidental Petroleum Corporation and Occidental Chemical Corporation to obtain Commission approval, until 2004, before acquiring the stock, PVC...

The Dannon Company, Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the company made false or misleading nutritional claims for its Pure Indulgence line of frozen yogurt. The FTC...

Safe Brands Corporation, Warren Distribution, Inc. and ARCO Chemical Company have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the companies made unsubstantiated advertising claims about the...

The Tire and Rim Association, Inc., has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to terminate a 1962 consent order settling charges that the Association engaged in price-fixing. The Association seeks...

A Federal Trade Commission staff study has concluded that regulation of the trucking industry at the state level tended to raise trucking rates significantly. Using rates filed in the spring of 1987...

Unique Selling Propositions, Inc., doing business as Georgetown Galleries, and its owner, Richard Spring, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they misrepresented the investment...

The Federal Trade Commission has negotiated settlement agreements with the three individual defendants named in the FTC's business opportunity fraud case against Second Income, Inc. and Silver Shots...

A federal district court judge has ordered American Inventors Corporation (AIC), American Institute for Research and Development, Inc. (AIRD), and two individuals, Ron Boulerice and John Samson...

Dahlberg, Inc. has agreed to pay a $2.75 million civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the company made numerous false and unsubstantiated claims for its Miracle-Ear "Clarifier...

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that, effective Jan. 2, 1996, administrative orders issued prior to Aug. 16, 1995, will expire automatically 20 years after they were issued, absent the...

You soon may see the name "lyocell" in the fiber content labels of some of the clothes you purchase. The Federal Trade Commission has proposed to allow clothing manufacturers to use the new name for a...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Port Washington Real Estate Board (the Board), settling allegations that it restrained competition in the provision of...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Silicon Graphics, Inc., settling charges that the Mountain View, California-based company's acquisition of two of the...

McCormick & Company, Inc. has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to end the company's obligation, until 2003, to obtain FTC approval before acquiring any interest in, or assets of, a company that...

The Federal Trade Commission has reached settlement agreements that will recover almost $900,000 and which could ultimately make available a total of $1.8 million for redress to small businesses...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with National Dietary Research, Inc. (NDR), The William H. Morris Company, and their owner, William H. Morris, settling...

The Federal Trade Commission has granted the petition of Kraft Foods, Inc. to set aside an old order that applied to Kraft as a successor to the National Dairy Products Corporation. The Commission...

The Federal Trade Commission has determined that an octane label proposed by Gilbarco, Inc. that is smaller than required under an FTC rule still would clearly and conspicuously disclose to consumers...

Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation has applied to the Federal Trade Commission for approval to divest the North Okaloosa Medical Center in Crestview, Florida, to Community Health Systems, Inc. of...

In an effort to harmonize American clothing labeling regulations with those of Canada and Mexico, the Federal Trade Commission today proposed to allow the use of certain care symbols, rather than...