Press Releases

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 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...

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...

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 the last year, the Federal Trade Commission has crafted new techniques for dealing with several of the more intractable consumer and competition abuses in the marketplace. At the same time, the...

The Federal Trade Commission staff has advised Columbine Family Health Center that its proposal to add a provision to an agreement to share certain costs of providing outpatient care with Provenant St...

Nibblers, Inc. has agreed to pay a $10,000 civil penalty and both the firm and its president, Thomas Kiernan, have promised to properly and accurately disclose key information to future investors in...

MTH Holdings, Inc. has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to reopen and set aside provisions of a 1989 consent order requiring prior Commission approval to acquire any grocery store in parts of...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with the Mustad International Group NV of Bulle, Switzerland, and its subsidiary, Mustad Connecticut, of Bloomfield...

A U.S. District Court judge ordered a Twinsburg, Ohio company to pay nearly $1.6 million in consumer redress and banned the company's president from further involvement with business opportunities and...

J.C. Pro Wear, Inc. of Escondido, California, a seller of sports-apparel outlets, and James L. O'Laughlin, the company's principal officer have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges of...

The Federal Trade Commission has ended the obligation of KKR Associates, L.P., of New York City, to obtain FTC approval before making acquisitions in certain food product categories, including...

In a precedent-setting decision announced today, Dell Computer Corporation has agreed to drop patent claims that affect millions of personal computers using the industry standard "VL-bus". The...

The Federal Trade Commission has granted the petition of the California Medical Association (CMA) to reopen and set aside a consent order so that CMA can establish and operate a managed care plan...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a settlement with The Stop & Shop Companies, Inc. that will keep supermarket prices low for consumers in the Boston metropolitan area, Cape Cod, the South...

American Home Products (AHP) has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to reopen and modify a 1995 consent order to delete a provision that requires that it obtain prior Commission approval of any...

The American Dental Trade Association has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission, on behalf of itself and Association members who were also respondents, to terminate a 1950 consent order settling...