Press Releases

In opening remarks at the Federal Trade Commission's hearings on global and innovation-based competition, FTC Chairman Robert Pitofsky said today that law enforcement agencies have an obligation to...

FTC Also Challenges HIV Protection Claims as Unsubstantiated-- Johnson & Johnson Subsidiary to Settle the Charges-- Claim: "Studies show that up to 18.5 percent of condoms will fail." False, according...

The Federal Trade Commission has ended the obligation of WestPoint Stevens, Inc., the successor to West Point Pepperell, Inc., to obtain FTC approval before acquiring certain bed linen and bath linen...

James H. Haren has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to modify a 1979 settlement order to delete a provision that requires him to provide copies of the order to prospective franchisees. Haren...

Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc (HMRI), formerly Marion Merrell Dow, Inc., has requested Federal Trade Commission approval to divest a license of dicyclomine, a medication used in the treatment of...

WHO: Robert Pitofsky, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission Joseph E. Stiglitz, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors Lewis E. Platt, Chairman and CEO, Hewlett-Packard Co. Sanford M. Litvack, Senior...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation, settling charges that the company's $3 billion merger with Healthtrust, Inc. -...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Local Health System, Inc., Blue Water Health Services Corp., and Mercy Health Services, settling charges over the...

The settlement prohibits Body Wise from making false claims that a food, drug, or nutritional supplement helps users achieve or maintain weight loss without diet or exercise. It also bars...

Beginning Jan. 1, 1996, franchisors who choose to use the Uniform Franchise Offering Circular (UFOC) to provide pre-purchase information to franchise buyers as required by the Federal Trade Commission...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with The Arizona Institute of Reproductive Medicine, Ltd. and its President, Robert H. Tamis, M.D., settling charges that...

Roche Holding Ltd. has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to reopen and modify a 1994 consent order to delete a provision that requires prior Commission approval of an acquisition of an interest...

Roche Holdings, Inc. has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to reopen and modify a 1990 consent order to delete a provision that requires prior Commission approval of an acquisition of an...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged three manufacturers of add-on motor vehicle braking systems with making false and unsubstantiated advertising claims that their products are anti- lock braking...

Federal Trade Commission staff has advised the Central Texas Medical Group (CTMG), an independent practitioners' association in Brownwood, Texas, that its proposed method of operating is unlikely to...

The remaining defendant named in a 1994 Federal Trade Commission lawsuit has agreed to pay $200,000 for consumer redress, and to post a bond of $1 million to protect future customers before marketing...

Federal Trade Commission staff have advised the Eastern Ohio Physicians Organization, Inc. (EOPO), a multi-speciality physician organization to operate in northeastern Ohio and northwestern...

Rite Aid Corporation has entered into an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission under which it can acquire several Brooks retail pharmacies in Maine from Maxi Drug, Inc., pending completion of...

Starting October 2, American consumers denied health, life or disability insurance will have the right to know when confidential information about them was disclosed to insurers by the nation's...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to consent agreements with two marketers of ozone generators for use in homes and offices, settling charges that the marketers made...