Press Releases

The Federal Trade Commission will host a public conference/workshop to review provisions of the FTC's Franchise Rule, September 12-14 at the Crown Sterling Suites in Bloomington, Minnesota. Workshop...

The Federal Trade Commission has approved Olin Corporation's plan to divest its 50 percent interest in Chlor-Chem Ltd., a joint venture located in the United Kingdom, to Schering Agrochemicals...

Thrifty PayLess, Inc. (formerly TCH Corporation) and Green Equity Investors, L.P. have requested Federal Trade Commission approval to divest the pharmacy business of the Thrifty Drugstore in Fort...

Vital law enforcement and fraud prevention programs would be dangerously reduced under a Senate budget proposal presented yesterday, Robert Pitofsky, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, said...

An Alexandria, Virginia-based clinic and its operators have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made false and misleading advertising and marketing claims in connection with...

Lorraine Carroll Miller has been named Director of Congressional Relations at the Federal Trade Commission, FTC Chairman Robert Pitofsky announced today. Miller's appointment is effective immediately...

The Federal Trade Commission has granted the request of Furr's Supermarkets, Inc. to delete from a 1988 settlement a provision requiring Furr's to obtain FTC approval, until 1998, before acquiring any...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Jerry C. Cohen and the three northern Virginia automobile dealerships of which he is president and CEO -- Jerry's Ford...

Helen Schumaker, a defendant in a Federal Trade Commission suit against International Computer Concepts, Inc.(ICCI), a Twinsburg, Ohio franchisor of computer software display-rack businesses, has...

The Federal Trade Commission said today that federal law does not require credit bureaus to disclose "risk scores" to consumers who request copies of their credit reports. The FTC reminds consumers...

Sheldon C. Wagner, who held financial management positions in several corporate entities sued by the Federal Trade Commission over an allegedly deceptive scheme to sell vending machine business...

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that Phillips Petroleum Company and Enron Corp. have agreed to modify a proposed transaction so as to ensure competition for the transportation of natural...

After the San Jose Mercury News ran an article in May 1994 telling consumers how to analyze new car factory invoices so that they could be better negotiators when buying cars, local car dealers...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Eli Lilly and Company settling charges that its $4 billion acquisition of McKesson Corporation's prescription...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Nature's Bounty, Inc. and two of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, settling charges that they made deceptive weight-loss...

How well are the Federal Trade Commission's Guidelines for Environmental Marketing Claims working in preventing the false or misleading use of advertising terms such as recyclable, degradable and...

MINI-TV USA, Inc., and its president have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they have deceptively pitched their business opportunity, which involves placing mini, coin-operated...

A Lockport, Illinois, man has admitted to running a deceptive scheme to bill churches and small businesses for unordered merchandise, the Federal Trade Commission announced today. Under an agreement...

T Debbie C. Taylor, a defendant in the Federal Trade Commissionþs case against an allegedly fraudulent sweepstakes- entry club has agreed to settle federal charges stemming from her role in...

The Federal Trade Commission has approved two divestitures by Olin Corporation, of Stamford, Connecticut. In the first, Olin will divest pool chemical facilities it owns in South Charleston, West...