Commission Actions

On January 16, 2013, the Federal Trade Commission mailed 70,511 refund checks to consumers who lost money to a scheme that allegedly sold bogus "platinum" credit cards and illegally debited consumers’...

The staff of the Federal Trade Commission has joined the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court concerning the right of private parties to pursue relief...

In a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, two California-based companies and their principals, who allegedly took hundreds of thousands of dollars from consumers, are banned from marketing...

At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida has temporarily shut down Innovative Wealth Builders, Inc. (IWB), which allegedly operated a...

A petición de la Comisión Federal de Comercio (FTC, por su sigla en inglés) y de los estados de Illinois, Kentucky y Carolina del Norte, una corte federal ha ordenado el cese de la operación de un...

The Federal Trade Commission will co-host a press conference in Lexington, KY, today at 1 p.m. ET (Noon Central Time) , with the Kentucky Attorney General’s office, to announce a major action against...

The operator of a leading cord blood bank, Cbr Systems, Inc., agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it failed to protect the security of customers’ personal information, and that its...

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission and the states of Illinois, Kentucky, and North Carolina, a federal court has halted an allegedly illegal pyramid scheme pending trial. The FTC and the...

Federal Trade Commission staff submitted a comment in response to a request from the New York State Public Service Commission (NY PSC) for comments on competition and consumer protection rules in New...

Federal Trade Commission staff submitted a comment in response to a request from the New York State Public Service Commission (NY PSC) for comments on competition and consumer protection rules in New...

Federal Trade Commission staff, in response to a request for public comment from the Supreme Court of Tennessee, has provided comment on proposed amendments to the Tennessee Rules of Professional...