Press Releases

The Federal Trade Commission staff has concluded that the formation of a purchasing joint venture between Elmore Community Hospital and Community Hospital, both of which are rural hospitals in Elmore...

The Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection today released a staff opinion letter in accordance with which the nation's largest insurance reporting agency will, for the first time...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a new policy that will expand cooperative efforts between the Commission and the state Attorneys General in merger investigations. The procedure will...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with William J. Santamaria and his firms, Taleigh Corporation and Choice Diet Products, Inc. Taleigh and Choice marketed...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Glaxo plc, settling charges that its $14.3 billion acquisition of Wellcome plc may substantially lessen competition in...

The Arizona Institute of Reproductive Medicine, Ltd. and its President, Robert H. Tamis, M.D., have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made deceptive claims regarding the...

The Federal Trade Commission has granted Roche Holding Ltd. approval to divest Syva Company, a Syntex subsidiary which manufactures drugs of abuse testing (DAT) products, to Behring Diagnostics, Inc...

According to T&N, the proposed acquisition would establish the combined company as a credible developer and supplier of piston assemblies in all major automotive manufacturing centers throughout...

American Distribution, Inc. and its president and founder, Stephen E. Milo, have agreed to pay a $50,000 civil penalty and to exchange for cash as much as $150,000 to $200,000 worth of "credit...

The Federal Trade Commission staff has advised that the formation and operation of California All Health (CAH) would not appear to violate federal antitrust laws and that it may produce significant...

The Federal Trade Commission has set aside 1960 orders against Warner Publisher Services, Inc. (formerly, Independent News Company, Inc.) and DC Comics (formerly National Comics Publications, Inc.)...

Television personality Ruta Lee and her production company Live-Lee Productions, Inc. have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the claims she made in infomercials for three vitamin...

Television personality Ruta Lee has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that advertising claims she made for three vitamin sprays and a stop-smoking spray were unsubstantiated. Lee made...

The Federal Trade Commission has amended its regulations governing the disclosures that must appear on lamp product (light bulb) packages. The changes relate to incandescent reflector lamps and to...

The Federal Trade Commission has terminated a 1971 consent order against Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. The order settled allegations that Goodyear and several other tire companies (The Firestone...

Giant Food Inc. has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to reopen and vacate a 1964 order. The order prohibits Giant from inducing its suppliers to offer, or receiving from its suppliers...

The California Medical Association (CMA) has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to reopen and modify or set aside a 1979 consent order so that CMA can establish and distribute physician fee...

Nearly 2,400 consumers who purchased Vanguard brand heat detectors will soon receive refunds that total almost $4 million, following a Federal Trade Commission suit against Figgie International, Inc...

Richard Canicatti, one of two defendants sued by the Federal Trade Commission over their role in an allegedly deceptive telemarketing scheme that preyed on elderly consumers who had lost money to...

Silicon Graphics, Inc.'s plan to acquire two of the world's three leading entertainment graphics software firms could go forward under a settlement agreement it has reached with the Federal Trade...