- For Release: May 16, 2008
U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms FTC Decision That Texas Doctors’ Group Engaged in Illegal, Anticompetitive Price-FixingIn a unanimous opinion issued on May 14, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a 2005 Federal Trade Commission decision that found certain activities of North Texas Specialty Physicians (NTSP) violated Section 5 of the FTC Act.
- Media Advisory: May 16, 2008
FTC, Partners to Announce ‘Operation Tele-PHONEY’ Law Enforcement SweepIncludes Actions Brought by More than 30 U.S. and Canadian Agencies Targeting Telemarketing Fraud
- For Release: May 15, 2008
FTC to Host Conference on Consumer Information and the Mortgage MarketThe Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Economics will host a conference on May 29 to highlight and assess the role of consumer information in the current mortgage crisis from an economic perspective.
- For Release: May 15, 2008
Defendants Agree to $26 Million Judgment to Settle FTC Charges for Deceiving Merchants in Debt/Credit Card Processing SchemeThe marketers of a debit and credit card processing services operation have agreed to judgments of more than $26 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceived small businesses throughout the country.
- For Release: May 14, 2008
FTC Testifies Before Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Agency’s FY 2009 Budget RequestFederal Trade Commission Chairman William E. Kovacic and Commissioner Jon Leibowitz today testified before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government Committee on Appropriations on the FTC’s behalf, requesting $256.2 million and 1,102 full-time equivalents (FTE) to accomplish the agency’s competition and consumer protection missions in fiscal year (FY) 2009.