Commission Actions

A U.S. district court has entered an order barring unlawful activities by an operation that allegedly crammed unauthorized charges on the phone bills of small businesses or nonprofits for Web site...

Social networking Web site operators Xanga.com, Inc. and its principals, Marc Ginsburg and John Hiler, will pay a $1 million civil penalty for allegedly violating the Children’s Online Privacy...

An operation that placed spyware on consumers’ computers in violation of federal laws will give up more than $2 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges. Under a stipulated final judgment...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division today announced that the fourth in a series of joint public hearings designed to examine the implications of...

The Federal Trade Commission today told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the agency protects health care consumers from anti-competitive conduct by enforcing antitrust laws, and that the FTC is...

– Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved the issuance of a final consent order in the matter concerning Linde AG’s acquisition of The BOC Group. The vote approving issuance of...

Commission approval of Federal Register notice: The Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice concerning the collection of information for a proposed survey on the sharing...

An operation that sold worthless prep materials for post office jobs that didn’t exist, will give up $105,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the scam violated federal law. The FTC...