Commission Actions

The Federal Trade Commission will host a press conference on Tuesday November 9, 2004, to announce a series of new law enforcement and consumer education initiatives to address the problem of bogus...

Application for approval of proposed divestiture: The Commission has received a petition for approval of proposed divestiture from Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (Enterprise) and Dan L. Duncan...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged that a telemarketing operation promised “free samples,” then debited consumer’s accounts without their authorization in violation of federal law. The FTC...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will co-host a two-day “summit” November 9-10, 2004 to explore the development and...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged New Jersey-based NorVergence, Inc. with defrauding consumers through misleading claims that it would provide them with years of dramatic savings on their...

The Federal Trade Commission has asked a U.S. district court judge to shut down an operation that used illegal spam to make deceptive claims about an “automotive fuel saver” that doesn’t save fuel...

First American Payment Processing, Inc., two related corporations, and their principals are banned from processing any payments for outbound telemarketers as part of a settlement with the Federal...

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on different approaches to determining a “fair and reasonable” fee for credit scores under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA)...

Application for approval of proposed divestiture: The Commission has received a petition for approval of proposed divestiture from General Electric Company (GE) related to the FTC decision and order...