Commission Actions

Operators that used deceptive spam and a Web site to recruit consumers into an illegal chain letter scheme have agreed to settle FTC charges that their scam violated federal laws. The settlement bars...

Today, the Federal Trade Commission filed an appeal of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado order that enjoins the FTC from enforcing the provisions of the Telemarketing Sales...

En el día de ayer, la Corte de Distrito de los Estados Unidos para el Distrito de Colorado sostuvo que un registro No Llame (Do Not Call) que permita a los consumidores evitar la recepción de llamadas...

Today, the Congress has once again ratified the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to establish a National Do Not Call Registry. I always have believed that the FTC had clear authority to...

Kyle Kimoto, the chief architect of an illicit international telemarketing network, has agreed to the terms of a federal court order to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that his telemarketing...

En el día de hoy, una vez más, el Congreso ha ratificado la autoridad de la Comisión Federal de Comercio (Federal Trade Commission, FTC) para establecer el Registro Nacional No Llame (National Do Not...

The Federal Trade Commission today filed a motion in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma for a stay pending appeal of the court's September 23, 2003, order declaring...

A group of surgeons in Yakima, Washington, has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that it increased the cost of health care for consumers in Yakima by jointly fixing prices in contract...

La Comisión Federal de Comercio (Federal Trade Commission, FTC) presentó hoy día una moción ante la Corte de Distrito de los Estados Unidos para el Distrito Oeste de Oklahoma solicitando una apelación...

Network Solutions, Inc. has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that its deceptive marketing practices unlawfully tricked consumers into transferring their Internet domain name registrations to...

A fines del año pasado, la Comisión Federal de Comercio (Federal Trade Commission, FTC) expidió las reglas para crear el Registro Nacional No Llame (National Do Not Call Registry) bajo la ley llamada...

Late last year, the Federal Trade Commission issued rules creating the National Do Not Call Registry under the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act. On February 13, 2003, the...

In a staff report released today, the Federal Trade Commission’s State Action Task Force concludes that the scope of the antitrust state action doctrine has expanded dramatically since first...

America Online, Inc. (AOL) and its subsidiary, CompuServe Interactive Services, Inc. (CompuServe), today settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they engaged in two separate unfair practices...

Issuance of staff advisory opinion: The staff of the FTC's Bureau of Competition has advised counsel for Bay Area Preferred Physicians (BAPP) that it does not presently intend to recommend law...

Under the terms of a proposed consent agreement announced today, the Federal Trade Commission would allow DSM N.V.'s (DSM) proposed $1.89 billion acquisition of Roche Holding AG's (Roche) Vitamins and...