Commission Actions

The Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection will hold the first of two one-day sessions on "Technologies for Protecting Personal Information" on Wednesday, May 14, 2003. The workshops...

Commission approval of time period extension: The Commission has approved a fourth extension of a time period concerning a matter involving Baxter International, Inc. (Baxter). Under the order in...

Two Internet sites claiming that they can "pre-register" consumers with the Federal Trade Commission's National telemarketing "Do Not Call" Registry are the focus of a federal district court complaint...

The Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement with Comstar Communications, Inc. and its president, Randall A. Carasco, who marketed and sold "WaveShield," "WaveShield 1000," and "WaveShield...

The fifth session of the Federal Trade Commission/Department of Justice joint hearings on health care and competition law and policy will be held on Wednesday, May 7, from 9:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and...

Every year millions of students apply for financial aid and scholarships to help finance their college education. Sometimes they fall prey to scholarship and financial aid scams. To help federal...

Jonathan P. Cohen, the last remaining individual defendant named in a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit involving fundraising fraud, is banned from further fundraising and telemarketing activities as...