Commission Actions

The Federal Trade Commission has issued its second report highlighting efforts to detect and prosecute violators of FTC-obtained court orders. In January 2002, the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection...

National advertisements urging consumers to call 1-800-DONOTCALL and pay a $2.95 fee to sign up for the National Do Not Call Registry have prompted the Federal Trade Commission to issue a warning to...

Addressing business executives and government officials at the Aspen Summit in Aspen, Colorado, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris today explained how competition, consumer protection...

Two Florida-based companies and their president have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they violated the Commission’s Mail or Telephone Order Merchandise Rule (Rule). According to the...

Two marketers of false international driver’s permits (IDPs) and one financial processor for IDP marketers have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they violated federal laws by deceptively...

Louisville, KY – On Tuesday, September 9th, the Federal Trade Commission, the Kentucky Attorney General's Office, and the Better Business Bureau of Louisville, Southern Indiana, and Western Kentucky...

Commission authorization of the staff to file amicus brief: The Commission has authorized the staff to file an amicus brief, at the request of the court, in Pruitt v. Kaufman & Broad Home Corp., et al...

The national Do Not Call registry, which already contains more than 32 million telephone numbers, will pass a significant milestone on August 31, 2003. The registry will become available to...