Commission Actions

WHO Timothy J. Muris Chairman Federal Trade Commission WHAT:: Luncheon speech, "Robert Pitofsky: Public Servant and Scholar," at the American Antitrust Institute's Second Annual Conference. The theme...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris, with the concurrence of his fellow Commissioners, has named a senior staff team with extensive experience in the private sector, in academia, and at...

North American Marketing Systems, Inc., based in Colorado, and its owner, Patrick Wherley, have agreed to pay a $33,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they failed to...

WHAT: The Federal Trade Commission will announce a new round of law enforcement actions against the fraudulent marketing of supplements and other health products on the Internet at a press conference...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the latest in a series of successful actions taken against defendants who allegedly misled and defrauded consumers through the telemarketing of "free" or...

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement regarding the following and forwarded letters to the commentors of record...

Timothy J. Muris was sworn in yesterday as Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. President George W. Bush named Muris, a Republican, on April 26, 2001 and he was confirmed by the Senate on May 25...

The Federal Trade Commission has asked a U. S. District Court to permanently halt the deceptive claims of an aftermarket brake marketer, to award civil penalties for violations of an earlier FTC order...