Commission Actions

What: A press conference to announce three prong federal-state, public-private initiative to tackle online auction fraud. The event kicks off National Consumer Protection Week, which this year focuses...

Washington - The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Commerce announced today they will host a workshop to explore the use of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms for consumer...

In testimony presented to the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce and Tourism today, the five Commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission detailed the agency's recent...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions: Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with...

Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received applications for the approval of three transactions from the following: Exxon Mobil Corporation. The applications regard Exxon Mobil's...

The Federal Trade Commission has negotiated a settlement agreement with an Atlanta, Georgia company, under which the company has agreed to pay $250,000 in consumer redress for allegedly misleading...

Defendants who controlled and operated Screen Test U.S.A. -- a bogus model and talent operation doing business from Connecticut to Florida -- have been permanently banned from marketing and selling...

Public statement on the FTC's 2000 Online Privacy Survey: Later this month, the FTC will conduct a survey of U.S. commercial Web sites to determine the extent to which these sites are collecting...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that David R. Thomas, most recently Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs in the Office of the Vice President, has been named Director of the Commission's...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced it will seek a preliminary injunction in federal District Court to prevent the merger of BP Amoco p.l.c. and Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO). The...

Siri Ram Singh Khalsa, one of the individuals named in the Federal Trade Commission's case against several gemstone companies, has accepted a ban from selling any investment opportunity or collectible...

Results of Scholarscam 2000 Internet surf released: Staff of the Federal Trade Commission today announced the results of a "surf" of Internet sites that advertise college scholarship services. Called...