Commission Actions

GOOD MORNING, As of December 1998 -- 22.3 million adults in this country sought health and medical information online. Nearly 70 percent of those searching for health information on the Web, did so...

Internet health fraud is the target of a comprehensive law enforcement and consumer education campaign announced today by the Federal Trade Commission at a press conference in Washington, D.C. The...

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a public workshop on July 20, 1999, to explore appropriate methods to obtain parental consent in conjunction with the FTC's rulemaking on the Children's Online...

Continental Gown Cleaning Service, Inc., a New York-based drycleaning operation, four related drycleaning companies operating at the same address, and the two individuals who controlled them, have...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky today told the House Judiciary Committee that a proposed antitrust exemption to allow physicians and other health care professionals to engage in...

Albertson's, Inc. and American Stores Company have agreed to sell 144 supermarkets and five supermarket sites in order to resolve Federal Trade Commission charges that Albertston's proposed...

The Federal Trade Commission will announce "Operation Cure.All," a comprehensive law enforcement and consumer education campaign to combat deceptive health claims on the Internet at a press conference...