Commission Actions

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following action. Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received an application for approval of a transaction from the following. The...

The Federal Trade Commission said today it has reached a settlement agreement with the parties to the $63 billion merger of the Swiss pharmaceutical giants Ciba-Geigy Limited and Sandoz Ltd. that is...

The Federal Trade Commission has negotiated settlements in two cases against companies that vastly overstated to consumers the risk and profit potential investment value of federally-issued Federal...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a settlement agreement between Rowe International, Inc., the manufacturer of the popcorn vending machines sold by the defendants sued by the FTC in 1995 as...

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that Bell Connections, Inc. and four individuals, defendants in a case the FTC filed in federal district court in Los Angeles last January as part of...

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

Four federal agencies and 70 state and local law enforcement officials from 24 states have notified operators of over 500 websites that they may be promoting illegal pyramid schemes in violation of...

Jeannette L. Douglass of Sheridan, Indiana, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that potential earnings and profit claims made by the Computer Business Services, Inc. were false and...