Commission Actions

Seven individuals and four corporations -- collectively called the Urso Group -- that ran a display-rack business opportunity for greeting cards and perfumes have been charged by the Federal Trade...

The Federal Trade Commission has accepted for public comment an agreement with Insilco Corporation settling FTC charges that its acquisition of Helima-Helvetion's aluminum tube manufacturing...

The Federal Trade Commission joined with the Coupon Information Center (CIC) today in announcing that they have identified 31 Internet advertisements for potentially fraudulent coupon-related schemes...

Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received an application for approval of a transaction from the following. The FTC is seeking public comments on the application for 30 days...

A proposal by the New Mexico Board of Optometry to restrict the business arrangements between optometrists and complementary businesses, such as stores that sell eyeglasses, could increase costs and...

The Federal Trade Commission today asked a federal district court to block a merger of the nation’s two largest movable medical equipment rental firms charging that the merger violates federal...

The staff of the Federal Trade Commission issued a letter today stating that Internic Software, Inc., an Australian organization copying the official domain name registration services of Network...

Ads claiming that an eye care treatment called "Precise Corneal Molding" orthokeratology ("PCM ortho-k") can cure vision deficiencies are false and unsubstantiated, the Federal Trade Commission...

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...

The Federal Trade Commission has begun efforts to repeal the Dry Cell Battery Rule, and is seeking public comment on the proposed repeal for 30 days, until September 18. The FTC is conducting a review...

Venus Enterprises, Inc., a Jersey City, New Jersey, importer of women's clothing, has agreed to pay a $4,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it mislabeled the care...