Commission Actions

The Federal Trade Commission has granted Occidental Petroleum Corporation and its subsidiary, Occidental Chemical Corporation, approval to divest their suspension polyvinyl chloride (PVC) copolymer...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a proposed agreement with J. Walter Thompson USA, Inc., settling charges that it engaged in deceptive practices in connection with the advertising it...

A new Federal Trade Commission brochure cuts through the controversy over electronic price scanners by offering shop- pers some helpful tips for ensuring they're not overcharged at the checkout....

Federal Trade Commission staff has advised the Northwestern Nevada Orthopaedic Surgery Alliance, an independent physician association comprised of eight competing orthopedists in Washoe County, Nevada...

Prior FTC approval of the divestiture is required under a 1995 consent order Oerlikon-Buhrle signed to settle charges that its acquisition of Leybold would violate federal antitrust laws. The FTC had...

The Federal Trade Commission has terminated a 1954 consent order against Harley-Davidson Motor Company. The order pro- hibited Harley-Davidson from selling its products on the condition that the...

Summit Communications Group, Inc. and seven Wometco Cable TV companies operating in Georgia (collectively referred to below as Wometco) have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky has announced the appointment of Teresa Moran Schwartz to serve as Deputy Director of the Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection, effective...

WestPoint Stevens, Inc., the successor to West Point- Pepperell, Inc., has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to reopen and vacate a 1988 consent order stemming from West Point Pepperells's...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it will conduct a comprehensive review of consumers' perceptions of "made in USA" advertising claims. The Commission will hold a public workshop and...

The Federal Trade Commission has issued an order staying the administrative proceeding raising allegations that New Balance Athletic Shoes, Inc. made deceptive "made in USA" claims for its footwear...

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it has dismissed a complaint against Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers, Florida, because any potential harm to consumers as alleged in the complaint...

Valspar Corporation has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to set aside a provision in an order requiring the company, until 2003, to obtain the FTC's approval prior to acquiring assets used in...