Commission Actions

The Federal Trade Commission staff has advised that the formation and operation of California All Health (CAH) would not appear to violate federal antitrust laws and that it may produce significant...

American Distribution, Inc. and its president and founder, Stephen E. Milo, have agreed to pay a $50,000 civil penalty and to exchange for cash as much as $150,000 to $200,000 worth of "credit...

Television personality Ruta Lee has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that advertising claims she made for three vitamin sprays and a stop-smoking spray were unsubstantiated. Lee made...

Television personality Ruta Lee and her production company Live-Lee Productions, Inc. have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the claims she made in infomercials for three vitamin...

The Federal Trade Commission has amended its regulations governing the disclosures that must appear on lamp product (light bulb) packages. The changes relate to incandescent reflector lamps and to...

Giant Food Inc. has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to reopen and vacate a 1964 order. The order prohibits Giant from inducing its suppliers to offer, or receiving from its suppliers...

The Federal Trade Commission has terminated a 1971 consent order against Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. The order settled allegations that Goodyear and several other tire companies (The Firestone...

The California Medical Association (CMA) has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to reopen and modify or set aside a 1979 consent order so that CMA can establish and distribute physician fee...

Richard Canicatti, one of two defendants sued by the Federal Trade Commission over their role in an allegedly deceptive telemarketing scheme that preyed on elderly consumers who had lost money to...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Schnuck Markets, Inc., settling charges that its acquisition of the U.S. supermarkets owned by National Holdings, Inc...

In two separate cases, the marketers of ozone generators for use in homes and offices have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that they made unsubstantiated claims about the ability...

The Federal Trade Commission made clear today that antitrust laws prohibiting price fixing apply to the fashion industry just as they do to other products or services. The FTC announced a settlement...

Nearly 2,400 consumers who purchased Vanguard brand heat detectors will soon receive refunds that total almost $4 million, following a Federal Trade Commission suit against Figgie International, Inc...

Silicon Graphics, Inc.'s plan to acquire two of the world's three leading entertainment graphics software firms could go forward under a settlement agreement it has reached with the Federal Trade...