Commission Actions

The Federal Trade Commission has ended the obligation of WestPoint Stevens, Inc., the successor to West Point Pepperell, Inc., to obtain FTC approval before acquiring certain bed linen and bath linen...

FTC Also Challenges HIV Protection Claims as Unsubstantiated-- Johnson & Johnson Subsidiary to Settle the Charges-- Claim: "Studies show that up to 18.5 percent of condoms will fail." False, according...

WHO: Robert Pitofsky, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission Joseph E. Stiglitz, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors Lewis E. Platt, Chairman and CEO, Hewlett-Packard Co. Sanford M. Litvack, Senior...

Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc (HMRI), formerly Marion Merrell Dow, Inc., has requested Federal Trade Commission approval to divest a license of dicyclomine, a medication used in the treatment of...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Local Health System, Inc., Blue Water Health Services Corp., and Mercy Health Services, settling charges over the...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation, settling charges that the company's $3 billion merger with Healthtrust, Inc. -...

The settlement prohibits Body Wise from making false claims that a food, drug, or nutritional supplement helps users achieve or maintain weight loss without diet or exercise. It also bars...

Beginning Jan. 1, 1996, franchisors who choose to use the Uniform Franchise Offering Circular (UFOC) to provide pre-purchase information to franchise buyers as required by the Federal Trade Commission...

Roche Holdings, Inc. has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to reopen and modify a 1990 consent order to delete a provision that requires prior Commission approval of an acquisition of an...

Roche Holding Ltd. has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to reopen and modify a 1994 consent order to delete a provision that requires prior Commission approval of an acquisition of an interest...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with The Arizona Institute of Reproductive Medicine, Ltd. and its President, Robert H. Tamis, M.D., settling charges that...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged three manufacturers of add-on motor vehicle braking systems with making false and unsubstantiated advertising claims that their products are anti- lock braking...