Commission Actions

The amount spent on cigarette advertising and promotion by the largest cigarette companies in the United States declined from $9.94 billion in 2008 to $8.53 billion in 2009, and again to $8.05 billion...

The operators of a Philadelphia-based telemarketing scheme will pay more than $7.5 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they peddled bogus “platinum” credit cards and illegally...

The Federal Trade Commission today issued final changes to agency procedure that will streamline the FTC’s investigatory process, make updates to keep pace with electronic evidence discovery, and...

A Chicago funeral home operator has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that he violated the Funeral Rule , which helps to ensure that people have the information they need to compare...

The Federal Trade Commission has reopened the public comment period for next month's workshop focusing on competition and consumer protection issues in the pet medications industry , and will now...

At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court halted a purported debt relief operation that allegedly contacted consumers through prerecorded telemarketing calls, falsely claimed it would...