Commission Actions

The Federal Trade Commission today charged The Hearst Trust, a family-held trust based in New York, New York; communications and entertainment company The Hearst Corporation, also in New York, which...

A United States District Court has halted the operation of a Web site hosting service that advertised services for flat fees ranging from $10 to $15 dollars but then crammed unauthorized charges of up...

Under proposed settlement agreements with the Federal Trade Commission, Microsoft Corporation ("Microsoft") and Hewlett-Packard Company ("HP") have agreed to stop misrepresenting that Pocket PC...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky today announced the resignation of General Counsel Debra A. Valentine. Valentine, who joined the Commission in May 1995 from the law firm of O'Melveny...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a consent agreement with Hoechst Marion Roussel ("HMR," now Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc), Carderm Capital, L.P. ("Carderm") and Andrx Corporation ("Andrx"...

Illegal "predatory" lending practices that often exploit lower-income and minority borrowers and frequently target elderly homeowners will be the focus of a public forum on April 3, 2001, at the...

The Federal Trade Commission today charged three drug makers, Schering-Plough Corporation ("Schering"), Upsher-Smith Laboratories ("Upsher-Smith") and American Home Products Corporation, with entering...