Commission Actions

Two dietary supplement marketers that lured consumers on the Internet with allegedly deceptive weight-loss claims and bogus “free” sample offers, and then debited their bank accounts or charged their...

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a United States District Court has ordered a permanent halt to the illegal operations of an Internet-based check creation and delivery service and...

– The Bureau of Economics has released an Economic Issues Paper that studies the treatment of efficiencies in FTC merger matters. It is available on the Commission’s Web site. The paper was undertaken...

An online seller of computer supplies and other consumer electronics has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated federal law by failing to provide reasonable security to...

Statement by David P. Wales, Acting Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition, on the Commission’s Order today extending by thirty days the time the lawsuit against Whole Foods Market, Inc. will be...

Commission Approves Final Consent Order in Matter of AllCare IPA – Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved a final consent order in the matter of AllCare IPA. The vote approving...