Commission Actions

Commissioner William E. Kovacic today assumes the role of Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. On March 26, President George W. Bush announced his intention to designate Kovacic to serve as...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today issued the FTC’s 2008 Annual Report at the American Bar Association’s Section of Antitrust Law Spring Meeting in Washington, DC. “The FTC...

Commission issues staff report: The Commission has issued a staff report highlighting the challenges of consumer protection in the face of emerging and evolving technologies in the next ten years. The...

In two unrelated Federal Trade Commission actions, discount retailer TJX and data brokers Reed Elsevier and Seisint have agreed to settle charges that each engaged in practices that, taken together...

The Federal Trade Commission has asked a U.S. district court judge to order a halt to the alleged illegal practices of CTA, a major distributor of prepaid calling cards across the country. In the last...

Commission approval of motion to intervene and object to proposed class action settlement: The Commission has approved a motion to intervene in and object to a proposed class action settlement...

As previously announced, I will resign as Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, effective March 30. The President has announced his intention of designating FTC Commissioner William E. Kovacic as...

La Comisión Federal de Comercio (Federal Trade Commission, FTC) le ha solicitado a un juez de una Corte Federal de Distrito que ordene el cese de las prácticas presuntamente ilegales de CTA, un...