Commission Actions

The Federal Trade Commission today released staff comments to the Department of Defense on its proposed regulation implementing limitations on terms of credit extended to service members and...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Health and Human Services will host a forum, “Weighing In: A Check-Up on Marketing, Self-Regulation, and Childhood Obesity,” to review progress in...

Tens of thousands of consumers are unwitting accomplices of illegal spammers and at the mercy of identity thieves, warns the Federal Trade Commission. These consumers’ computers have been secretly...

The Federal Trade Commission today released a Bureau of Economics report presenting the results of a study that found that mortgage disclosure forms fail to convey key mortgage costs and terms to many...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today presented testimony before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee on the FTC’s efforts to combat unfair, deceptive, and other illegal...

The Federal Trade Commission and China’s consumer protection agency, the State Administration for Industry & Commerce (SAIC), today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote consumer...

Commission approval of staff comments: The Commission has approved the filing of staff comments with Washington, DC, Councilmember Mary Cheh regarding the “divorcement” provisions of the District’s...

On June 6, 2007, the FTC filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against BurnLounge, Inc. The complaint charges that BurnLounge sold opportunities to...