Commission Actions

Two operations that marketed oral sprays that were supposed to help users lose weight, reverse the aging process, and prevent or treat diseases have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that their...

Promised Free Valuable Coupons, Consumers Got Only Subscriptions They Did Not Want The Federal Trade Commission has charged several Pennsylvania-based defendants with violating the FTC Act and the...

Commission approval of amended complaint filing: The Commission has approved the filing of an amended complaint in the court matter currently pending against Business Card Experts, et al. (BCE). The...

Commission approval of amended complaint: The Commission has approved the filing of an amended complaint in the matter of FTC v. ERG Ventures, LLC et al. In the original complaint filed in October...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras will participate in the sixth annual International Competition Network (ICN) Conference in Moscow, Russia, from May 30-June 1, 2007. At the...

Each year, millions of students seek help in financing their college education, and some fall prey to scholarship and financial aid scams that “guarantee” money for college in exchange for a fee. In...

Allegedly Failed to Deliver Guaranteed Lower Interest Rates A group of telemarketers have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their “debt elimination program” violated federal and...

Testifying today on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission before the U.S. Congress’ Joint Economic Committee, Bureau of Economics Director Michael A. Salinger described the FTC’s initiatives to...