Commission Actions

Free One-day Event Scheduled for April 27, 2007 The Federal Trade Commission will host a free public workshop on April 27, 2007, in San Francisco, California, to discuss the issues surrounding the use...

Will Pay $465,000 For Violating Spam Law An Internet marketer of adult entertainment will pay a $465,000 civil penalty under a settlement reached with the Federal Trade Commission and the Department...

Commission approval of Federal Register notice: The Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice seeking comments on several proposed amendments to the Appliance Labeling Rule...

CDs’ Embedded Content Protection Software Posed Security Risks, Limited CD Use, and Monitored Users’ Listening Habits on their Computers, Without Consumer Consent Sony BMG Music Entertainment has...

FTC Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today announced several appointments during 2006 that strengthened the agency’s commitment to enforce consumer protection laws. Mary Beth Richards joined Eileen...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it has filed civil contempt charges against Lane Labs, Inc., its president Andrew Lane, and William Lane for violating FTC orders entered in 2000...

Issuance of Commission report: The Commission has issued its annual report to the Federal Reserve Board on FTC enforcement activities in 2006 related to the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), Consumer...

Sessions on January 30-31 to Focus on Business/Academic Testimony The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division today announced that the latest in a series...

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a United States Magistrate Judge has temporarily halted the marketing practices of an operation that deceptively advertised “free software CDs” but...

To Protect Competition, Carlyle and Riverstone Must Make Their Investment in Magellan Midstream Holdings Passive and Restrict Flow of Sensitive Information The Federal Trade Commission today announced...

Analyzes Transactions Occurring in Fiscal Years 1996-2005 The Federal Trade Commission today released its most recent staff analysis of horizontal merger investigations, describing transactions that...