Commission Actions

Two persons have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges for their roles in a fraudulent business opportunity scheme targeted in early 2005 as part of “Project Biz Opp Flop,” a crackdown on...

Petition for approval of proposed divestiture: The Commission has received a petition from Service Corporation International (SCI) and Alderwoods Group, Inc. seeking approval of a proposed divestiture...

Will Give Up $1.5 Million in Ill-Gotten Gains for Unfair and Deceptive Adware Downloads DirectRevenue LLC, a large adware distributor, and four of its principals have agreed to settle Federal Trade...

Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) assessment results: In early February, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published the results of the FTC’s recent Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART)...

Phone Records Obtained by Deception Were Unlawfully Sold to Third Parties The Federal Trade Commission has asked a U.S. district court to order a permanent halt to operations that deceptively obtained...

The Federal Trade Commission told a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee today that patent policy stimulates innovation by providing an incentive to develop and commercialize inventions, but...