Commission Actions

Commission authorization of amended complaint filing: The Commission has authorized the staff to file an amended complaint in the case currently pending against Juan Matos, individually and doing...

Notice for public comment: The Federal Identity Theft Task Force, chaired by Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and co-chaired by Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras, is seeking...

I am grateful to President Bush for signing the US SAFE WEB Act into law. The Act will help the Federal Trade Commission fight a range of practices that harm American consumers – including fraudulent...

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

Commission approval of Federal Register notice: The Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice concerning the amendment of the energy labeling requirements for ceiling fans...

The Federal Trade Commission will host a workshop on January 25, 2007, in Washington, DC, to analyze the marketing of goods and services through offers with negative option features. The workshop...

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court has shut down a payment processing operation that allegedly helped fraudulent telemarketers take millions of dollars from consumers’...

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