Commission Actions

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...

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...

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...

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...

April 10-12 Conference in Washington, D.C., Will Explore a Range of Energy Issues The Federal Trade Commission, which enforces the federal antitrust laws and is also the federal consumer protection...

The Federal Trade Commission has approved amendments to the Franchise Rule, which was originally promulgated in 1978. The amended Rule has a phased-in effective date: as of July 1, 2007, franchisors...