Commission Actions

Thomas B. Leary announced today that he will resign his position as Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, effective December 31, 2005. Commissioner Leary, a Republican, was nominated by...

The FTC, U.S. Attorneys, the FBI, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Canadian consumer protection officials, and three state Attorneys General today announced a law enforcement initiative targeting...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today announced that Susan Creighton, director of the Bureau of Competition for the past two-and-a-half years, will leave the FTC. The Chairman...

Kovacic is currently the E.K. Gubin Professor of Government Contracts Law at George Washington University Law School, where he began to teach in 1999. He was the FTC’s General Counsel from 2001...

Press conference to announce civil and criminal law enforcement initiatives targeting illegal spam operations announced by the FTC, Assistant U.S. Attorneys, Canadian Competition Bureau, and the...

Commission approval of staff comments: The Commission has approved the filing of comments by the staffs of the Bureau of Competition, the Bureau of Economics, and the Office of Policy Planning with...