Commission Actions

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will jointly sponsor a workshop on marketing, self-regulation, and childhood obesity on July 14 and 15, 2005...

Petition for approval of proposed divestiture: Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. (Magellan) has filed a petition requesting the Commission’s approval of the proposed divestiture of certain assets...

Operators who sent illegal spam and made deceptive claims for a bogus fuel-saving product that doesn’t save fuel have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that their e-mail and Web sites violated...

The National Do Not Call Registry has been “enormously successful,” according to the Federal Trade Commission. In a statement submitted today to the Committee on Industry, Natural Resources, Science...

Petition to reopen and set aside Commission order: The Commission received a petition to reopen and set aside a final consent order in the matter concerning Lafarge S.A.’s (Lafarge) 2001 merger with...

Each year, millions of students seek help in financing their college education, and some fall prey to scholarship and financial aid scams that “guarantee” money for college in exchange for a fee. In...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a consent order settling charges that an independent practice association, representing two orthopaedic groups in Cincinnati, Ohio, violated antitrust laws...

This year, instead of giving your mother something she doesn’t need for Mother’s Day, you can give her something she can really use. A new Mother’s Day e-card that’s sent with love from you and FTC...