Commission Actions

The Federal Trade Commission today said that newly implemented provisions of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act and cooperative efforts of the FTC, other law enforcement agencies, and the...

A physician-hospital organization (PHO) in New Mexico has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it drove up the cost of health care for consumers in the Alamogordo, NM area by jointly...

Commission approval of amicus brief filing: The Commission has approved the filing of an amicus brief jointly with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in the matter...

Under the terms of a consent agreement with the Federal Trade Commission announced today, Buckeye Partners, L.P. (Buckeye) will be permitted to complete its proposed $517 million acquisition of...

In a decision holding that it is unfair and unlawful to bill charges to consumers’ telephone numbers for such things as so-called “videotext” services – Internet-based visual entertainment – when the...

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on a proposed regulation to improve notices of consumers’ right to opt out of prescreened solicitations for credit or insurance. Comments on the...

Commission filing of comments with the U.S. Department of Energy: The Commission filed comments with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) concerning the designation of National Interest Electric...