Commission Actions

The Federal Trade Commission has issued a new consumer publication, “Charitable Donations: Give or Take?”, advising consumers on how to avoid potential charity scams. With more than 700,000 federally...

Defendants who sent spam promising a free Sony Playstation to lure consumers to pornographic Web sites, then redirected consumers’ Internet connections through a 900-number with a significant per...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it has closed its antitrust investigation into Caremark Rx, Inc.’s proposed acquisition of Advance PCS, and that it has notified the companies of this...

The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint in U.S. district court charging First American Payment Processing, Inc., CET Corp., and Check Processing Center, LLC, and their principals with...

As required by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2004, the Federal Trade Commission today announced a proposal to amend the "Do Not Call" provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) to...

The Federal Trade Commission today issued an antitrust complaint against a corporation - which owns a system of hospitals in Cook and Lake counties, Illinois - that acquired a nearby hospital and...

San Francisco-based Brown & Toland Medical Group, which was sued by the Federal Trade Commission for allegedly fixing the prices and terms under which its doctors would contract with payors to provide...

Commission approval of amicus brief filing: The Commission has approved the filing of an amicus brief jointly with the U.S. Department of Justice in the matter concerning Hoffmann-LaRoche, Ltd. v...