Commission Actions

On September 4, 2003, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Bureau of Economics will hold a one-day roundtable celebrating the 100th anniversary of the FTC’s predecessor agency, the Bureau of...

A Canadian-based company operating in the United States under the name “Bio Lab,” and its president, Jean-Francois Brochu, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceived...

Equifax Credit Information Services, Inc. (Equifax) will pay $250,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its blocked-call rate and hold times violated provisions of an FTC consent decree...

Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved the issuance of a final consent order in the matter concerning Unither Pharma, Inc. and United Therapeutics Corporation. The Commission...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced it has amended the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) to establish fees for industry access to the National Do Not Call Registry. Under the approved fee...

Continuing FTC testimony today before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Associate Director for Financial Practices Joel Winston discussed “financial literacy” and how it...

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that two additional Counsels for Intellectual Property, Armando Irizarry and Thomas Mays, will join the Commission’s Bureau of Competition in July and...

In comments provided last Friday at the request of New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, the staff of the Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Policy Planning and Bureau of Competition stated that...

The Federal Trade Commission today upheld charges that several subsidiaries of Vivendi Universal, S.A. illegally agreed with Warner Communications Inc. to restrict competition for audio and video...