Commission Actions

Howard Beales, Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection, will hold a media availability on Wednesday, March 26, 2003 at 2:00 p.m. EST to provide reporters with details...

The Federal Trade Commission today released its schedule for creating and implementing the national "do not call" registry, first announced in December 2002 as part of the Amended Telemarketing Sales...

The Commission has authorized staff to file an amicus brief jointly with the U.S. Department of Justice in the matter concerning Empagran S.A. v. Hoffman-LaRoche, Ltd. No. 01-7115 (D.C. Cir.). The...

The second session of the Federal Trade Commission/Department of Justice joint hearings on health care and competition law and policy will begin on Wednesday, March 26 at 9:15 a.m. EST. The hearings...

Interested in the effect of the recent proliferation of single-specialty hospitals? Curious as to the explanation or implications of the DOJ's and FTC's string of hospital merger litigation losses...

An operator who used deceptive claims to market commodities, stock, real estate and other investment courses has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that his deceptive claims violated...

Anne and Stanford Miller, two of the three individuals involved in a medical billing work-at-home scam, are banned from promoting or selling work-at-home business opportunities as part of a settlement...

The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice (DOJ) today issued a letter urging the Georgia State Bar's Standing Committee on the Unlicensed Practice of Law to reject a request for an...

Court approval of settlement: A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, in Greensboro, has approved a settlement of the Commission’s action against the...