Commission Actions

The Commission has approved amendments to the following: Parts 2, 3 and 4 of the FTC's Regulations on Organization, Procedure and Rules of Practice. As detailed in a Federal Register Notice to be...

Operators of an Internet-based business opportunity that promised easy income for investors in an Internet shopping mall network have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the results of five years of enforcement of the Telemarketing Sales Rule ("TSR"), which was mandated by Congress through the Telemarketing and Consumer...

The Commission has approved a trustee agreement regarding the following matter: Dow Chemical Company and Union Carbide Corporation. The proposed order in this matter requires among other things that...

Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a modified consent order in RHI AG/Global Industrial Technologies, Incorporated, issued a letter closing the investigation and...

The Federal Trade Commission has negotiated a proposed consent order to remedy the alleged anticompetitive effects stemming from the plan of MCN - the parent of Michigan Consolidated Gas Company (...

I plan to step down from the Commission promptly after a new chairman is confirmed by the full Senate. I am willing to stay on as Chairman until that time to make sure the FTC enjoys a smooth...

Great Pacific Vending Corporation, based in Los Angeles, California, and its president, Collie Wainer, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they failed to provide the pre-sale...