Commission Actions

The Federal Trade Commission has announced its decision not to seek further review in the Supreme Court of its case against the California Dental Association ("CDA"), and has returned the matter to...

The Federal Trade Commission has asked a U.S. District Court Judge to halt an Internet domain name scheme that dupes consumers into needlessly registering variations of their existing domain names by...

As specified in the terms of agreements reached with the Federal Trade Commission last June, effective today, the seven largest U.S. cigar companies must include warnings in both their advertising and...

The Federal Trade Commission has reached an agreement to settle all claims arising out of a civil contempt action against American Business Supplies, Inc., Interstate Office Systems, Inc., Nationwide...

Australian defendant, Gregory Lasrado, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that a scheme that hijacked unwitting Internet surfers violated the FTC Act. Lasrado participated in a scam...

The Commission has received an application for proposed divestiture from the following: El Paso Energy Corporation/The Coastal Corporation. The application concerns the merger of El Paso and Coastal...

In July 2000, the Federal Trade Commission filed charges against Global Network Enterprises, Inc. and Republic Enterprises, Inc., based in Costa Mesa, California, and individual defendants Cecilia M...

The Federal Trade Commission and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration of the Department of Commerce (NTIA) will host a workshop April 3, 2001 from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m...

A cross-border lottery scam that targeted elderly U.S. consumers has been barred from selling tickets in the United States and from violating federal laws that bar deceptive sales practices. The court...