Commission Actions

WHO: Scheduled participants include: Eileen Harrington, Associate Director for Marketing Practices Federal Trade Commission National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) Representative Direct...

The Federal Trade Commission is sending e-mails to scores of Web sites directed to children to alert them that they must comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and its...

In remarks before the Plenary Session on Cyberspace Jurisdiction at the American Bar Association 2000 Annual Meeting in London, England, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky discusses the...

Application for approval of proposed divestiture: The FTC has received an application for divestiture from the following: Dominion Resources, Inc. and Consolidated Natural Gas Company (CNG). Pursuant...

Presenting Federal Trade Commission testimony today before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources regarding recent gasoline price increases in the Midwest, FTC Competition Director...

The Federal Trade Commission and other law enforcement officials have put the gloves back on to knock out the latest round of prize promotion fraud. In a recent law enforcement effort - "Project Prize...

North American Capital Corporation (NACC) has agreed to pay a $250,000 civil penalty as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission to resolve allegations that it violated the Fair Debt...

In light of a settlement offer made by the defendants, all parties are seeking suspension of pretrial proceedings in FTC v. Mylan Laboratories, Inc., et al., and in the states' lawsuits. Any final...

Operators of a group of Online pharmacies that promoted themselves touting medical and pharmaceutical facilities they didn't actually have and making privacy and confidentiality assurances they didn't...

The Federal Trade Commission today said that it continues to expand it efforts to stem the growing tide of identity theft. It has established a toll-free consumer hotline (1-877-ID-THEFT), to provide...