Commission Actions

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a two day public workshop on June 29 and 30, 2000, to examine issues of competition policy that arise in connection with business-to-business ("B2B") electronic...

The Federal Trade Commission's annual report to Congress on cigarette sales and advertising for 1998 shows that cigarette sales fell from 1997 to 1998, but advertising and promotional expenditures...

The seven largest U.S. cigar companies have agreed to include warnings about significant adverse health risks of cigar use in their advertising and packaging in a settlement announced today by Federal...

Staff of the Federal Trade Commission and the State of Illinois inspected 14 used car dealers near the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in Waukegan, North Chicago and Park City last Wednesday to...

What: Press conference to announce important agreements on the subject of new health warnings for consumers. Who: Robert Pitofsky Chairman Federal Trade Commission David Satcher Asst. Secretary for...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following action: Publication of Federal Register notice: The Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice describing the...

Steven Mishkin and Harris Cohen, two of the five individual defendants named in the Federal Trade Commission's 1998 lawsuit against Telecard Dispensing Corporation of Hollywood, Florida, have agreed...

Pitofsky issued the following statement today on Capitol Hill: "The high price differential between reformulated and non-reformulated gasoline in the Midwest region has raised significant questions...

Three federal district court judges in Los Angeles this week ordered a temporary halt to the allegedly deceptive sales practices of three California-based companies that sell informational guides on...