Commission Actions

The Department of Commerce, and particularly the National Institute of Standards and Technology, is gratified to see that 43 percent of the inspected stores were perfect -- that is they passed with no...

A survey conducted by the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and weights and measures offices in 37 jurisdictions concluded...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following action. Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received an application for approval of a transaction from the following. The...

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a public workshop-conference on January 29, 1999, in connection with the notice of proposed rulemaking published May 8, 1998, proposing amendments to its Trade...

The Federal Trade Commission has asked a U.S. District Court to impose civil penalties on two defendants who have failed to obey an FTC order requiring them to pay $500,000 in consumer redress...

Four corporate defendants in a case filed by the Federal Trade Commission in April have agreed to pay up to $13 million in consumer redress to settle charges that they deceptively billed consumers for...

As growing numbers of consumers participate in the global marketplace, the issue of international consumer protection is becoming increasingly relevant, the Federal Trade Commission said today as it...

Alyce Designs Inc. and two corporate officers have agreed to pay a $36,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they violated the Care Labeling Rule by selling wedding gowns...

The Asociacion de Farmacias Region de Arecibo ("AFRA") and Ricardo Alvarez Class ("Alvarez") (together referred to as "respondents"), have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they...

An association of marine pilots in Oregon has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it monopolized and unreasonably restrained competition in the market for pilotage services on the...