Commission Actions

Staff of the Federal Trade Commission have advised Phoenix Medical Network, Inc., a proposed physician network in Erie, Pennsylvania, that they have no present intention to recommend a challenge to...

A company that claimed consumers could earn big money by investing in its home-based medical "billing center" business opportunity has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its...

The Federal Trade Commission today told a Senate subcommittee that legislation to combat credit identity theft could help consumers by defining identity theft as a crime and providing for consumer...

A home is often a consumer's greatest, single asset and home equity fraud can rob consumers of their homes and the equity they have spent years building. Because of an increasing number of consumer...

A business that claimed it could obtain unsecured credit cards -- even for consumers with past credit problems -- for up-front "processing fees" of up to $129 has agreed to settle Federal Trade...

The staff of the Federal Trade Commission today filed a comment with the Louisiana Public Service Commission (PSC) in response to its request for comments about the "Market Structure, Market Power...

The Federal Trade Commission today unveiled a "roadmap" on the Web that will show consumers how to protect their personal information from public access. This "one stop shop" for consumer privacy...