Commission Actions

Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received an application for approval for a transaction from the following. The FTC is seeking public comments on the application for 30 days...

The Federal Trade Commission will provide a press availability on Tuesday, April 1st, the effective date for a new federal law, which provides consumers with better protection from fraudulent credit...

Mauney Hosiery Mills, Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the company violated the FTC's Textile Fiber Products Identification Act (Textile Act) when it sold to national...

Cabot Hosiery Mills, Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the company violated the FTC's Textile Fiber Products Identification Act (Textile Act) when it sold to national...

The Federal Trade Commission has obtained a settlement agreement with Keith Berggren and the "credit repair" company through which he did business, Clear Your Credit, Inc. The agreement settles FTC...

More than 85,000 consumers nationwide will be receiving refund checks totaling about $4 million by mid-April. The refund pool was funded by settlements the Federal Trade Commission negotiated in its...

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking comments from the public on whether to repeal its Dry Cell Battery Rule, which prohibits representations that dry cell batteries will not leak. The FTC is...

The Federal Trade Commission has offered strong support in addition to several suggestions for better clarifying how companies leasing cars and other personal property must disclose important cost...

Sound familiar? Heard these claims before? If you have ever picked up a newspaper or magazine, or turned on the TV, you probably have seen advertisements that tout these or similar claims. As part of...

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comments on its Hobby Protection Act Rules, which require imitation political items -- such as buttons, posters, coffee mugs and the like -- to be marked...

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