Commission Actions

Hawthorne Communications, Inc., an Iowa advertising agency, will pay a $25,000 civil penalty for violating a 1994 Federal Trade Commission order requiring it to have substantiation for advertising...

Nationwide Syndications, Inc., of Barrington, Illinois, and company president Thomas W. Karon, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made false and unsubstantiated claims...

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the following entity. The Commission action makes the consent order...

An immigration attorney who markets his professional services to immigrants who are interested in obtaining “green cards” through the State Department’s “green card lottery” has been charged by the...

The Federal Trade Commission announced today "The Joint Venture Project" to clarify and update antitrust policies regarding joint ventures and other forms of competitor collaborations. The Joint...

The Herb Gordon Auto World dealerships in Silver Spring, Maryland, and the Huling Bros. dealerships in Seattle, Washington, are the latest automobile advertisers to come under Federal Trade Commission...

The operators of the nationwide Pizzeria Uno restaurant chain have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that advertising touting a line of thin crust pizzas as "low fat" was false and...

Compliance with the Funeral Rule has dramatically improved among funeral homes within the past year, the Federal Trade Commission staff announced today. Of the 239 funeral homes visited in 1996 as...

Commission action regarding applications for approval : Following a public comment period, the Commission has ruled on an application for approval of a transaction from the following: The Commission...

The Federal Trade Commission has announced changes in the two threshold figures that define when it is unlawful for an individual to serve as an officer or director of two or more competing...