Commission Actions

Marquette, Inc., a Georgia based company, and two of its officers, have agreed to pay $146,750 in consumer redress as settlement of Federal Trade Commission charges announced as part of "Project...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...