Commission Actions

The marketer of an over-the-counter acne treatment, Acne-Statin, has agreed to pay a $200,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that ads touting the product as an effective...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following action. The FTC staff contact is Dan Ducore, 202-326-2526. Commission action regarding applications for prior approval: Following a public...

The Federal Trade Commission has begun efforts to repeal its Used Oil Rule as unnecessary and duplicative, and is seeking comments from the public on the proposed repeal for 30 days, until August 26...

B.A.T Industries p.l.c. and its subsidiary, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, have applied for Federal Trade Commission approval to divest six brands of discount cigarettes and a plant in...

“Project Jackpot,” a major enforcement effort targeting firms that fraudulently offer purportedly valuable prizes to consumers to induce them to purchase products, was announced today by federal and...

Fresenius AG, of Bad Hamburg, Germany, through its subsidiary, Fresenius USA, Inc., located in Walnut Creek, California, has agreed to divest its Lewisberry, Pennsylvania hemodialysis (HD) concentrate...

The nation’s two leading manufacturers of fire pumps made for installation onto fire trucks have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that each imposed restraints requiring their...

A tenant screening and debt collection agency operating in California, Idaho, Oregon and Washington has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated provisions of the Fair Debt...

Global Development Services, Inc., an invention promotion firm with offices in Manassas, Virginia, has agreed to pay $1 million for consumer refunds under a settlement announced by the Federal Trade...