Commission Actions

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. The staff contacts are Dan Ducore, 202-326-2526 and Elizabeth Piotrowski, 202-326-2623. Petitions to reopen and modify or set aside...

In 1984, before the break up of Ma Bell, about 55 million consumers leased their telephones. Today, the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission launched a campaign to alert...

The Federal Trade Commission today proposed amending its Appliance Labeling Rule to allow appliance manufacturers to place energy use labels required by the Canadian and Mexican governments directly...

Anthony E. DiResta has been named Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Regional Office in Atlanta, Georgia, by FTC Chairman Robert Pitofsky. Since 1984, DiResta has been in private practice and...

Consent order given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has determined to issue a consent order against the following company as final, thus making the consent order’s...

Fresh-O-Matic Corporation, a St. Charles, Missouri-based company that markets soft-drink vending machines business opportunities at franchise trade shows nationwide, has agreed to pay $100,000 to...

Litton Industries, Inc, has agreed to divest the multi-million dollar systems engineering and technical assistance contract for the Navy’s Aegis destroyer program to settle Federal Trade Commission...

NordicTrack, Inc., a major marketer of indoor exercise equipment, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that it made false and unsubstantiated weight loss and weight maintenance...

The Federal Trade Commission has obtained an agreement from American Direct Marketing, Inc. and its president to pay a $100,000 civil penalty as part of a settlement of allegations that they shipped...

Allied Bond & Collection Agency, Inc. (Allied), has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it falsely threatened legal action against consumers from whom they were attempting to...

The growth in international franchise transactions, in part due to the explosion of ads for American franchise systems on the Internet, will be the topic of a Federal Trade Commission workshop in Room...

Ann I. Jones has been named Regional Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Los Angeles Regional Office, FTC Chairman Robert Pitofsky announced today. Her appointment is effective immediately...