Commission Actions

Roche Holding Ltd. has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to reopen and modify a 1994 consent order to delete a provision that requires prior Commission approval of an acquisition of an interest...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with The Arizona Institute of Reproductive Medicine, Ltd. and its President, Robert H. Tamis, M.D., settling charges that...

Beginning Jan. 1, 1996, franchisors who choose to use the Uniform Franchise Offering Circular (UFOC) to provide pre-purchase information to franchise buyers as required by the Federal Trade Commission...

Roche Holdings, Inc. has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to reopen and modify a 1990 consent order to delete a provision that requires prior Commission approval of an acquisition of an...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged three manufacturers of add-on motor vehicle braking systems with making false and unsubstantiated advertising claims that their products are anti- lock braking...

Federal Trade Commission staff have advised the Eastern Ohio Physicians Organization, Inc. (EOPO), a multi-speciality physician organization to operate in northeastern Ohio and northwestern...

The remaining defendant named in a 1994 Federal Trade Commission lawsuit has agreed to pay $200,000 for consumer redress, and to post a bond of $1 million to protect future customers before marketing...

Federal Trade Commission staff has advised the Central Texas Medical Group (CTMG), an independent practitioners' association in Brownwood, Texas, that its proposed method of operating is unlikely to...

Starting October 2, American consumers denied health, life or disability insurance will have the right to know when confidential information about them was disclosed to insurers by the nation's...

Rite Aid Corporation has entered into an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission under which it can acquire several Brooks retail pharmacies in Maine from Maxi Drug, Inc., pending completion of...

A federal district court judge has prohibited Debra Mink from ever offering, or assisting others to offer, employment services again. Mink was charged by the Federal Trade Commission in May with...

S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to reopen and modify a 1993 order by terminating a provision that requires the company to obtain the FTC's approval for 10 years...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to consent agreements with two marketers of ozone generators for use in homes and offices, settling charges that the marketers made...

Blenheim Expositions, Inc., a Winter Park, Florida-based company that produces a variety of franchise trade shows and expositions, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it...