The Federal Trade Commission renewed its recommendation that Congress consider giving authority over cigarette testing to one of the federal government’s science-based public health agencies. In...

Petition for approval of proposed divestiture: The Commission has received a petition from Kyphon, Inc. requesting approval of a proposed divestiture related to its recent acquisition of certain...

On October 22, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a lower court’s judgment ordering a magazine subscription seller to pay a civil penalty of more than $5.4 million and give up...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a law enforcement crackdown on companies and individuals accused of violating the requirements of the National Do Not Call (DNC) Registry, resulting in six...

A Texas-based debt collection company will pay more than $1.3 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it misled, threatened, and harassed consumers in violation of federal law. “Debt...

The Federal Trade Commission has created a consumer hotline for consumers who purchased “debt reduction services” from Edge Solutions, Money Cares, the Debt Settlement Company, the Debt Elimination...

Petition to reopen and modify order: The Commission has received a petition from Nine West Group, Inc. to reopen and modify a prior FTC order. As detailed in the petition, a copy of which can be found...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras will host a press conference on Wednesday, November 7 at 10:30 am in Washington, DC, to announce the results of a law enforcement sweep...

The Federal Trade Commission today released staff comments to the federal banking agencies – the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the...

The Federal Trade Commission and the federal financial institution regulatory agencies have sent to the Federal Register for publication final rules on identity theft “red flags” and address...

Universal Advertising, Inc., and its owner, Paul E. Porter, have agreed to settle charges that they misled consumers into paying thousands of dollars for a venture they claimed would generate...

WHAT: Two day Town Hall to address consumer protection issues raised by tracking of consumers’ activities online to target online advertising - behavioral advertising. WHEN: November 1-2, 2007 WHERE...

A Las Vegas company and businessman, accused of deceptively marketing a business opportunity involving dubious “asset protection” services, are banned from selling business ventures and from marketing...

A bogus email is circulating that says it is from the Federal Trade Commission, referencing a “complaint” filed with the FTC against the email’s recipient. The email includes links and an attachment...

The Federal Trade Commission today released a statistical survey of fraud in the United States that shows that 30.2 million adults – 13.5 percent of the adult population – were victims of fraud during...

WHO: Consumer advocates, industry representatives, technology experts, academics and staff of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. WHEN: November 1-2, 2007 WHERE: FTC Conference Center601 New...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a complaint challenging Owens Corning’s proposed acquisition of the glass fiber reinforcements and composite fabric assets of Compagnie de Saint Gobain...

One of the defendants in a massive fraudulent billing scheme has agreed to settle charges for her role in collecting more than $30 million in bogus collect call charges from millions of consumers...

At the Commission’s request, a federal district court entered final orders against three remaining defendants, successfully concluding the FTC’s long-running case against the large cross-border...

Wildfires have displaced hundreds of thousands of people in southern California. The Federal Trade Commission offers two reminders about weather emergencies and other sudden events: Having financial...