The second session of the Federal Trade Commission/Department of Justice joint hearings on health care and competition law and policy will begin on Wednesday, March 26 at 9:15 a.m. EST. The hearings...

The Commission has authorized staff to file an amicus brief jointly with the U.S. Department of Justice in the matter concerning Empagran S.A. v. Hoffman-LaRoche, Ltd. No. 01-7115 (D.C. Cir.). The...

The Federal Trade Commission today released its schedule for creating and implementing the national "do not call" registry, first announced in December 2002 as part of the Amended Telemarketing Sales...

Howard Beales, Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection, will hold a media availability on Wednesday, March 26, 2003 at 2:00 p.m. EST to provide reporters with details...

An operator who used deceptive claims to market commodities, stock, real estate and other investment courses has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that his deceptive claims violated...

Interested in the effect of the recent proliferation of single-specialty hospitals? Curious as to the explanation or implications of the DOJ's and FTC's string of hospital merger litigation losses...

Court approval of settlement: A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, in Greensboro, has approved a settlement of the Commission’s action against the...

The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice (DOJ) today issued a letter urging the Georgia State Bar's Standing Committee on the Unlicensed Practice of Law to reject a request for an...

Anne and Stanford Miller, two of the three individuals involved in a medical billing work-at-home scam, are banned from promoting or selling work-at-home business opportunities as part of a settlement...

The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint charging a mortgage spamming operation with violating federal laws by using an array of deceptions to con consumers into sharing their personal...

Mitchell Gold, Patricia Gold, Herbert Gold, and Celia Gold, individuals who operated a for-profit fundraising business, are barred from further fundraising and telemarketing activities as part of a...

The Commission has received a petition from Solvay S.A. (Solvay) to reopen and modify the Commission's hold separate order regarding Solvay's acquisition of Ausimont S.p.A. In its petition, which is...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) today released a detailed schedule for the sessions of their joint hearings on health care and competition law and policy to be...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a proposed settlement with Indiana Household Movers and Warehousemen, Inc. (IHM&W), under which the corporation, which represents approximately 70...

The Commission has received an application for approval of a proposed divestiture from ConocoPhillips, Inc. (ConocoPhillips), pursuant to a final decision and order with the FTC, announced on February...

Rexall Sundown, Inc. (Rexall) will pay up to $12 million to resolve Federal Trade Commission charges regarding its marketing of the dietary supplement, "Cellasene," a purported cellulite treatment...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (Bristol) - one of the world's largest drug makers - has settled charges that it engaged in a series of anticompetitive...

The Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, Timothy Muris, will host a press conference on Friday, March 7 at 12:00 p.m. EST, to announce an FTC antitrust enforcement action. The press conference is...

The Commission has received an application for approval of a proposed divestiture from ConocoPhillips, Inc. (ConocoPhillips), pursuant to a final decision and order with the FTC, announced on February...

The Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition, Joe Simons, will host a media briefing on Tuesday, March 4 at 4:30 p.m. EST, to field questions regarding a major FTC antitrust...