The Federal Trade Commission testified today before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation about the agency’s increased focus on protecting consumers in financial distress...

The Federal Trade Commission issued a report today recommending that the debt collection legal system be reformed and modernized to reflect changes in consumer debt, the debt collection industry, and...

The Commission has approved a Federal Register notice seeking comment on the agency’s Fuel Rating Rule (16 CFR Part 306), as part of its systematic review of its rules and regulations. As detailed in...

In a case filed by the Federal Trade Commission and the State of Nevada, a federal court has ordered a halt to certain practices by seven U.S.-based companies and an individual operating as part of an...

Commission Rescinds Enforcement Policy Regarding the Advertising of Books – The Commission has approved the publication of a notice in the Federal Register rescinding the agency’s enforcement policy...

The Federal Trade Commission staff will host a forum on March 12, 2009 to gather input for its upcoming education program on advertising literacy for “tweens,” or kids who are 8 to 12 years old. At...

A U.S. district court has granted a summary judgment against Ira N. Rubin and default judgments against 22 corporations that Rubin owned or controlled. The final court orders permanently bar Rubin and...

CVS Caremark has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it failed to take reasonable and appropriate security measures to protect the sensitive financial and medical information of its...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the third in a series of public hearings exploring the evolving market for intellectual property (IP). These hearings, to be held March 18 and 19, 2009, in...

This year’s National Consumer Protection Week – sponsored by the Federal Trade Commission and a variety of government agencies and national consumer groups – features as its theme “Nuts and Bolts...

The Federal Trade Commission will host its first two in a series of public workshops on resale price maintenance (RPM) on Tuesday, February 17 and Thursday, February 19, beginning at 10 am EST at the...

Federal Trade Commission staff today issued a report describing its ongoing examination of online behavioral advertising and setting forth revisions to proposed principles to govern self-regulatory...

In a case that affects consumers throughout the nation, the Federal Trade Commission has charged a mortgage foreclosure “rescue” company with falsely claiming that it will stop foreclosure or fully...

FTC Approves Amended Complaint in Matter of Publishers Business Services – The Commission has approved an amended complaint in the matter currently pending against defendants Publishers Business...

Major prepaid calling card companies have agreed to pay $2.25 million as part of a settlement to resolve Federal Trade Commission charges that they made false claims to consumers about the number of...

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a United States District Court has ordered a permanent halt to the illegal operations of an Internet-based check creation and delivery service and...

Two dietary supplement marketers that lured consumers on the Internet with allegedly deceptive weight-loss claims and bogus “free” sample offers, and then debited their bank accounts or charged their...

– The Bureau of Economics has released an Economic Issues Paper that studies the treatment of efficiencies in FTC merger matters. It is available on the Commission’s Web site. The paper was undertaken...

An online seller of computer supplies and other consumer electronics has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated federal law by failing to provide reasonable security to...

Statement by David P. Wales, Acting Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition, on the Commission’s Order today extending by thirty days the time the lawsuit against Whole Foods Market, Inc. will be...