Tens of thousands of consumers are unwitting accomplices of illegal spammers and at the mercy of identity thieves, warns the Federal Trade Commission. These consumers’ computers have been secretly...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today presented testimony before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee on the FTC’s efforts to combat unfair, deceptive, and other illegal...

On June 6, 2007, the FTC filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against BurnLounge, Inc. The complaint charges that BurnLounge sold opportunities to...

The Federal Trade Commission and China’s consumer protection agency, the State Administration for Industry & Commerce (SAIC), today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote consumer...

Commission approval of staff comments: The Commission has approved the filing of staff comments with Washington, DC, Councilmember Mary Cheh regarding the “divorcement” provisions of the District’s...

Commission approval of proposed divestiture: Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved a petition for proposed divestiture from Service Corporation International (SCI) and...

In the wake of the NorVergence Inc. telecommunications fraud case won by the Federal Trade Commission in 2005, the agency has charged a company with violating federal law by helping to finance the...

Petition to reopen and modify Commission order: The Commission has received a petition to reopen and modify an FTC order concerning Duke Energy Corporation, Spectra Energy Corp., and DCP Midstream...

The Federal Trade Commission today approved a complaint challenging Whole Foods Market, Inc.’s approximately $670 million acquisition of its chief rival, Wild Oats Markets, Inc., and authorized the...

A businessman has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that he sold his greeting card display rack business opportunities by misrepresenting the potential earnings that consumers could make. The...

Protecting competition and consumers, the Federal Trade Commission today announced it is challenging Rite Aid Corporation’s proposed $3.5 billion acquisition of the Brooks and Eckerd pharmacies from...

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that the sixth Annual International Competition Network (ICN) conference in Moscow, Russia, took significant steps toward strengthening antitrust...

Today’s children see more promotional ads for other programming, but fewer paid ads and fewer minutes of advertising on television, according to a report released today by the staff of the Federal...

Commission approval of joint FTC/DOJ comments:The Commission has approved the filing of joint FTC/DOJ comments with Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm regarding Michigan House Bill (HB) 4416, which...

It is graduation time, with schools celebrating their students accomplishments and their readiness to move on to the next challenge. The Federal Trade Commission offers its own commencement advice for...

The Federal Trade Commission today told the Ohio Privacy and Public Records Access Study Committee in Columbus, Ohio that public agencies can “play a key role in reducing the incidence and impact of...

The Federal Trade Commission has issued “Slip Showing?,” an alert, to remind businesses that a federal law calls for them to truncate electronically processed credit card receipts to include no more...

Commission approval of joint amicus brief filing: The Commission has approved the filing of a joint amicus brief with the U.S. Department of Justice in the matter of DDAVP Direct Purchaser Antitrust...

Commission approval of amended complaint filing: The Commission has approved the filing of an amended complaint in the court matter currently pending against Business Card Experts, et al. (BCE). The...

Two operations that marketed oral sprays that were supposed to help users lose weight, reverse the aging process, and prevent or treat diseases have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that their...