Deborah Platt Majoras was sworn in today as Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. President Bush nominated Majoras on May 11, 2004, and announced his intention to appoint her to the position on...

The Virginia Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated federal law and restrained competition by prohibiting funeral directors and...

Commission approval of complaint and consent decree: The Commission has authorized the staff to file a complaint and consent decree against nine corporate defendants, collectively known as Promenade...

The Federal Trade Commission today issued a report by staff of the Bureau of Economics entitled, “The Petroleum Industry: Mergers, Structural Change, and Antitrust Enforcement.” The report presents a...

Generic drug manufacturers Alpharma, Inc. and Perrigo Company will give up $6.25 million in illegal profits to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their agreement to limit competition for...

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a media availability on Friday, August 13, 2004, at 11:00 a.m. EST in Washington, DC, to announce the issuance of a staff report by its Bureau of Economics...

On Friday, August 6, 2004, I submitted my resignation as Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, effective August 31st. My six and one-half years on the Commission have been a period of great...

The Federal Trade Commission will publish a Federal Register Notice on Friday, August 13, 2004, seeking public comment on proposed rules regarding commercial electronic mail messages. The CAN-SPAM Act...

A North Carolina physician-hospital organization (PHO) and ten of its physician members have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they fixed prices for the services of the PHO’s 450...

Commission approval of final consent order: Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved a final consent order in the matter concerning Itron, Inc.’s acquisition of Schlumberger...

The Federal Trade Commission today launched a new Internet Web site that is dedicated to last year's 100th Anniversary Bureau of Economics (BE) Roundtable. Thirteen former BE directors, covering the...

Under a consent agreement announced today, the Federal Trade Commission will allow Cephalon, Inc.’s $515 million acquisition of Cima Labs, Inc., provided that Cephalon grants Barr Laboratories, Inc. a...

An operation that used a feature called the “Windows Messenger Service,” which is part of the Microsoft Windows operating system, to barrage consumers’ computers with pop-up ads for the pop-up...

Commission authorization of staff amicus brief filing: The Commission has authorized the staff to file a joint amicus brief in Spano, et al. v. SAFECO Insurance Co. of America, et al., No 04-35313...

The Federal Trade Commission this week filed a brief amicus curiae with the Supreme Court of Ohio in Cleveland Bar Ass’n v. CompManagement, Inc. (Case No.: UPL 02-04). This case is an appeal from a...

The Federal Trade Commission today released a statistical survey of fraud in the United States that shows that nearly 25 million adults – 11.2 percent of the adult population – were victims of fraud...

More Than One-In-10 Americans Fell Victim to Fraud What: Press Conference to announce the results of the first FTC statistical survey of consumer fraud in the United States, including the top 10 fraud...

I have resigned as Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, effective August 15. By announcing his intention to appoint Deborah P. Majoras as an FTC Commissioner and the next Chairman, the President...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that Privo, Inc. has been approved as a “safe harbor” program under the terms of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). COPPA’s ‘safe harbor...

In a decision filed today, the Federal Trade Commission denied the motion of the South Carolina State Board of Dentistry to dismiss this action on the ground that its actions were protected by the...