The Federal Trade Commission today announced the settlement it has reached with Schnuck Markets, Inc., of St. Louis, Missouri, under which Schnucks has agreed to pay a $3 million civil penalty -- one...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received an application for approval of a transaction from the following. The...

Claims that Herbal Ecstacy, a supplement product that has been widely promoted as a natural herbal "high," is absolutely safe and will cause no side effects are false, the Federal Trade Commission...

The Federal Trade Commission today voted to ask a federal district court to block a merger that would join the nation's two largest firms that rent movable medical equipment -- such as respiratory...

Commission action regarding petitions to reopen and modify FTC orders: Following a comment period, the FTC has ruled on a petition from the following: The FTC has granted the petition of Commemorative...

Two Seattle, Washington-based companies and their principal officers have agreed to pay an estimated $288,000 into a redress pool from which partial refunds may be made to students who paid $39.95 to...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky testified today before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights and Competition on the topic of defense industry mergers and...

The defendants in a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit which alleged that they deceptively sold business opportunities for vending machines that dispensed single-use disposable cameras, have agreed to...

A significant number of firms in the invention promotion industry are perpetrating a massive fraud on middle American consumers by claiming they have the resources and corporate connections to...

Three subsidiaries of Quaker State Corp. have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that ads for Quaker State's Slick 50 Engine Treatment were false and unsubstantiated. Under the terms of...

WHAT: A conference kicking off "Project DETER." The goal of the conference is to begin a dialogue about how to protect people who are moving from welfare to work from consumer fraud that might target...

WHAT: The Federal Trade Commission will hold a NEWS CONFERENCE to announce a multi-agency, federal and state campaign called "Project Mousetrap." Mousetrap employs a new strategy to combat the...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following action. Commission action regarding petitions to reopen and modify FTC orders: Following a comment period, the FTC has ruled on a petition...

As part of an ongoing nationwide law enforcement program to identify funeral homes that fail to comply with the Funeral Rule, the Federal Trade Commission today announced the results of a funeral home...

A federal/state study of "short-filling" of milk, other dairy products and juice found that over 40 percent of the groups of packages inspected contained less product than stated on their labels --...

In response to a petition from the Center for Media Education, the staff of the Federal Trade Commission today released a letter that outlines several principles that it believes should generally...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following action. Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received an application for approval for a transaction from the following...

The Federal Trade Commission made public today the results of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide testing for 1,206 varieties of domestic cigarettes sold in 1994. The report to Congress, titled "Tar...

Four federal agencies, eight state Attorneys General officials, local law enforcers and consumer and civic organizations today announced 26 law enforcement actions against telemarketers who target...

Statement by Anthony Di Resta, Director Atlanta Regional Office Federal Trade Commission Good Morning. I'm grateful to all of you who are here this morning as we announce the results of "Peach Sweep,"...