A Southern California-based mortgage broker will pay $50,000 under a court order filed today on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission for allegedly calling tens of thousands of consumers who are on...

Staff issues advisory opinion concerning Non-Profit Institutions Act: The staff of the Bureau of Competition has advised Alpena (Michigan) Public Schools that its proposed plan to have pharmaceuticals...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division today announced that they are implementing an electronic filing system that allows merging parties to submit via...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today kicked off the first day of public hearings designed to examine the antitrust implications of single-firm conduct under the antitrust laws...

Approval of motion to reopen and set aside final Commission order: The Commission has approved a motion from Liberty Media Corporation (Liberty) requesting that the FTC reopen and set aside the final...

Dad may always be ready to share his wisdom and advice with you, but this Father’s Day the Federal Trade Commission has information you can share with him. The new Father’s Day e-card, available from...

A seller of discount health and prescription drug cards and its telemarketer will pay civil penalties of $300,000 and $50,000, respectively, to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they have...

A credit counseling service and related companies and individuals have agreed to pay $926,754 in consumer redress and civil penalties to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made false...

The Federal Trade Commission today told the Senate Judiciary Committee that as the Committee considers legislation to amend the Communications Act, it should preserve the FTC’s existing authority to...

The Federal Trade Commission today told a congressional subcommittee that, although the video game industry has made progress in complying with and improving its self-regulatory policies on the...

Commission approval of amended complaint: The Commission has authorized the staff to file an amended complaint in the matter currently pending against Remote Response Corp. According to the original...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a set of final judgments and orders settling charges against two Florida-based principals and the corporations they ran for misleading consumers into...

A federal judge has ruled that a bogus credit repair company and its owner violated the law by making false and misleading claims, and billing in advance for its services, and has ordered them to pay...

The Stanley Works, a U.S. toolmaker, will pay a $205,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges it falsely claimed its Zero Degree ratchets were Made in the USA. The claims allegedly...

Commission approval of Federal Register notice: The Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice announcing the retention of the Rule on Deceptive Advertising as to Sizes of...

The companies behind the popular Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas video game have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they failed to disclose important information about the game’s...

Issuance of preliminary interagency task force report: An interagency task force established under the Energy Policy Act of 2005 today issued a draft report on competition in wholesale and retail...

Commission approval of joint amicus brief filing: The Commission has authorized the filing of a joint amicus brief with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in the case of Latino Quimica-Amtex S.A. v...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras has named Jeanne Bumpus to be Director of the agency’s Office of Congressional Relations. Anna H. Davis, who served in that capacity for almost...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division today announced that the first in a series of planned joint public hearings designed to examine the antitrust...