Applications for proposed divestiture: The Commission has received two applications from Bayer AG (Bayer) for proposed divestitures concerning the recent merger of Bayer AG and Aventis S.A. (Aventis)...

The Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Economics today released a staff report titled Advertising Nutrition & Health, Evidence from Food Advertising 1977-1997 by economists Pauline M. Ippolito and...

FTC Chairman Timothy J. Muris today presented the FTC's new Five-Point Plan for attacking cross-border fraud and highlighted the complementarities of consumer protection and competition policies...

A Miami company that advertised for home workers to assemble "Native American" or "hand-crafted bracelets" agreed to a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission that permanently bans it from...

The Federal Trade Commission has begun distributing refund checks to over 243,000 consumers who allegedly were misled into accepting trial club memberships from a group of buying clubs including Triad...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy Muris, Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Antitrust Division Charles A. James, and European Union (EU) Competition Commissioner...

What: Produced video news release providing consumer tips on cyber security, featuring FTC Commissioner Orson Swindle and Richard A. Clarke, Chairman, President’s Critical Infrastructure Protection...

An Internet entrepreneur who marketed bogus cancer cures claiming they made other conventional cancer treatments unnecessary has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that his claims were...

Stresses Continued Aggressive Enforcement The Federal Trade Commission's current antitrust enforcement efforts were placed in historical perspective in a major speech delivered yesterday by Joe Simons...

Commission authorization to file for dismissal of relief defendant: The Commission has authorized the staff to file a stipulation discontinuing its action against a relief defendant in an Internet...

A New Jersey-based testing laboratory has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges over its role in providing false test results for a purported do-it-yourself home anthrax test. Sani-Pure...

Approximately 1,800 Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio consumers will receive letters this week notifying them they may qualify to receive redress under the provisions of the Federal Trade Commission's...

What: NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY DAY Who: The Federal Trade Commission’s Cyber Security Web site provides tips, brochures, a "Kidz Quiz," "Dewie" the e-turtle mascot, and consumer education material...

Operators who used spam, deceptive earnings claims, and fictitious testimonials to sell spam e-mail lists as business opportunities have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged a Toronto-based company with eight telemarketing boiler rooms with operating a fraudulent advance-fee credit card business. The defendants' telemarketers told...

The Federal Trade Commission today authorized its staff to seek a preliminary injunction in federal district court to block the proposed acquisition of Claussen Pickle Company (Claussen) by private...

According to the staff of the Federal Trade Commission, a bill pending before the Ohio legislature that seeks to authorize competing physicians to engage in collective bargaining with health plans...

Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed to clear away unnecessary roadblocks to the approval of generic drug products. I am encouraged by the FDA's important action to address the...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice today announced times, location, and participants for final roundtable discussions in their joint hearings on...

Joe Simons, Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition, today announced the second scheduled Workshop on Merger Remedies. The workshop, which is being co-hosted by the Antitrust...