The Federal Trade Commission today announced that in response to widespread consumer complaints about travel-related fraud it had commenced "Operation Trip Trap," a joint law enforcement and consumer...

Minuteman Press International of Farmingdale, New York, Speedy Sign*a* Rama USA of West Palm Beach, Florida, and their Chairman, Roy Titus, paid the first installment ($2.47 million) of a $3.47...

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...

The Federal Trade Commission today testified before a House Subcommittee about the benefits and risks of online pharmacies. Jodie Bernstein, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection...

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a press conference on Tuesday, August 3, 1999, at 10:30 a.m. to announce "Operation Trip Trap," a joint federal/state law enforcement and consumer education...

Seven subprime mortgage lenders from across the country have agreed to pay redress or be banned from making certain loans to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their lending practices...

Recreational boaters and pilots, hikers, campers, hunters and fishermen may get bitten by the Y2K bug long before January 1, 2000. That's because Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers used by...

The Federal Trade Commission's annual report to Congress on cigarette sales and advertising for 1997 shows a $552 million increase in advertising and promotional spending from 1996. According to the...

A Canadian based-company, NCCP Ltd. and its owner, Cary Title, have agreed to pay $100,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they falsely represented their credit card protection program...

Saying that the Federal Trade Commission "stands ready to meet its enforcement responsibilities to protect the consumer gains" likely to result from the introduction of market forces into the U.S...

Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received applications for approval of transactions from the following. The FTC is seeking public comments on the applications for 30 days, until...

Atlanta, Georgia-based Fleet Finance, Inc. ("Fleet Finance") and its successor companies, Home Equity U.S.A. (incorporated in Rhode Island and Delaware), have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission...

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a press conference on Thursday, July 29, 1999 at 11 a.m. to announce "Operation Home Inequity," a law enforcement and consumer education campaign to combat...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky today announced the resignation of William J. Baer, Director of the FTC 's Competition Bureau. Baer, who will leave the agency in the early fall, is...

Federal Register Notice: Power Output Claims for Amplifiers Utilized in Home Entertainment Products On Monday, July 19, 1999, the Commission published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal...

A scam that targets small businesses, religious organizations, charities, and foundations across the United States by "cramming" charges onto their telephone bills for services that were supposed to...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky today presented Commission testimony to a House Subcommittee on H.R. 10, the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and financial privacy. Pitofsky said the...

Congress should enact legislation mandating health warnings on cigar labeling and advertising and prohibiting cigars ads on television and radio, a Federal Trade Commission report released today...

The Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against DP Marketing, a Connecticut-based operation that the FTC alleges to be a pyramid scheme, elaborately disguised as a work-at-home opportunity...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that a federal district court has found that SlimAmerica, Inc. and its principals, Frank J. Sarcone and Robert Wyman, violated federal consumer protection...