The Federal Trade Commission has updated its Guides for the Jewelry Industry, which are voluntarily and extensively followed by jewelry and gemstone marketers in advertising their products to...

A federal district court has ordered a temporary halt to the allegedly deceptive prize-promotion solicitation scheme run by Silver State Western Publishing, Inc., doing business as Prime Time...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. The FTC staff contact, unless otherwise noted, is Dan Ducore, 202-326-2526. Applications for prior approval of transactions:The FTC...

Robert S. Walton, III, Executive Director at the Federal Trade Commission since 1988, has been honored by President Clinton as a recipient of the Presidential Rank Award of Distinguished Executive for...

The Federal Trade Commission said today that consumers who have received debt-collection letters from Goldman & Levine, the name under which the Secaucus, New Jersey-based G&L Financial Services, Inc...

The Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Education will hold a public workshop on June 4 and 5 to focus on privacy issues in the online marketplace. The development of technologies such as...

The Loewen Group Inc., one of the largest owners and operators of funeral homes and cemeteries in the United States, has agreed to divest funeral homes in three markets in order to settle Federal...

Applications for prior approval of transactions: The FTC has received an application for prior approval of a divestiture from the following. The application will be subject to public comment for 30...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. The FTC staff contact is Dan Ducore, 202-326-2526. Petitions to reopen and modify FTC orders: The FTC has received a petition from...

The Federal Trade Commission staff has advised the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that four measures may assist its evaluations of whether electric utility mergers will be anticompetitive...

The five members of the Federal Trade Commission appeared today before a U.S. Senate Subcommittee to reiterate their support for the FTC’s proposed reauthorization. In highlighting the Commission’s...

Following a Federal Trade Commission investigation, Titan Wheel International, Inc., a Quincy, Illinois-based wheel manufacturer, has agreed to pay a $130,000 civil penalty -- the maximum allowable...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following action. The FTC staff contact is Joel Winston, 202-326-3153, or Toby Milgrom Levin, 202-326-3156. Consent agreements given final approval...

The Building Inspector of America, Inc. (TBIA), a Wakefield, Massachusetts company, and its president, Ralph Tisei, have agreed to settle federal charges against them for failing to disclose to...

With gasoline prices rising and Memorial Day just around the corner, the Federal Trade Commission is offering some tips for travelers who want to cut the cost of driving. “Driving your car doesn’t...

Doctor's Eyecare Center, Inc., of Dallas, Texas, and its president, have agreed to pay a $10,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they failed to provide many patients with...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following action. The FTC staff contact is Ann Malester, 202-326-2682. Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the...

The Federal Trade Commission has extended the deadline for receipt of public comment on its Guides for Private Vocational Schools, until July 1, 1996. As part of its ongoing periodic review of its...

A federal court judge in Nevada has granted the FTC's motion for summary judgment in the Federal Trade Commission's case against International Charity Consultants, Inc., and its cohorts, and issued a...

The Federal Trade Commission has rejected B.A.T Industries' application to divest six discount cigarette brands to Lorillard Tobacco Company, citing concerns that Lorillard would not compete...