That’s the message from “We Don’t Serve Teens,” a national campaign to reduce underage drinking, which is helping parents protect their kids with www.DontServeTeens.gov, a Web site sponsored by the...

Publication of Federal Register notice: The Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice requesting comments on a proposal to collect information from food and beverage...

The Federal Trade Commission is charging the sellers of the “Centro Natural de Salud Obesity Treatment” with making false and unsubstantiated claims that their product causes rapid, substantial, and...

The Federal Trade Commission today charged that Thermo Electron Corporation’s proposed $12.8 billion acquisition of Fisher Scientific International, Inc. would harm competition in the U.S. market for...

WHO: Lydia Parnes, Federal Trade Commission Susan Molinari, The Century Council James Sgueo, National Alcohol Beverage Control Association Jacqueline Hackett, Students Against Destructive Decisions...

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal judge has stopped a Canadian billing scheme that, since 2001, has targeted businesses and municipalities nationwide, and hotels and resorts in...

In coordination with the FTC’s recent real estate competition law enforcement sweep, the Commission has issued a new Facts for Consumers publication entitled “Selling Your Home? Tips for Selecting a...

The Federal Trade Commission today charged two real estate groups operating multiple listing services in the Detroit, Michigan, area with illegally restraining competition by limiting consumers’...

The Federal Trade Commission is hosting a blog to provide information and a forum for feedback about its public hearings on “Protecting Consumers in the Next Tech-ade,” to be held November 6-8, 2006...

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a press event on Thursday, October 12, 2006, at 11 am EDT to announce the results of a real estate competition sweep that will include seven law enforcement...

Improving consumer access to broadband Internet service is an important goal for federal, state, and local governments. The possibility of competitive risks arising from municipal participation in...

Commission approval of amended complaint: The Commission has approved the filing of an amended complaint in the matter concerning Nationwide Connections, Inc. The original complaint, filed in March...

Commission approval of staff comments to the Virginia House of Delegates: The FTC has approved the filing of comments by the staffs of the Bureaus of Competition and Economics and the Office of Policy...

An Internet business that advertised and sold consumers’ phone records and records of credit card accounts to third parties has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated...

An insulation seller will pay a $104,257 civil penalty to settle charges that it made false and misleading performance claims about its insulation product known as “The Barrier.” The settlement...

Commission approval of Federal Register notice: The Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice concerning two recent petitions asking the FTC to amend the call abandonment...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced its decision to intervene in the formation of United Launch Alliance, L.L.C. (ULA), a proposed joint venture between The Boeing Company and Lockheed Martin...

Qchex, an Internet-based check creation and delivery service, has agreed to a temporary restraining order to halt its unfair business practices. In a complaint filed in U.S. District Court, the...

The Federal Trade Commission today told the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations that protecting the privacy of consumers’ telephone records requires a...

The Federal Trade Commission has sent letters to 166 advertisers and 77 media outlets warning them that their advertisements targeting Hispanics are potentially deceptive. The ads were spotted during...