The Federal Trade Commission has asked a United States District Court to halt a cross-border telemarketing operation that targets elderly U.S. consumers in an illegal foreign lottery scheme. The...

Evan Blumstein, principal of Pathway Merchandising, Inc., and Four Vend, Inc., doing business as IV Vend, IV Vending, Inc., For Vend and For Vend Incorporate, has been banned from engaging or...

The Commission has received an application from America Online/Time Warner, Inc. (AOLTW) requesting approval of a non-affiliated Internet Service Provider (ISP) and alternative cable broadband service...

A federal judge has entered a stipulated preliminary injunction in the Federal Trade Commission case filed last week against Access Resource Services, Inc. (ARS), and Psychic Readers Network (PRN)...

Staff of the Federal Trade Commission has advised MedSouth, Inc., a multi-specialty physician practice association that includes competing primary care and specialist physicians who practice in the...

Despite collecting millions from consumers over the past five years pitching his "Wall Street Workshop" to investment-minded consumers, financial "guru" Wade Cook and his company, Wade Cook Financial...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged two companies that sold devices that purportedly protect users from electromagnetic radiation emitted by cellular telephones with making false and...

The Federal Trade Commission today filed comments with the Judicial Conference's Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure concerning proposed amendments to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a consent agreement with American Home Products Corporation (AHP) that would settle charges that the company entered into an anticompetitive agreement with...

The Federal Trade Commission has settled charges against a Virginia company for numerous allegations of false and unsubstantiated claims concerning weight-loss products, pain-relief magnets, air...

Staff of the Federal Trade Commission's Office of Policy Planning and Bureau of Competition today filed comments with the Commonwealth of Virginia's House of Delegates, at its request, regarding...

On Wednesday, February 20, 2002, J. Howard Beales III, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection will be available to discuss the FTC's latest law enforcement action against companies...

The Commission has received an application for approval of a proposed divestiture from Valero Energy Corporation (Valero) and Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corporation (Ultramar). Under the terms of a...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice today announced topics, updated times and locations, and participants for many of the upcoming sessions in their...

A bill introduced in the Washington state legislature that seeks to authorize competing physicians, and other providers, to engage in collective bargaining with health plans over a variety of contract...

American Pop Corn Company (APC) will pay $10,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule) by collecting personal...

"Miss Cleo," the purportedly "renowned psychic" whose ads promote "free" readings to callers seeking advice, is the subject of a federal district court complaint filed today by the Federal Trade...

Staff of the Federal Trade Commission's Office of General Counsel, the Bureaus of Competition and Economics, and the Midwest Region-Chicago have submitted comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced its first-ever federal district court complaint against an Independent Sales Organization (ISO) for unfair and deceptive practices related to the marketing...

On Thursday, February 14, 2002, J. Howard Beales III, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection will be available to discuss the FTC's latest law enforcement action against companies that...