The Federal Trade Commission has charged an Oklahoma telemarketing group with violating the terms of an October 1996 settlement barring illegal billing practices. The agency has asked a U. S. District...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris will unveil a new FTC ID theft consumer assistance initiative at a press conference Tuesday, February 5, 2002. Chairman Muris will be joined by a...

The Commission has approved a petition by The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) regarding certain amendments to the "Huntsman Agreement" and the "Ineos Agreement," both of which are incorporated into the...

A bill pending before the Alaska legislature that seeks to authorize competing physicians to engage in collective bargaining with health plans over fees and other terms would significantly increase...

Operators who allegedly sent bogus bills to consumers or charged their credit card accounts, claiming that the consumers owed money for audiotext or Internet services they did not order or authorize...

A participant in a pyramid scheme that posed as a multi-level marketing business has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the scheme violated federal law. The settlement bars Robert...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice today announced that their joint hearings on "Competition and Intellectual Property Law and Policy in the Knowledge...

The Commission has approved publication of a Federal Register notice announcing changes in the two threshold figures that define when it is unlawful for an individual to serve as an officer or...

The Commission has approved publication of a Federal Register notice announcing that the Commission has allowed Australian law enforcement authorities access to the FTC's Consumer Sentinel database...

Identity theft headed the top 10 consumer fraud complaints of 2001, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Identity theft accounted for 42 percent of the 204,000 complaints entered into the FTC's...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a proposal to create a centralized national "Do Not Call" registry. The registry would enable consumers to eliminate most telemarketing calls simply by...

Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges regarding the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive personal information collected from consumers through its Prozac...

The FTC has denied a petition by the Superior Court Trial Lawyers' Association seeking a modification or interpretation of a Commission order to limit its scope regarding price fixing. In its petition...

Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Consumer Protection Director J. Howard Beales III will be available TODAY, January 18, 2002 at 11:00 a.m . to discuss an FTC settlement with a corporation for...

Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Consumer Protection Director J. Howard Beales III will be available TUESDAY, January 22, 2002 at 11:00 a.m. to discuss proposed amendments to the Telemarketing Sales...

Speaking today before the Joint U.S./E.U. Conference "Guidelines for Merger Remedies: Prospects and Principles" in Paris, France, Federal Trade Commissioner Thomas B. Leary presented a focus on the...

Timothy J. Muris, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and Charles A. James, Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, will hold a press conference...

Life is a little sweeter today for hundreds of consumers nationwide who bought into an alleged candy vending machine business opportunity scheme run out of the New York area between 1998 and 2000. In...

The Federal Trade Commission recently issued a "Facts for Business" guide to help landlords comply with the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). " Using Consumer Reports: What Landlords Need to...

The Federal Trade Commission has authorized its staff to seek a preliminary injunction to block the proposed $170 million acquisition of Leiner Davis Gelatin Corporation and Goodman Fielder USA, Inc...