The staff of the Federal Trade Commission today advised automobile dealers that access to consumer credit reports is strictly limited under federal law. Responding to reports and consumer complaints...

Robert Pitofsky, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, today told a Senate Committee that business on the Internet could explode -- from $2.6 billion in 1996 to $220 billion in 2001 -- but that if...

The Federal Trade Commission staff suggested that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) consider structural remedies in order to increase the likelihood of effective competition in the...

The Federal Trade Commission has issued orders to several leading cigar manufacturers requiring them to file “special reports” on their sales and advertising expenditures. The Commission has collected...

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the following entity. The Commission action makes the consent order...

In testimony today before a Senate Subcommittee, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky, speaking on behalf of the Commission, outlined how the agency is fighting telemarketing fraud which...

The Federal Trade Commission and the U. S. Postal Inspection Service have put more than 1,000 junk e-mailers on notice that the agencies are monitoring unsolicited e-mail for fraudulent schemes and...

Jewelry sales often rise in February because of Valentine's Day, and to help ensure that Cupid's gifts don't lose their luster, the Federal Trade Commission recently released a new consumer education...

The Dean Thomas Corporation, along with its president, Dean R. Thomas, and other affiliated companies, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges stemming from their role in "OPERATION...

The two remaining defendants in a case brought by the Federal Trade Commission under "Project $cholar$cam" have agreed to settle charges they misrepresented their ability to obtain college...

Commission action: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the following entity and also approved an application for divestiture required by the order...

The Federal Trade Commission yesterday filed a 23-page complaint in U.S. District Court against Capital City Mortgage Corporation, a Washington, D.C.-area mortgage lender, and its owner, Thomas K...

In a continuing effort to target corporations and individuals that guarantee loans for an advance fee and never deliver, the Federal Trade Commission, the state Attorneys General of Illinois and...

Tippecanoe Mining Inc., a Sherman Oaks, California-based telemarketing company, and its principals, have agreed to pay monetary judgments totalling $2,409,759 to settle Federal Trade Commission...

Advertisers who promised fabulous earnings to consumers who invested in home-based medical billing businesses are the target of a federal/state crackdown on this new trend in business opportunity...

A federal district court judge has ordered four individuals who allegedly engaged in a nationwide advance fee loan scam to stop misrepresenting that they could get credit cards for consumers in...

As part of an ongoing nationwide law enforcement program, the Federal Trade Commission and the Office of the Attorney General for the State of Iowa today announced the results of the largest statewide...

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the following entity. The Commission action makes the consent order...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that a federal district court has ordered Lonny Remmers, a defendant already under order in a civil case filed by the FTC against Satellite Broadcasting...

The Federal Trade Commission has ordered Brake Guard Products, Inc. to discontinue advertisements that claim their add-on braking system performed as effectively as factory installed antilock braking...