The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it has closed its investigation into whether the proposed merger of Hewlett-Packard, Inc., (HP) and Compaq Computer Corporation (Compaq) may...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a proposed settlement agreement with Palm, Inc. (Palm), the leading manufacturer of Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). The settlement concerns Palm's...

On Wednesday, March 6, 2002, the Federal Trade Commission's settlements with a national advertiser and its advertising agency with respect to unsubstantiated claims made for a food product will be...

The nation's two federal antitrust enforcement agencies, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ), today announced that they have entered into a...

The Commission has approved publication of a Federal Register notice on how the FTC would implement a national do-not-call registry under the FTC's recently proposed amendments to the Telemarketing...

The Federal Trade Commission has extended the public comment period on the agency's use of its disgorgement authority as a remedy for violations of the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act, the FTC Act, and...

Staff of The Federal Trade Commission released a summary and update of the proceedings of its December 2000 workshop titled, "The Mobile Wireless Web, Data Services and Beyond: Emerging Technologies...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris today released documents that provide information regarding the problems with the existing FTC-Department of Justice clearance procedures and the...

The marketers of a home test kit for anthrax, and an on-line seller of a colloidal silver product purported to treat anthrax, have both settled Federal Trade Commission charges of false and...

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

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...