Sherri L. Pollock, the remaining defendant named in a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit, has agreed to post a $250,000 surety bond to protect customers before engaging in telemarketing activities in...

In continuing to streamline its oversight of industry activities, the FTC today announced that it has eliminated six outdated trade regulation rules. With this action, the Commission has rescinded a...

Johnson & Johnson has agreed to divest a business that develops, among other products, the cranial shunts used in the treatment of hydrocephalus -- a potentially fatal condition affecting infants and...

The Federal Trade Commission is saying hello to 1996 by waving goodbye to thousands of administrative orders that are at least 20 years old. The agency says that effective January 2, 1996, existing...

Mama Tish's Italian Specialties, Inc., of Chicago, Illinois, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it misrepresented the calorie content of its flavored ice cup desserts. Print...

Staff of the Federal Trade Commission have advised the Southern Arizona Therapy Network, Inc. (SATNET) that the plan to establish a network to provide physical, occupational, and speech therapy...

The Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission told a consumer ad-monitoring group today that recent FTC action against false or unsubstantiated ad claims for products like "Miracle-Ear," Dannon Yogurt...

An investigation by Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice officials that revealed numerous instances in which Diamond Rug & Carpet Mills, Inc. apparently falsely labeled the fiber content...

WASHINGTON, D.C.--Everyone spends money, but not everyone knows how to get the most for what they spend. Nationwide, children spend billions of dollars for millions of products -- toys, video games...

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking comments from the public on a supplemental application it has received from Thrifty PayLess, Inc. (formerly TCH Corporation) and Green Equity Investors, L.P...

The Vons Companies, Inc. has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to reopen and set aside two consent orders that require it to obtain FTC approval before acquiring supermarkets in certain...

L'Air Liquide Societe S.A. has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to reopen and set aside a 1987 consent order that requires it to obtain FTC approval before acquiring stock or assets of any U.S...

As part of a nationwide, multi-agency telemarketing sweep called "Senior Sentinel," the Federal Trade Commission has brought charges in federal district courts against five telemarketers who preyed on...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Hoechst AG, settling charges that its $7.1 billion merger with Marion Merrell Dow, Inc. (MMD), which created the world...

Red Apple Companies, Inc., John A. Catsimatidis and two other firms have applied for Federal Trade Commission approval to divest the Sloan's supermarket at 530-534 Amsterdam Avenue in New York City to...

Adobe Systems Incorporated has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to reopen and modify an October 1994 consent order to end the company's obligation to obtain FTC approval before acquiring an...

Devro International PLC, based in Scotland, has agreed to divest the assets it uses to produce collagen sausage casings for sale in the United States, to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that...

The Federal Trade Commission has approved Oerlikon-Buhrle Holding AG's application to divest its compact disk metallizer business to Diana Beteiligungs und Verwaltungs Gesellschaft GmbH. The...

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a public workshop on December 7 and 8 to discuss "green" advertising and labeling, and how well its guides on environmental claims have been working...

The Federal Trade Commission has granted in part the Nov. 20, 1995 petition of American Stores Company by ending the company's obligation to obtain FTC approval before making certain retail grocery...