Spammers who sent millions of illegal e-mail messages – including sexually explicit messages – have paid $621,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their practices violated federal laws...

A Costa Rican operation that used Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services, shell corporations, aliases, and shills to con U.S. consumers into investing in a bogus business opportunity has been...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras announced today that Barry Nigro, Deputy Director of the Bureau of Competition, will be leaving the FTC effective November 18, 2005, and...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the results of a recent sweep of 12 funeral homes in the Columbus, Ohio area, to test compliance with the FTC’s Funeral Rule. Six of the funeral homes were...

Three corporations and their officers have been barred from making false promises to consumers concerning employment with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) under the terms of a temporary restraining...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced it has received a final court order barring several Canadian-based telemarketers from misleading U.S. consumers about their ability – for a fee – to shield...

An operation that uses the lure of free lyric files, browser upgrades, and ring tones to download spyware and adware on consumers’ computers has been ordered to halt its illegal downloads by a U.S...

The Federal Trade Commission staff today sent warning letters to 34 Web site operators making claims that products advertised as natural alternatives to hormone replacement therapy will prevent or...

The Federal Trade Commission today told a congressional subcommittee that a “voluntary, self-regulatory approach is the best solution,” to resolve the difficulties independent car repair facilities...

Stewart Finance Company, seven related companies, and their principals have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the companies deceived consumers, many of them elderly, by, among...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today testified before a joint Senate hearing of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and the Committee on Energy and Natural...

Stewart Finance Company, seven related companies, and their principals have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the companies deceived consumers, many of them elderly, by, among...

Application for approval of proposed divestiture: The Commission has received a petition for proposed divestiture from The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) and The Gillette Company (Gillette). The...

Under the terms of a consent agreement approved by the Federal Trade Commission and announced today, Tustin, California based Natural Products, LLC, All Natural 4 U, LLC and their owner, Ana M...

The Federal Trade Commission today filed a complaint in federal district court seeking to put an end to an agreement between drug manufacturers Galen Chemicals Ltd. (now known as Warner Chilcott) and...

The Federal Trade Commission has issued an alert for consumers warning that sweepstakes scam artists may be impersonating government agencies in an effort to convince consumers that they have won a...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a consent agreement that will protect competition and consumers in three significant medical device product markets affected by Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J)...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the results of a recent sweep of 19 funeral homes in San Bernardino County, California, to test compliance with the FTC’s Funeral Rule. All 19 homes were...

Issuance of staff comments: The Commission has authorized the staffs of the Office of Policy Planning, Bureau of Consumer Protection, and Bureau of Economics to file comments with Illinois State...

The Federal Trade Commission today issued its tenth quarterly summary of the agency’s enforcement actions against telemarketing fraud and abuse, listing significant developments in 19 federal district...