The marketers of the “Balance Bracelet,” a purported pain relief product, have agreed to pay $400,000 to settle charges that they made deceptive pain relief claims about the bracelet. In May 2004, the...

The Federal Trade Commission’s annual report on cigarette sales and advertising shows the six largest cigarette manufacturers spent $12.47 billion on advertising and promotional expenditures in 2002...

The Federal Trade Commission staff today took action to increase the effectiveness of and compliance with the Contact Lens and Eyeglass Rules. In 2003, Congress enacted the Fairness to Contact Lens...

Harry Siskind, former President of Mark Nutritionals, Inc., the now defunct maker of Body Solutions Evening Weight Loss Formula, has agreed to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission that he...

The Federal Trade Commission today issued its sixth quarterly announcement summarizing the agency’s continued enforcement against telemarketing fraud and abuse. The quarterly enforcement update lists...

Commission authorization of the staff to file amended complaints: The Commission has authorized the staff to file an amended complaint in the currently pending matter concerning Chase Financial...

The attorneys general of several states (the States) today announced their submission, for approval by the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, of a settlement agreement with Akzo Nobel...

A federal district court has permanently barred a group of marketers of bogus weight-loss products from making false claims about the effectiveness of their products. In January 2003, the Federal...

The Federal Trade Commission will host a public workshop, “Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing Technology: Consumer Protection and Competition Issues,” to explore consumer protection and competition issues...

A federal district court has ordered a Montreal-based enterprise to stop calling consumers and selling nonexistent credit cards. The Federal Trade Commission alleged that the defendants cold-called...

Have you received an unsolicited phone call from someone claiming to represent your local election board or another civic group who asks for your Social Security number or credit card number to...

Petition for approval of proposed license back agreement: The Commission has received a petition from BayerCropScience AG (BCS), requesting FTC approval to amend the Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA)...

The Federal Trade Commission has asked a U.S. District Court to shut down a spyware operation that hijacks computers, secretly changes their settings, barrages them with pop-up ads, and installs...

What: Consumer agencies are hosting a one day conference with both law enforcement and community groups to discuss the scope and nature of the problems and ways of addressing it. Who: Elaine Kolish...

Federal Trade Commission staff and the Justice Department today announced a letter urging the Massachusetts House of Representatives to adopt a bill that would enable nonlawyers to compete with...

A Canadian-based fulfillment company doing business as Beauty Visions Worldwide and SlimShop, and its principal Robert Van Velzen, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made...

The Federal Trade Commission has joined forces with agencies around the world to combat spam on a global level with an Action Plan on Spam Enforcement. On October 11, 2004, 19 agencies from 15...

Press conference to announce a law enforcement action targeting “spyware” – software that takes control of consumers’ computers or monitors their Internet use without their consent. Who: Lydia Parnes...

FTC staff comments on Arkansas state contact lens laws: In response to an inquiry from Arkansas Representative Doug Matayo, Federal Trade Commission staff in the agency’s Office of Policy Planning...

A relief defendant in a case against a defunct New Jersey collection agency charged with dunning consumers for debts they did not owe has agreed to turn over money she obtained as a result of the...