Internet health fraud continues to plague consumers looking for solutions to serious health-related illnesses. The Federal Trade Commission today announced three separate settlements with Internet...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a series of new procedures and initiatives to improve the handling of "second requests" issued by its Bureau of Competition during Hart-Scott-Rodino...

The Federal Trade Commission today released a staff report on a nationwide survey of rent-to-own customers. The survey found that most rent-to-own merchandise is ultimately purchased by the customer...

The Premerger Notification Office (PNO) of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) have adopted a...

Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received an application for the approval of a proposed divestiture from the following: Exxon Mobil Corporation. The application regards Exxon...

The Federal Trade Commission has accepted a consent order, subject to final Commission approval, that addresses the anticompetitive effects raised by Duke Energy Corporation's (Duke) and Phillips...

Delta Funding Corporation, a consumer finance company headquartered in Woodbury, New York, today agreed to settle charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice, and the...

Additive marketers Dura Lube and Motor Up, and their principals, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that performance claims for their engine treatments were deceptive and...

Presenting Federal Trade Commission testimony today before the House Judiciary Committee on competition in the petroleum industry, Richard G. Parker *, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition...

Office supply fraud costs its victims, typically small businesses and non-profit organizations, an estimated $200 million per year, the Federal Trade Commission today told the Senate Committee on...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions: Commission action regarding applications for approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has ruled on applications...

In the largest ever international law enforcement project to fight fraud on the Internet, 150 organizations in 28 countries, including seven U.S. Federal agencies, 49 state and local consumer...

Presenting Federal Trade Commission testimony today before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition, Chairman Robert Pitofsky* provided an...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions: Commission action regarding applications for approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved an application...

The Colegio de Cirujanos Dentistas de Puerto Rico ("Colegio"), an association of approximately 1800 dentists licensed to practice dentistry in Puerto Rico, has agreed to settle Federal Trade...

What: Press conference to announce "GetRichQuick.Con" a massive and unprecedented international partnership to combat Internet fraud. 143 organizations in 27 countries on 5 continents, are partners in...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a settlement with two Pennsylvania-based travel companies and their owner and managers, under which the defendants will pay $145,000 in consumer redress,...

What: The Federal Trade Commission will hold a news conference to announce law enforcement actions involving brand name and generic pharmaceutical manufacturers. When: Thursday, March 16, at 1:30 p.m...

The Federal Trade Commission today charged two drug makers, Hoechst Marion Roussel (now Aventis) and Andrx Corporation, with engaging in anticompetitive practices in violation of Section 5 of the FTC...

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a public workshop at its Washington, D.C. headquarters on May 31 and June 1, 2000, to discuss issues relevant to the use of slottingallowances. The workshop will...