As part of its latest efforts in its ongoing and comprehensive "Operation Cure.All" to combat Internet health fraud, the Federal Trade Commission today is announcing an additional case challenging the...

In accordance with the terms of a final consent order reached with the Commission, the following has applied for approval of non-affiliated Internet service providers (ISPs) and alternative cable...

The marketer of a device being advertised as a less expensive alternative to the PC for Internet access and e-mail has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its sales and billing...

Application for approval of hold separate trustee agreements: The following parties have applied for approval of two hold separate trustee agreements, pursuant to a proposed decision and consent order...

The Federal Trade Commission said today that the North Dakota financial privacy law is not preempted by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Modernization Act (GLB Act) because it is "not inconsistent"...

The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Commerce's (Commerce) National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today released a report they prepared jointly at the...

WHAT: The Federal Trade Commission will present testimony before the Committee on Financial Services of the United States House of Representatives on The Electronic Signatures in Global and National...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions: Application for approval of proposed divestiture: The following parties have applied for approval of a proposed divestiture...

The Commission has approved the transmittal to Congress of a staff report regarding the following: Reforms to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Merger Review Process. Under Public Law 106-553, which was...

Operators who used bogus "rebate" checks to deceive consumers into signing up for Internet yellow pages directory and Internet service have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their...

The operator of a Web site that sold credit repair advice and promised "perfect credit . . .instantly" has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that his scheme violated federal law...

The Federal Trade Commission has brought suit against a fraudulent Internet operation posing as a legitimate multi-level marketing business. The FTC charges that the scheme is actually an illegal...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris has announced the appointment of Rafael Edward (Ted) Cruz, M. Sean Royall, and Alden Francis Abbott to senior positions within the Commission. Ted...

The Federal Trade Commission has asked a U. S. District Court Judge to halt the unlawful operations of SkyBiz.com, charging that the operation that purports to sell online tutorials on Web-based...

The Federal Trade Commission has filed suit in U.S. District Court against an Internet operation, www.rhinopoint.com, that conned consumers into paying membership fees and turning over sensitive...

The Federal Trade Commission accepted a proposed consent order on June 15, 2001 designed to remedy the anticompetitive effects of the merger of Lafarge S.A. (Lafarge) and Blue Circle Industries PLC...

Focusing on the prevalence and prevention of Canadian telemarketing scams affecting U.S. consumers, Hugh G. Stevenson of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection presented...

As part of an ongoing and comprehensive law enforcement and consumer education campaign begun in 1997, the Federal Trade Commission today announced a new round of enforcement actions against the...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that a federal district court has ordered Richard Murkey and Keith Gill to show cause why they should not be held in civil contempt for violating the court...

Cigar Manufacturers Outlet, Inc., based in Sunrise, Florida, and its president, Jose Ernesto San Martin, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they failed to provide the pre-sale...