Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz will announce tomorrow a community outreach kit to promote online safety for children. Chairman Leibowitz will appear at an event sponsored by Common...

Due to a technical problem, the Federal Trade Commission press conference in Chicago will be repeated at 12:15 p.m. CST (1:15 p.m. EST) to announce a major law enforcement action against a national...

The Federal Trade Commission today proposed revisions to the guidance that it gives marketers to help them avoid making misleading environmental claims. The proposed changes are designed to update the...

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal judge has halted a national operation that allegedly bilked consumers out of more than $60 million by falsely claiming it can reduce people’s...

The Federal Trade Commission will announce proposed new revisions to its Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims on Wednesday, October 6, 2010, at 10 a.m. on the FTC’s website, followed...

The Federal Trade Commission provided comments to U.S. energy regulators outlining its views on pro-competitive and efficient ways for public utilities to plan for new electricity transmission lines...

The technology officer of a payday loan marketer has agreed to pay $850,000 to settle FTC charges for his role in an allegedly deceptive and unfair scheme that allegedly debited the bank accounts of...

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on a proposed policy statement clarifying when the FTC will take action under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and the FTC Act...

FTC Approves FY 2009 HSR Premerger Notification Report The Federal Trade Commission, with the concurrence of the U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, has approved and released the Thirty...

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. district court has permanently shut down the illegal operations of a firm that placed bogus charges on the telephone bills of thousands of small...

Starting today, a second round of reimbursement checks will be mailed to consumers nationwide who were victimized by a fraudulent telemarketing scheme operated by Suntasia Marketing in Largo, Florida...

An administrator working for the Federal Trade Commission is mailing checks to 360 consumers who were victims of Innovative Systems Technology doing business as Briggs & Baker, an operation that...

FTC Staff Expresses Support for Proposed Modification to New Jersey Gasoline Pricing Law The staff of the Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Policy Planning, Bureau of Economics, and Bureau of...

As part of its ongoing efforts to uncover over-hyped health claims in food advertising, the Federal Trade Commission has issued an administrative complaint charging the makers of POM Wonderful 100%...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it will require The Coca-Cola Company to restrict its access to confidential competitive business information of rival Dr Pepper Snapple Group as a...

In the wake of legislation passed by Congress last year, the Federal Trade Commission will rescind its regulations governing the format and display of health warnings on smokeless tobacco packages and...

In testimony before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee, the Federal Trade Commission described how scam artists are “putting a new twist on an old scam” – touting coins and precious metals...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz and Commissioner William E. Kovacic will speak at the Fordham Law 37th Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law and Policy on September 23 and...

An administrator working for the Federal Trade Commission is mailing checks to 14,023 consumers who were victims of ChoicePoint’s alleged failure to implement a comprehensive information security...

The Federal Trade Commission today told a Senate Subcommittee that it supports proposed legislation that would require many companies to use reasonable data security policies and procedures and...