Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz announced today that Howard Shelanski has been named Director of the FTC's Bureau of Economics. Effective July 1, he will replace Joseph Farrell, who...

Do you have something to say about used auto parts and how they're marketed? If so, the Federal Trade Commission wants to hear from you. As part of its systematic review of all current FTC rules and...

The Federal Trade Commission halted an operation that allegedly lured consumers into spending thousands of dollars for Internet websites and advertising by misrepresenting that they could make lots of...

FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges that Star Pipe Products, Ltd. Acted Anticompetitively in Market for Municipal Water System Iron Pipe Fittings Following a public comment period, the Federal...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged a funeral home with violating the FTC's Funeral Rule, which helps people compare prices and buy only the funeral services and goods they want. The case is part...

The Federal Trade Commission testified before Congress about the agency’s efforts to protect consumer privacy, including the FTC’s support for implementation of a “Do Not Track” mechanism that would...

The Federal Trade Commission has joined the Department of Justice and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in filing a memorandum brief in support of the constitutionality of the Fair Credit...

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking a civil contempt ruling against the nation's largest third-party billing company, alleging that it placed more than $70 million in bogus "cramming" charges on...

Social networking service Myspace has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it misrepresented its protection of users' personal information. The settlement, part of the FTC's ongoing...

The operator of a New York City funeral home has agreed to settle a Federal Trade Commission enforcement action charging it with a violation of the Funeral Rule, an FTC consumer protection rule...

The Federal Trade Commission will host a one-day public workshop on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 to consider the need for new guidance for online advertisers about making disclosures. New guidance is...

The Federal Trade Commission won a court judgment against the marketers of three get-rich-quick systems who deceived nearly a million consumers. As part of its ongoing efforts to stop scams that prey...

The Federal Trade Commission will require Kinder Morgan, Inc., one of the largest U.S. transporters of natural gas and other energy products, to sell three natural gas pipelines and other related...

A telemarketing operation that allegedly deceived consumers who were trying to sell their timeshare properties is permanently banned from the timeshare resale and rental business, and from all...

The Federal Trade Commission put a stop to an operation that allegedly conned hundreds of thousands of consumers into paying $20 apiece by posing as government agencies and luring them with fake...

The Federal Trade Commission will require CoStar Group, the largest provider of commercial real estate information services in the United States, to sell LoopNet's ownership interest in Xceligent...

Federal Trade Commission staff, in response to a request from Louisiana State Representatives Thomas P. Willmott and Patrick C. Williams, stated that a bill proposed in the Louisiana legislature could...

The International Competition Network (ICN) launched initiatives on the investigative process in competition cases, international enforcement cooperation, and working with the courts, the Federal...

Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved an application by Cardinal Health, Inc. to sell former Cardinal nuclear pharmacy assets to Patient Care Infusion, LLC (PCI)...

Investigators working undercover in nine states detected significant violations of Federal Trade Commission consumer protection requirements in 23 of 102 funeral homes they visited during 2011. The...