A California telemarketer has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that claims about his "credit repair" capability were false and that he violated the FTC's Telemarketing Sales Rule...

Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received an application for approval of a transaction from the following. The FTC is seeking public comments on the application for 30 days...

Schering-Plough Healthcare Products, Inc., the marketer of Coppertone Kids sunscreens for children, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that ads for its Coppertone Kids 6-Hour...

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

Harry E. Figgie, Jr. and Figgie International Inc., have agreed to pay a $150,000 civil penalty to settle federal charges that they failed to notify the nation's two antitrust enforcement agencies...

Empress Corporation, a Las Vegas-based company doing business as American Publishers Exchange ("APX"), and its president Scott Cooke, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges announced...

The Federal Trade Commission has agreed to a final stipulated judgment and permanent injunction that brings to a close its pending lawsuit against Pantron I Corporation and its owner, Hal Z. Lederman...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final consent agreements with...

Federal and state law enforcement actions, combined with innovative public-private sector consumer education campaigns, have stopped many fraudulent operations and are slowing the growth of several...

Republic Communications Corp. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it misrepresented its management of federal wireless communications licenses, and that its subsidiary sold...

In the latest in a series of FTC cases targeting deceptive ads for products that promise to improve automobile performance and economy, SplitFire, Inc., has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission...

If pearl jewelry is on your shopping list for Valentine’s Day, a case just announced by the Federal Trade Commission provides useful shopping information. The FTC said today the nation’s largest...

The Federal Trade Commission has expanded its lawsuit against the Great Neck, New York-based franchisors of a medical billing service business by naming two more corporations and three more...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following action. Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received an application for approval of a transaction from the following. The...

Following a public comment period in which 12 comments were received, the Federal Trade Commission announced today it has made final, without modification, a consent agreement with Time Warner Inc...

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it strongly supports the Federal Reserve Board’s proposals to implement recently enacted amendments to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (" ECOA"). The...

Tower Loan of Mississippi, Inc., based in Jackson, has agreed to pay more than $300,000 as part of a proposed settlement of Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated a 1992 FTC order. The FTC...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced two separate but related settlement agreements with The Money Tree, Inc. ("Money Tree"), a Georgia-based lender, and its president, Vance R. Martin -- one...

A U.S. District Court judge in Miami has ordered SlimAmerica, Inc., and its officers to temporarily halt their business practices, and frozen their assets, after hearing Federal Trade Commission...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) have entered into a partnership to stamp out telemarketing fraud in the Atlanta area. To help consumers avoid...