The Federal Trade Commission has charged Kris Pletschke, doing business as Raw Health, with violating a 2002 FTC order against him by making unsubstantiated claims for two dietary supplements on his...

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a press conference on Wednesday, September 3 at 1:00 p.m. EDT to announce the release of the first comprehensive identity theft study. WHO: Howard Beales...

John E. Gustavsen, president of Jubilee Financial Services, a debt negotiation company, has been banned from advertising, marketing, or providing debt negotiation services, as part of a Federal Trade...

First Comprehensive Government Survey of Identity Theft Report Shows Millions of Victims, Billions in Losses to Businesses and Consumers The Federal Trade Commission will hold a press conference on...

Commission approval of comment to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: The Commission has approved the filing of a comment with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regarding proposed...

Tyme Lock 2000, Inc., doing business as United Family Services and USA Membership Services; Total Resources, Inc.; Ruth R. Adams; and Stella L. Aguilar are banned from advertising, marketing, or...

Release of Commission report: The Commission, with the concurrence of the U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, has authorized the release of the Twenty-Fifth Annual Report to Congress...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that telemarketing organizations will have access to the National Do Not Call Registry on September 2, 2003, one day later than the opening date originally...

Charles Lloyd and his company, Healthcare Claims Network, Inc., doing business as Med Data Solutions, are banned from promoting or selling medical billing work-at-home opportunities, as a result of a...

Nine million additional consumer telephone numbers were transferred recently from state do not call lists to the National Do Not Call Registry, bringing the total number of telephone numbers...

Publication of Federal Register notice: The Commission has approved publication of a Federal Register notice announcing it will initiate a review of the Tire Advertising and Labeling Guides (Tire...

National advertisements urging consumers to call 1-800-DONOTCALL and pay a $2.95 fee to sign up for the National Do Not Call Registry have prompted the Federal Trade Commission to issue a warning to...

The Federal Trade Commission has issued its second report highlighting efforts to detect and prosecute violators of FTC-obtained court orders. In January 2002, the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection...

Two Florida-based companies and their president have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they violated the Commission’s Mail or Telephone Order Merchandise Rule (Rule). According to the...

Addressing business executives and government officials at the Aspen Summit in Aspen, Colorado, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris today explained how competition, consumer protection...

The national Do Not Call registry, which already contains more than 32 million telephone numbers, will pass a significant milestone on August 31, 2003. The registry will become available to...

Two marketers of false international driver’s permits (IDPs) and one financial processor for IDP marketers have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they violated federal laws by deceptively...

Commission authorization of the staff to file amicus brief: The Commission has authorized the staff to file an amicus brief, at the request of the court, in Pruitt v. Kaufman & Broad Home Corp., et al...

Louisville, KY – On Tuesday, September 9th, the Federal Trade Commission, the Kentucky Attorney General's Office, and the Better Business Bureau of Louisville, Southern Indiana, and Western Kentucky...

GoodTimes Entertainment Limited (GoodTimes) and GT Merchandising & Licensing Corporation (GTM&L), direct marketers headquartered in New York City, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission...