The Federal Trade Commission has charged American Institute for Research and Development, Inc. (AIRD) and its predecessor, American Inventors Corporation (AIC), with running a deceptive invention...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with J. Walter Thompson USA, Inc., settling charges that it engaged in deceptive practices in connection with advertising...

A federal district court in Florida has permanently barred direct-mail marketers Scott and Linda Wilcox, and their firm, Direct Response, Inc., from any future direct-mail promotion or sales activity...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Summit Communications Group, Inc. and seven Wometco Cable TV companies operating in Georgia (collectively referred to...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Ruta Lee and her production company, Live-Lee Productions, Inc, settling charges that advertising claims she made for...

Lawrence Finklestone, Director of Sales & Marketing for The Building Inspector of America, Inc., has agreed to pay a $5,000 civil penalty as part of a settlement of federal charges against him for...

A public workshop-conference planned by the Federal Trade Commission to discuss public comments regarding the FTC's guidelines for making environmental marketing claims has been rescheduled for Dec. 7...

The Federal Trade Commission has decided to retain with minor changes its Cooling-Off Rule, which gives consumers three days in which to cancel -- and receive a full refund on -- purchases of $25.00...

Charter Medical Corporation has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to reopen and modify a 1995 consent order to delete a provision that requires that it obtain prior Commission approval to...

CFDA and 7th on Sixth are both based in New York City. CFDA represents most of the nation's best-known fashion designers and 7th on Sixth produces the two major fashion shows for the industry each...

Federated Department Stores, Inc., one of the country's largest operators of department stores, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated a 1979 FTC order prohibiting it...

The BBDO Worldwide, Inc. advertising agency has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges of engaging in deceptive practices in connection with its role in developing certain advertisements...

Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation has applied to the Federal Trade Commission for approval to divest hospitals it owns in West Valley City and Layton, Utah, and in Milton, Florida, to Paracelsus...

The Federal Trade Commission has extended until Nov. 15, 1995, the deadline for comments on a proposal to consolidate several old regulatory items into a single set of guidelines for the advertising...

As the Federal Trade Commission prepares to conduct a public workshop on "Made in USA" advertising claims, the agency will publish in the Wednesday, Oct. 18 edition of the Federal Register a notice...

A federal district court judge has permanently banned the Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based firm, Public Telco Corporation, and its owner, Ronald Oman, from offering any franchise or business opportunity...

The Coca-Cola Company has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to set aside a provision in an order requiring the company, until 2005, to obtain the FTC's approval prior to acquiring any interest...

The order prohibits the Chain Institute -- now known as the National Association of Chain Manufacturers -- from conspiring to fix, maintain or establish prices for welded chain or chain products. The...

The only provision of the order that still imposed requirements on the company mandated that Mannesmann, until 2002, obtain the FTC's approval before acquiring an interest in any entity that...

The Federal Trade Commission today released a staff study of two early lawsuits the FTC brought to enforce a federal law prohibiting price discrimination. The FTC staff study, authored by John L...