The Federal Trade Commission today received a petition - jointly submitted by three consumer groups - to adopt rules governing the distribution of unsolicited commercial email, commonly known as spam...

A Texas-based defendant who promised to pay consumers $5 for every envelope they stuffed as part of a home-based "business opportunity" program has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that he...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a proposed consent order with Phillips Petroleum Company (Phillips) and Conoco Inc. (Conoco) that would allow the merger of the two companies to proceed...

Joe Simons, Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition, today announced the formation of the Merger Litigation Task Force, which will be headed by Michael Cowie, an Assistant...

An Orlando, Florida company has been charged by the Federal Trade Commission with making false and unsubstantiated claims in advertisements for its electronic mosquito and pest repellers and its air...

The Commission has authorized the staff to file an amended complaint in the action currently pending against Credit Enhancement Services, et al. The complaint, announced by the FTC on April 15, 2002...

The Federal Trade Commission has released a final agenda for the workshop on competition law and policy for health care financing and delivery, which will be held on September 9-10, 2002, in...

What: The Federal Trade Commission’s Northeast Regional Office will hold a press conference to kick off its partnership with Boston University, Northeastern University, Suffolk University, UMass...

New York, NY -- The Federal Trade Commission's Northeast Regional Office and John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York are teaming up to announce "Project Credit Smarts...

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) formally has released its Guidelines for the Security of Information Systems and Networks. The Guidelines consist of nine principles...

PeoplePC, Inc., a San Francisco, California-based seller of personal computers, computer peripherals, software, and Internet service, will pay a $100,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade...

On-line sellers of generic and remanufactured inkjet printer cartridge refills have agreed to pay a $40,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they engaged in deceptive...

What: News Conference: The U.S. Postal Inspection Service with the Federal Trade Commission is announcing a national fraud prevention campaign to help senior citizens, who are often targets of...

American Career Services, Inc. (ACS), a Mobile, Alabama-based corporation, and Douglas Holcomb, its president, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made false and deceptive...

The Federal Trade Commission has accepted for public comment a proposed order with Libbey Inc. and Newell Rubbermaid Inc. (collectively, the respondents) to resolve alleged anticompetitive effects in...

The Commission has approved the issuance of a final consent order in the matter concerning Biovail Corporation and Elan Corporation, plc, and authorized a response letter to be sent to the one...

Eight Denver, Colorado, area physician practice groups specializing in obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYNs), along with their non-physician agent and his corporation, have agreed to settle Federal...

System Health Providers (SHP) and its parent corporation, Genesis Physicians Group, Inc. (GPG), most of whose approximately 1,250 members are physicians practicing in the eastern part of the Dallas...

– The Commission has authorized the staff to file an amicus brief in the action currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama captioned Carter v. ICR Services Inc....

In comments provided last week at the request of New York Governor George Pataki, staff of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition and Office of Policy Planning noted that two pieces of...