Prom, graduation, senior trips... there can be a lot of tricky situations this time of year with teens and access to alcohol. DontServeTeens.gov, available in both English and Spanish, provides...

Dad may always be ready to share his wisdom and advice with you, but this Father’s Day the Federal Trade Commission has information you can share with him. A Father’s Day e-card, available from the...

The Federal Trade Commission today released staff comments to the Department of Defense on its proposed regulation implementing limitations on terms of credit extended to service members and...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a complaint charging American Petroleum Company, Inc. with illegally conspiring with its competitors to restrict the importation and sale of motor oil...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Health and Human Services will host a forum, “Weighing In: A Check-Up on Marketing, Self-Regulation, and Childhood Obesity,” to review progress in...

The FTC and its foreign partners are calling for stepped-up cooperation among privacy regulators and law enforcement authorities to promote greater protection for personal information. The...

The Federal Trade Commission today released a Bureau of Economics report presenting the results of a study that found that mortgage disclosure forms fail to convey key mortgage costs and terms to many...

Tens of thousands of consumers are unwitting accomplices of illegal spammers and at the mercy of identity thieves, warns the Federal Trade Commission. These consumers’ computers have been secretly...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today presented testimony before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee on the FTC’s efforts to combat unfair, deceptive, and other illegal...

The Federal Trade Commission and China’s consumer protection agency, the State Administration for Industry & Commerce (SAIC), today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote consumer...

On June 6, 2007, the FTC filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against BurnLounge, Inc. The complaint charges that BurnLounge sold opportunities to...

Commission approval of staff comments: The Commission has approved the filing of staff comments with Washington, DC, Councilmember Mary Cheh regarding the “divorcement” provisions of the District’s...

Commission approval of proposed divestiture: Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved a petition for proposed divestiture from Service Corporation International (SCI) and...

In the wake of the NorVergence Inc. telecommunications fraud case won by the Federal Trade Commission in 2005, the agency has charged a company with violating federal law by helping to finance the...

Petition to reopen and modify Commission order: The Commission has received a petition to reopen and modify an FTC order concerning Duke Energy Corporation, Spectra Energy Corp., and DCP Midstream...

The Federal Trade Commission today approved a complaint challenging Whole Foods Market, Inc.’s approximately $670 million acquisition of its chief rival, Wild Oats Markets, Inc., and authorized the...

A businessman has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that he sold his greeting card display rack business opportunities by misrepresenting the potential earnings that consumers could make. The...

Protecting competition and consumers, the Federal Trade Commission today announced it is challenging Rite Aid Corporation’s proposed $3.5 billion acquisition of the Brooks and Eckerd pharmacies from...

It is graduation time, with schools celebrating their students accomplishments and their readiness to move on to the next challenge. The Federal Trade Commission offers its own commencement advice for...

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that the sixth Annual International Competition Network (ICN) conference in Moscow, Russia, took significant steps toward strengthening antitrust...