emuel Apelar and John Mitchell, the remaining defendants in the case against Jubilee Financial Services and its related debt negotiation companies, are banned from advertising, marketing, or providing...

Publication of Federal Register notices: The Commission, by a vote of 5-0, has authorized publication of a Federal Register notice announcing the revised thresholds for the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR)...

The Federal Trade Commission’s Southwest Region - Dallas and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service will host a press conference on THURSDAY, January 27, 2005, at 12:30 p.m. CST to highlight a one-day...

Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has issued its final regulation to improve required notices in prescreened offers for credit or insurance. The notices, among other...

Officers of a company that directed an international telemarketing network that defrauded hundreds of thousands of consumers through the deceptive telemarketing of bogus advance-fee credit cards are...

Commission approval of proposed license-back agreement: The Commission has approved a petition from BayerCropScience AG (BCS), requesting that the FTC amend the Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA)...

A U.S. District Court Judge has found that the Federal Trade Commission has “demonstrated a likelihood of success on the merits” against two of the defendants named in the FTC’s action against two...

The Federal Trade Commission, the Orange County (California) District Attorney, and the California State Attorney General announced today that they have reached settlements with Body Wise...

Enforma Natural Products, Inc.; Andrew Grey; Twenty-Four Seven, LLC; Michael Ehrman; and Donna DiFerdinando are banned from advertising or marketing weight-loss products, except exercise programs or...

The Commission has approved a petition for proposed divestiture received from General Electric Company (GE) and related to the FTC decision and order regarding GE’s acquisition of InVision...

The Federal Trade Commission will host a public conference in Washington, DC, on January 14, 2005, to examine two recent studies focusing on the price effects of mergers and concentration in the...

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on a proposal to amend the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule to make permanent a temporary provision in the Rule allowing operators...

The Federal Trade Commission has postponed the effective date of rule provisions it adopted December 16, 2004, establishing criteria for determining whether the primary purpose of an e-mail message is...

Four defendants operating a college financial aid scam have agreed to a multimillion dollar judgment with the Federal Trade Commission. The Commission filed its action as part of the Southwest...

To settle Federal Trade Commission charges, West Coast Advertising & Marketing and its principals have agreed to pay $90,000 and verify the accuracy of claims they make on behalf of nonprofits for...

Commission appointment of interim monitor: The Commission has approved the appointment of Quantic Regulatory Services, LLC (Quantic) as interim monitor in the matter concerning Cephalon, Inc.’s...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged a network of corporations and individuals with using spam to sell access to online pornography. The FTC alleges that the defendants, acting as a single...

What: Media Availability to detail the FTC’s first law enforcement actions targeting companies that spam consumers with sexually-explicit e-mails in violation of the Adult Labeling Rule, the CAN-SPAM...

The Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition today issued a summary of agreements filed with the Commission in fiscal year 2004 (ending September 30, 2004) by generic and branded drug...

Commission approval of Federal Register notice: The Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice announcing the regulatory review of two rules scheduled for 2005, as well as...