Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today announced several recent appointments and promotions that reinforce the agency’s commitment to maintaining a leadership role in competition enforcement and policy...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today announced that Mary Beth Richards will join the agency as Deputy Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection. Richards comes to the FTC...

Commission authorization of staff amicus brief filing: The Commission has voted to join in an amicus brief filed in the Supreme Court by the United States in the consolidated cases of Safeco Insurance...

A U.S. district court has shut down an operation that secretly downloaded multiple malevolent software programs, including spyware, onto millions of computers without consumers’ consent, degrading...

Two Canadian brothers and their companies, charged by the Federal Trade Commission in 2003 with deceptively telling elderly U.S. consumers they had won the Australian or other foreign lotteries, have...

An operation that sold worthless prep materials for post office jobs that didn’t exist will give up almost all of their assets to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the scam violated federal...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division today announced that the latest in a series of joint public hearings designed to examine the implications of...

A company that sent unsolicited commercial e-mail after consumers asked it to stop has agreed to pay a $50,717 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated federal law...

Zango, Inc., formerly known as 180solutions, Inc., one of the world’s largest distributors of adware, and two principals have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they used unfair...

Commission approval of Federal Register notice: The FTC has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice announcing the extension of the public comment period on two proposed amendments to...

Commission approval of final consent order: Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved the issuance of a final consent order in the matter concerning Dan L. Duncan, EPCO, Inc...

WHAT: “Protecting Consumers in the Next Tech-Ade,” a three-day conference to examine the key technological and business developments that will shape consumers’ core experiences in the coming 10 years...

The Federal Trade Commission today released a staff report by its Office of Policy Planning and Bureau of Competition that provides enforcement perspectives on the Noerr-Pennington doctrine, which...

Two companies and their principals have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they violated the FTC’s Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) by calling telephone numbers listed on the...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a new game that quizzes players on their online social networking practices and offers tips to help keep kids and teens safe online. The game, “ Buddy...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced its decision to challenge the terms of Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s proposed $1.9 billion acquisition of Andrx Corporation, a deal that would have led to...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division today announced that the latest in a series of joint public hearings designed to examine the implications of...

Limited free exhibit space is still available for companies that want to display examples of their cutting-edge technology at the FTC’s three-day public hearings to examine how evolving technology...

While the Internet can serve as a powerful tool for consumers, it can also be used by scammers, hackers, and identity thieves to wreak havoc on personal finances. The Federal Trade Commission and the...

Publication of Federal Register notice: The Commission has authorized the filing of a Federal Register notice requesting public comments on the FTC’s proposed information requests to beverage alcohol...