Federal Trade Commissioner Sheila F. Anthony today called on the dietary supplement industry to institute more and better self-regulation and called on the media to refuse to run supplement ads that...

Joseph J. Simons, Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition, today announced a schedule and agenda for public workshops on merger investigation best practices. The schedule...

In what may be the most far-reaching Federal Trade Commission law enforcement sweep ever against "in-bound" telemarketing fraud - where consumers call companies based on classified ads, Internet...

A press report indicates that Senator Ernest F. Hollings of the Senate Appropriations Committee is considering suspending funding for the salaries of all of the Commissioners and the senior staff of...

The United States Department of Justice, at the request of the Federal Trade Commission, has asked a U.S. District Court judge to stop the allegedly illegal sales practices of magazine telemarketers...

The Federal Trade Commission will host a press conference on Monday, April 15, at 2:00 p.m. EST to announce federal district court complaints targeting several companies for alleged "in-bound"...

The Federal Trade Commission will host a press conference on Monday, April 15, at 2:00 p.m. EST to announce federal district court complaints targeting several companies for alleged "in-bound"...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division today announced topics, times and locations, and participants for upcoming April and May sessions of their joint...

Richard Kaylor, an officer of Triad Discount Buying Service, Inc. and numerous related companies, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that he misled consumers into accepting discount...

The Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, Timothy J. Muris, today testified on behalf of the Commission before the House Appropriation Committee's Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged Consumer Alliance, an operation based in Ontario, Canada, with deceptively marketing worthless credit-card protection programs to U.S. consumers. In addition...

A doctors' group consisting of virtually every obstetrician and gynecologist (OB/GYN) with active medical staff privileges at the two general acute care hospitals in Napa County, California, and its...

Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved a final consent order in the matter concerning Schering-Plough Corp., et al. (Schering) that settles the Commission's charges against...

Dealers of Multi-Gard "liquid siding" have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that ads claiming their product provided consumers with an insulation value of R-20 were unsubstantiated...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division today announced topics, updated times and locations, and participants for sessions in their joint hearings on...

The Federal Trade Commission has joined eight state law enforcers in the United States and four Canadian agencies in an initiative targeting deceptive spam and Internet fraud. The agencies have...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced it has reached a settlement with Jones Apparel Group, Inc. (Jones), one of the largest clothing marketers in the world, resolving allegations that the...

The Federal Trade Commission today voted unanimously to issue a statement, affirming that its December 18, 2001 vote authorizing - and subsequent January 14, 2002 filing of a complaint in the U.S...

The Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice issued a letter on Friday, March 29, 2002, urging the Rhode Island House of Representatives to reject a proposed bill that would prevent non...

In comments provided yesterday to the Connecticut Board of Examiners for Opticians, staff of the Bureau of Consumer Protection and the Office of Policy Planning of the Federal Trade Commission said...