With More Ways to Shop Than Ever Before, Consumers Must be Wise and Savvy As the holiday season approaches, the Federal Trade Commission encourages consumers to review shopping guidelines. Whether you...

In response to a request for public comment by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), on October 28 the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, Bureau of Economics, and Office of Policy...

WHAT: The role of business in promoting a "culture of security" - media briefing. WHO: Orson Swindle, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission Thomas Niles, President, U.S. Council for International...

Applications for proposed divestiture: The Commission has received two applications from Bayer AG (Bayer) for proposed divestitures concerning the recent merger of Bayer AG and Aventis S.A. (Aventis)...

A Miami company that advertised for home workers to assemble "Native American" or "hand-crafted bracelets" agreed to a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission that permanently bans it from...

The Federal Trade Commission has begun distributing refund checks to over 243,000 consumers who allegedly were misled into accepting trial club memberships from a group of buying clubs including Triad...

The Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Economics today released a staff report titled Advertising Nutrition & Health, Evidence from Food Advertising 1977-1997 by economists Pauline M. Ippolito and...

FTC Chairman Timothy J. Muris today presented the FTC's new Five-Point Plan for attacking cross-border fraud and highlighted the complementarities of consumer protection and competition policies...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy Muris, Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Antitrust Division Charles A. James, and European Union (EU) Competition Commissioner...

What: Produced video news release providing consumer tips on cyber security, featuring FTC Commissioner Orson Swindle and Richard A. Clarke, Chairman, President’s Critical Infrastructure Protection...

An Internet entrepreneur who marketed bogus cancer cures claiming they made other conventional cancer treatments unnecessary has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that his claims were...

Commission authorization to file for dismissal of relief defendant: The Commission has authorized the staff to file a stipulation discontinuing its action against a relief defendant in an Internet...

Stresses Continued Aggressive Enforcement The Federal Trade Commission's current antitrust enforcement efforts were placed in historical perspective in a major speech delivered yesterday by Joe Simons...

What: NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY DAY Who: The Federal Trade Commission’s Cyber Security Web site provides tips, brochures, a "Kidz Quiz," "Dewie" the e-turtle mascot, and consumer education material...

Operators who used spam, deceptive earnings claims, and fictitious testimonials to sell spam e-mail lists as business opportunities have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their...

A New Jersey-based testing laboratory has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges over its role in providing false test results for a purported do-it-yourself home anthrax test. Sani-Pure...

Approximately 1,800 Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio consumers will receive letters this week notifying them they may qualify to receive redress under the provisions of the Federal Trade Commission's...

The Federal Trade Commission today authorized its staff to seek a preliminary injunction in federal district court to block the proposed acquisition of Claussen Pickle Company (Claussen) by private...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged a Toronto-based company with eight telemarketing boiler rooms with operating a fraudulent advance-fee credit card business. The defendants' telemarketers told...

Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed to clear away unnecessary roadblocks to the approval of generic drug products. I am encouraged by the FDA's important action to address the...