The Federal Trade Commission, in cooperation with the American Automobile Association (AAA), reminds consumers that there are things they can do to keep the cost of gasoline from busting budgets or...

San Juan IPA, Inc., a physicians’ independent practice association operating in northwestern New Mexico, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it orchestrated and carried out...

The Federal Trade Commission today told the House Financial Services Committee Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit that while data brokers may provide a valuable service both to...

An operation posing as a nonprofit organization that violated the Federal Trade Commission’s Do Not Call Rule and billed tens of thousands of consumers’ credit cards without their consent has been...

Commission approval of final consent order: The Commission has approved a final consent order in the matter concerning Hi-Health Supermart Corporation, et al. The Commission vote approving the final...

The Federal Trade Commission and state and local law enforcement officials today announced 55 law enforcement actions as part of their ongoing collaborative campaign to stop fraud exploiting the...

The Federal Trade Commission has settled a complaint against a set of California-based defendants whose telemarketers and promotional brochures allegedly misled hundreds of consumers about their...

Operators of online malls that disguised themselves as legitimate business opportunities have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they were actually illegal pyramid schemes, in violation of...

The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a joint letter today urging the Alabama State Senate to reject House Bill 156, because it would change current law to restrict the...

The Federal Trade Commission published a Federal Register notice today seeking public comment on certain definitions and substantive provisions under the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited...

FTC to Announce Most Recent Results of Hispanic Law Enforcement and Outreach Initiative The Federal Trade Commission’s Southeast Region – Atlanta and U.S. Postal Inspection Service will host a media...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will jointly sponsor a workshop on marketing, self-regulation, and childhood obesity on July 14 and 15, 2005...

Petition for approval of proposed divestiture: Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. (Magellan) has filed a petition requesting the Commission’s approval of the proposed divestiture of certain assets...

Operators who sent illegal spam and made deceptive claims for a bogus fuel-saving product that doesn’t save fuel have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that their e-mail and Web sites violated...

The National Do Not Call Registry has been “enormously successful,” according to the Federal Trade Commission. In a statement submitted today to the Committee on Industry, Natural Resources, Science...

Each year, millions of students seek help in financing their college education, and some fall prey to scholarship and financial aid scams that “guarantee” money for college in exchange for a fee. In...

Petition to reopen and set aside Commission order: The Commission received a petition to reopen and set aside a final consent order in the matter concerning Lafarge S.A.’s (Lafarge) 2001 merger with...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a consent order settling charges that an independent practice association, representing two orthopaedic groups in Cincinnati, Ohio, violated antitrust laws...

This year, instead of giving your mother something she doesn’t need for Mother’s Day, you can give her something she can really use. A new Mother’s Day e-card that’s sent with love from you and FTC...

A U.S. district court judge has held Integrated Capital, doing business as National Student Financial Aid (NSFA), and its principal, Alan Wilson, in contempt for violating terms of an August 2003...