Press Releases

The Federal Trade Commission today announced two proposed agreements settling charges that Consumer Money Markets, Inc. (CMM), Continental Direct Services, Inc. (CDS) and several individuals and firms...

Innovative Productions, based in Dallas, Texas, and its owner, Shane D. Walls, have agreed to a court order prohibiting them from making false or misleading claims about income, profit or sales volume...

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final consent agreements with the following: Bertelsman Music Group ; EMI/Capitol Records ; Sony...

The Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection today released a report titled "Consumer Protection in the Global Electronic Marketplace: Looking Ahead." The report looks at several...

The Federal Trade Commission has filed charges in federal court against several participants involved in the allegedly deceptive advertising of "The Enforma System" weight loss products. The complaint...

Publication of Federal Register notice: The Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice regarding the following: The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Privacy Act -- Safeguards...

Calls answered by the Federal Trade Commission's Identity Theft hotline have tripled in the last six months according to FTC testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Technology...

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a modified consent agreement with the following: BP Amoco p.l.c., et al. The modification made...

Commission action regarding prior FTC order: The Commission has approved an action regarding a final order concerning the following: Hoechst AG, et al. The terms of FTC Docket No. C-3919, finalized on...

Action Loan Company, Inc., of Louisville, Kentucky, and its owner and president, Gus Goldsmith, have agreed to pay a $350,000 civil penalty and up to a total of $37,000 in consumer redress as part of...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a proposed settlement with a California-based debt collection agency, Performance Capital Management, Inc. (PCM), under which the company would be fined $2...

The owners and operators of www.playgirl.com, www.highsociety.com and scores of other adult Web sites have been charged by the Federal Trade Commission with illegally billing thousands of consumers...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that for the third time in four years it has completed a law enforcement sweep of the United States travel industry. The FTC has been working together with...

The Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice and 47 other federal, state and local law enforcement and consumer protection agencies have surfed the Web looking for illegal scams that...

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has unanimously upheld a Federal Trade Commission decision ordering the maker of Doan's Pills to run corrective advertising. The Court's...

WHO: Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Compliance Training Program for Website Operators. COPPA, which requires that Web sites directed to children under 13 years old obtain verifiable...

Commission action regarding application for approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has ruled on an application for approval of a transaction from the following: Duke Energy...

FirstPlus Financial Group, Inc. (FirstPlus) has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges resulting from the advertising and marketing practices of FirstPlus's now bankrupt subsidiary...

Claims that "JointFlex," a widely advertised topical skin cream, will eliminate significant pain due to disabling joint conditions, crushed vertebrae, herniated disks and other conditions are...

On October 23 and 24, 2000, the Federal Trade Commission will host a two-day workshop on ways to expand and improve the assistance provided by both the public and private sectors to victims of...