Press Releases

Testifying today on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, Office of Policy Planning Director Maureen...

Commission approval of staff comments on attorney advertising: – The Commission has approved comments by the staffs of the Office of Policy Planning, the Bureau of Consumer Protection, and the Bureau...

The Federal Trade Commission has brought a permanent halt to four illegal spamming operations – including one that offered the opportunity to “date lonely wives” and two that hijacked the computers of...

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

The Federal Trade Commission, United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, and Manhattan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce are hosting a...

The Federal Trade Commission today put a successful end to the largest case against deceptive credit counseling and debt management brought by the agency. The FTC announced a settlement with Andris...

Publication of Federal Register notice: The Commission, with the concurrence of the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice...

As part of an ongoing and comprehensive campaign to identify and halt fraud targeting Spanish-speaking consumers, the Federal Trade Commission today announced a new law enforcement action challenging...

Securing the nation’s information systems is a challenging task for consumers and small businesses, according to Federal Trade Commission testimony. Addressing the Subcommittee on Technology...

In the latest in a series of law enforcement initiatives targeting Internet fraud, the Federal Trade Commission, United States Department of Justice, United States Secret Service, Federal Bureau of...

Commission approval of a staff comment to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: The FTC has approved the filing of a staff comment with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) about its...

The proposed acquisition of Slidell Memorial Hospital (Slidell Memorial) by Tenet Health Care Systems (Tenet) may reduce competition and harm consumers, according to a letter to the Louisiana Attorney...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a stipulated final judgment and order against an Ohio-based marketer of prepaid calling cards, settling charges that the company "crammed" recurring...

On Wednesday, February 27, 2002, the Federal Trade Commission's latest law enforcement actions targeting companies that marketed and sold fraudulent bioterrorism products will be announced. J. Howard...

Period Characterized by Rapid Structural Change that Transformed the Industry Staff of the Federal Trade Commission today released a report examining U.S. antitrust policy in the 1980s and early 1990s...

A new report issued by staff of the Federal Trade Commission highlights how the agency has worked to stop online fraud and deception, address the issue of online privacy and tailor its law enforcement...

The only two firms that market lasers to perform a new, and increasingly popular, vision correcting eye surgery, photorefractive keratectomy (“PRK”), were charged today by the Federal Trade Commission...

Every year, thousands of consumers respond to enticing classified ads in newspapers that tout “money to loan . . . regardless of credit.” The problem, according to the Federal Trade Commission and 15...

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a public workshop on March 26 and 27, 1996 to discuss "Made in USA" advertising and labeling claims. This past July, the FTC announced that it would hold a...

A federal judge has ordered a magazine subscription seller to pay a civil penalty of more than $5.4 million and give up more than $1.6 million of his ill-gotten gains for violating a 1996 Federal...