Press Releases

Agreements to ban price advertising for new farm equipment violated federal law, the Federal Trade Commission said today in announcing a settlement with Fastline Publications, Inc., a Kentucky...

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment about a proposed telephone survey of consumers and their experience with the rent-to-own industry. The request for public comment, which was...

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comments on proposed amendments to the Care Labeling Rule, which requires labels to be placed on clothing and certain piece goods indicating instructions...

R2D2 is widely known among movie buffs as one of the robots in Star Wars. While power surges could wreak havoc with R2D2's programming, the robot didn’t have to worry about the Y2K problem --...

The Federal Trade Commission today published a proposal regarding the applicability of the Commission's rules and guides to electronic media, including the Internet, e-mail and CD-ROMs. The proposal...

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the following entity. The Commission action makes the consent order...

Thousands of consumers throughout the country have attended "seminars" in hotel rooms or other public forums where they are persuaded to invest in fraudulent business opportunities and investments...

Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received an application for approval of a transaction from the following. The FTC is seeking public comments on the application for 30 days...

Two Bellevue, Washington companies, CRA Champion Credit, Inc. and CRA Financial Services, Inc., and the companies' two principals have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they...

The staff of the Federal Trade Commission issued a letter today stating that Internic Software, Inc., an Australian organization copying the official domain name registration services of Network...

In response to a request from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the staff of the Federal Trade Commission today submitted a comment about FERC’s policy conference on independent system...

Mother’s Day is May 10 and it’s a time when many consumers purchase flowers and jewelry as gifts. The Federal Trade Commission has three publications that can help ensure consumers aren’t disappointed...

Eureka Solutions International, Inc. and OEM Communications, both based in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, and company president and founder Gregory S. Bender, have agreed to settle Federal Trade...

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the following entity. The Commission action makes the consent order...

A federal district court in Nevada has temporarily halted what the Federal Trade Commission alleges to be a deceptive Ponzi scheme that bilked consumers out of millions of dollars. According to the...

A proposed agreement to resolve Federal Trade Commission antitrust concerns arising from Intel Corporation's acquisition of Digital Equipment Corporation's microprocessor assets would preserve...

In its first action attacking the practice of "cramming" -- charging consumers on their actual phone bills or on look-alike bills for services they have not purchased -- the FTC today announced the...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced it has revised a portion of its Environmental Marketing Guides ("Green Guides") to expand the definitions of certain terms to reflect current consumer...

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the following entity. The Commission action makes the consent order...

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final consent agreements with the following entities. The Commission action makes the consent orders...