Press Releases

Extension of public comment period: The Commission has approved the extension of the public comment period in a matter concerning whether the Platinum Section of the FTC’s Guides for the Jewelry...

The Federal Trade Commission and Canada’s Competition Bureau are working together to educate consumers about worthless products purported to produce weight loss. They are announcing today the...

The Federal Trade Commission and a partnership including cybersecurity experts, online marketers, consumer advocates, and federal officials have launched a new multimedia, interactive consumer...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced federal court action taken against two groups of Canadian-based defendants, each allegedly engaged in widespread cross-border fraud schemes. In the first...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division today announced an expedited antitrust procedure and guidance for collaborations of businesses working to...

Commission authorization of the filing of staff comments: The Commission has authorized the staffs of the Bureaus of Economics and Consumer Protection and the Office of Policy Planning to send a...

A Connecticut-based hedge fund manager who failed to report several large stock purchases before they were made, as required by the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Premerger Notification Act, will pay a $350...

Who: Lydia Parnes, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission. Deborah Platt Majoras, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission. Andy Purdy, Acting Director, National Cyber Security...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a unanimous opinion and order holding respondents Telebrands Corporation (Telebrands), TV Savings, L.L.C. (TV Savings), and their principal Ajit Khubani...

Commission approval of final consent orders: Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved the issuance of a final consent order in the matter concerning Partners Health Network, Inc...

Two companies and their owner, who sold travel services, are barred from violating the Federal Trade Commission’s Do Not Call (DNC) Rule after being charged with calling numbers on the National DNC...

The Federal Trade Commission today told the U. S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection that it is working to protect...

Testifying today on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission before the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, FTC Associate General Counsel for Energy John Seesel detailed...

Three defendants will give up $4.5 million in cash and other assets to settle Federal Trade Commission charges stemming from their roles in the marketing of CortiSlim and CortiStress, dietary...

A U.S. district court judge has ordered a permanent halt to an operation that used illegal spam to make bogus claims for human growth hormone products that contained no human growth hormone and diet...

Concluding a case against several defendants who deceptively claimed they could register consumers on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Do Not Call (DNC) Registry to prevent telemarketing...

Commission approval of petition to reopen and modify order: The Commission has approved a petition to reopen and modify a final order in the matter concerning White Sands Health Care System, L.L.C...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a stipulated final order settling charges against two defendants targeted in February 2005's “Project Biz Opp Flop” law enforcement initiative for...

Commission approval of amended complaint: The Commission has approved the filing of an amended complaint in its pending federal court action against Married But Lonely/Brian D. Westby. The Commission...

Commission approval of proposed divestitures: The Commission has approved a petition seeking approval of three proposed divestitures required under the FTC’s order regarding Valero L.P.’s (Valero)...