Press Releases

Today, the Congress has once again ratified the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to establish a National Do Not Call Registry. I always have believed that the FTC had clear authority to...

Kyle Kimoto, the chief architect of an illicit international telemarketing network, has agreed to the terms of a federal court order to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that his telemarketing...

Network Solutions, Inc. has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that its deceptive marketing practices unlawfully tricked consumers into transferring their Internet domain name registrations to...

Late last year, the Federal Trade Commission issued rules creating the National Do Not Call Registry under the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act. On February 13, 2003, the...

The Federal Trade Commission today filed a motion in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma for a stay pending appeal of the court's September 23, 2003, order declaring...

A group of surgeons in Yakima, Washington, has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that it increased the cost of health care for consumers in Yakima by jointly fixing prices in contract...

Issuance of staff advisory opinion: The staff of the FTC's Bureau of Competition has advised counsel for Bay Area Preferred Physicians (BAPP) that it does not presently intend to recommend law...

America Online, Inc. (AOL) and its subsidiary, CompuServe Interactive Services, Inc. (CompuServe), today settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they engaged in two separate unfair practices...

In a staff report released today, the Federal Trade Commission’s State Action Task Force concludes that the scope of the antitrust state action doctrine has expanded dramatically since first...

Under the terms of a proposed consent agreement announced today, the Federal Trade Commission would allow DSM N.V.'s (DSM) proposed $1.89 billion acquisition of Roche Holding AG's (Roche) Vitamins and...

Toronto-based telemarketers are banned from selling or telemarketing credit-related goods or services as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC charged the defendants, 1st...

The Federal Trade Commission has issued a Consumer Alert, “After a Disaster: Repairing Your Home,” that warns consumers of potential “home repair rip-off artists” who may overcharge, perform shoddy...

The Federal Trade Commission has issued a Consumer Alert, “Fake Credit Report Sites: Cashing in on Your Personal Information,” that warns consumers about the dangers of a high-tech scam known as...

Federal Trade Commissioner Mozelle W. Thompson will be the Keynote speaker at the two-day International Business Law Services’ Strategic Global Summit for E-Commerce September 18th and 19th 2003. The...

The Federal Trade Commission has issued an administrative complaint against a group of Texas physicians, charging that they unlawfully restrained competition, increasing the cost of health care for...

In an ongoing crackdown on cross-border con artists, the Federal Trade Commission and Canadian law enforcers have settled two separate cases with operators who targeted senior citizens in cross-border...

Consumers have registered more than 50 million phone numbers with the National Do Not Call registry, and in anticipation of the October 1 compliance requirements, nearly 5,000 telemarketers have...

Cross-border fraud is a growing problem that needs greater attention, according to Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris, who today delivered testimony before the Subcommittee on Commerce...

Petition to reopen and modify Commission consent order: The Commission has received a petition from Wright Medical Technology, Inc. (Wright) to reopen and modify a 1994 consent order conditionally...

The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice (DOJ) today released a detailed agenda for the final sessions of their joint hearings on health care and competition law and policy, to be held...