Press Releases

The Federal Trade Commission has announced that its staff will offer a training program for financial institutions that are subject to its Safeguards Rule. That Rule implements the safeguards...

Commission approval of time period extension: The Commission has approved a fourth extension of a time period concerning a matter involving Baxter International, Inc. (Baxter). Under the order in...

The Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection will hold the first of two one-day sessions on "Technologies for Protecting Personal Information" on Wednesday, May 14, 2003. The workshops...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are warning Web site operators who suggest that their products will protect against, treat, or even cure Severe Acute...

Two Internet sites claiming that they can "pre-register" consumers with the Federal Trade Commission's National telemarketing "Do Not Call" Registry are the focus of a federal district court complaint...

The Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement with Comstar Communications, Inc. and its president, Randall A. Carasco, who marketed and sold "WaveShield," "WaveShield 1000," and "WaveShield...

The fifth session of the Federal Trade Commission/Department of Justice joint hearings on health care and competition law and policy will be held on Wednesday, May 7, from 9:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and...

Every year millions of students apply for financial aid and scholarships to help finance their college education. Sometimes they fall prey to scholarship and financial aid scams. To help federal...

Jonathan P. Cohen, the last remaining individual defendant named in a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit involving fundraising fraud, is banned from further fundraising and telemarketing activities as...

The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint in federal district court against A. Glenn Braswell and four of his corporations challenging allegedly false and unsubstantiated advertising claims...

Federal Trade Commission General Counsel William Kovacic will be the keynote speaker at an Antitrust Practice Group Retreat luncheon on Friday, May 2, 2003, hosted by the Washington, D.C. law firm of...

Carlsbad Physician Association (CPA), a New Mexico physicians' organization, along with its Executive Director and certain Board and Contract Committee members, has agreed to settle Federal Trade...

Petition for approval of proposed divestiture: The Commission has received a petition for approval of a proposed divestiture from ConocoPhillips, Inc. concerning the recent merger of Conoco Inc. and...

Presenting keynote remarks today at the Antitrust Practice Group Retreat sponsored by Washington, D.C. law firm Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White, Federal Trade Commission General Counsel William Kovacic...

To avoid a possible arrest warrant and other legal action that could result in an injunction and civil penalties, Morehead McKim Gallaher Funeral Directors, Inc. and its director, Michael Bannon...

A Mobile, Alabama company that operated a vending machine scam through several corporate identities has agreed to settle federal charges. In June 2002, as part of "Project Busted Opportunity," the...

The Federal Trade Commission and 29 state Attorneys General have launched a law enforcement crackdown targeting Internet auction scams that bilked thousands of consumers out of their money and...

Optometry legislation proposed in Tennessee could increase consumer costs while doing nothing to increase the quality of eye care, according to comments submitted by the Federal Trade Commission to...

Commission authorization to file comments with Georgia Public Service Commission: The Commission has authorized the staff of the Bureau of Economics and the Office of General Counsel to file comments...

In a random sample of 1,000 pieces of unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE) from three Federal Trade Commission (FTC) data sets, 66 percent contained false "From" lines, "Subject" lines, or message text...