Press Releases

On Thursday November 14, 2002, the Federal Trade Commission will hold a press conference to announce one of the largest settlements in the FTC's history against companies that misled consumers with...

In remarks presented today at the 2002 Fall Forum of the American Bar Association's (ABA) Section of Antitrust Law in Washington, D.C., Federal Trade Commissioner Thomas B. Leary discussed the...

Commission Authorization to File Amended Complaint: The Commission has authorized the staff to file an amended complaint in the court case currently pending against Hudson Berkley, et al. The...

Operators of a scheme that sold "gold cards," representing them as Visa or MasterCards, but provided their own "merchant cards" that limited consumer use to purchases from their own catalogs or Web...

Chairman Timothy J. Muris in a speech today announced that the Federal Trade Commission will hold hearings on health care and competition law and policy commencing in February 2003 and continuing...

On behalf of the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice today filed a complaint and consent decree against Alabama-based Oxmoor House and its parent Southern Progress Corporation, a...

WHAT: A press conference to announce a sweep by the Northeast Netforce, which includes the FTC and 13 federal, state, and local law enforcement and consumer protection agencies targeting Web-based...

Commission approval of proposed divestitures: The Commission has approved a proposed divestiture by Bayer AG concerning its recent acquisition of Aventis CropScience Holding S.A. Under the terms of...

Dr. Robert M. Currier, who appeared in infomercials for a purported anti-snoring product called SNORenz, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that he made unsubstantiated efficacy...

With More Ways to Shop Than Ever Before, Consumers Must be Wise and Savvy As the holiday season approaches, the Federal Trade Commission encourages consumers to review shopping guidelines. Whether you...

WHAT: The role of business in promoting a "culture of security" - media briefing. WHO: Orson Swindle, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission Thomas Niles, President, U.S. Council for International...

In response to a request for public comment by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), on October 28 the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, Bureau of Economics, and Office of Policy...

Applications for proposed divestiture: The Commission has received two applications from Bayer AG (Bayer) for proposed divestitures concerning the recent merger of Bayer AG and Aventis S.A. (Aventis)...

A Miami company that advertised for home workers to assemble "Native American" or "hand-crafted bracelets" agreed to a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission that permanently bans it from...

The Federal Trade Commission has begun distributing refund checks to over 243,000 consumers who allegedly were misled into accepting trial club memberships from a group of buying clubs including Triad...

The Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Economics today released a staff report titled Advertising Nutrition & Health, Evidence from Food Advertising 1977-1997 by economists Pauline M. Ippolito and...

FTC Chairman Timothy J. Muris today presented the FTC's new Five-Point Plan for attacking cross-border fraud and highlighted the complementarities of consumer protection and competition policies...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy Muris, Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Antitrust Division Charles A. James, and European Union (EU) Competition Commissioner...

What: Produced video news release providing consumer tips on cyber security, featuring FTC Commissioner Orson Swindle and Richard A. Clarke, Chairman, President’s Critical Infrastructure Protection...

An Internet entrepreneur who marketed bogus cancer cures claiming they made other conventional cancer treatments unnecessary has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that his claims were...