Press Releases

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

Stresses Continued Aggressive Enforcement The Federal Trade Commission's current antitrust enforcement efforts were placed in historical perspective in a major speech delivered yesterday by Joe Simons...

Commission authorization to file for dismissal of relief defendant: The Commission has authorized the staff to file a stipulation discontinuing its action against a relief defendant in an Internet...

Approximately 1,800 Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio consumers will receive letters this week notifying them they may qualify to receive redress under the provisions of the Federal Trade Commission's...

What: NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY DAY Who: The Federal Trade Commission’s Cyber Security Web site provides tips, brochures, a "Kidz Quiz," "Dewie" the e-turtle mascot, and consumer education material...

Operators who used spam, deceptive earnings claims, and fictitious testimonials to sell spam e-mail lists as business opportunities have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their...