Press Releases

Pursuant to the consent order in the following matter, the Commission has granted prior approval of a proposed divestiture and approved Hold Separate and Trustee Agreements: Lafarge S.A./Blue Circle...

Vocational Guides, Inc. (VGI) and its president, Timothy Scott Jackson, are permanently banned from promoting or selling employment services, and will pay approximately $191,600 in disgorgement and...

The Federal Trade Commission today met in closed session to consider an enforcement action to authorize staff to seek a preliminary injunction against PepsiCo's proposed acquisition of the Quaker Oats...

Natural Organics, Inc., based in Melville, New York, and its president, Gerald Kessler, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made unsubstantiated claims that their dietary...

The Federal Trade Commission today charged Warner Communications, Inc., and several subsidiaries of Vivendi Universal S.A., with illegally agreeing to fix prices for audio and video products featuring...

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking comment from businesses, professional associations, consumer groups and others on proposed security standards for customer financial information held by a broad...

WHAT: On August 2, 2001 at 9:00 a.m. the Federal Trade Commission will hold an initial public conference to examine factors that affect prices of refined petroleum products in the United States. The...

Application for proposed transaction: The Commission has received an application for approval of a proposed transaction from the following: Unified Western Grocers, Inc. (Unified). The application...

Unscrupulous telemarketers continue to peddle worthless credit card loss "protection," and the Federal Trade Commission continues to work to stop them from doing so. In the latest action, announced...

The operator of an Internet site that sold access to templates and software used to produce false identity documents, such as drivers licenses and birth certificates, has agreed to settle Federal...

Commission authorization to file modified order for permanent injunction: In the following matter, the Commission has authorized staff to file a modification to an order for permanent injunction...

Bureau of Consumer Protection Associate Director Lee Peeler presented Federal Trade Commission testimony today before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet...

Allstate Business Distribution Center, Inc., based in Southern California, and doing business as Primary Distribution Center (Primary), and its owner, Robert Matz, have agreed to settle federal...

The Federal Trade Commission today is announcing a second case challenging the marketing and selling of unproven and dangerous comfrey products via the Web, as part of its ongoing and comprehensive...

Commission extension of time period: The FTC has approved the extension of a time period in the following matter: Baxter International, Inc. Under the order in Docket No. C-3726 which concerned Baxter...

Data Medical Capital, Inc., and its principal, Bryan D'Antonio, will be permanently banned from selling business ventures, employment opportunities or work-at-home opportunities, and from...

On August 2, 2001, the Federal Trade Commission will hold an initial public conference to examine factors that affect prices of refined petroleum products in the United States. The conference, which...

Testifying on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission today before the Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives' Financial Services Committee, Bureau...

Today at a hearing before the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, the Federal Trade Commission testified about the joint federal-state enforcement against fraudulent telemarketers under the...

ValueVision International, Inc., the third largest television "home shopping" network retailer in the United States, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it aired advertisements...