Press Releases

The Federal Trade Commission today filed a complaint in federal court charging Associates First Capital Corporation and Associates Corporation of North America (collectively, The Associates) with...

The Car Wash Guys International, Inc., based in Agoura Hills, California, and its principals have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made false earnings claims to market and...

The Commission has authorized staff to file with the court to amend a previously issued complaint regarding the following: Verity International Ltd., et al. The FTC brought this complaint contending...

The Commission has approved a technical amendment to the following: FTC Rule 4.1(b). As detailed in a Federal Register notice to be published shortly, the Commission is amending this Rule to make it...

In prepared remarks delivered today before the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology at the University of California, Berkeley, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky asserts a continuing...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it is seeking information regarding the results to date of different regulatory approaches to the introduction of competition into the retail sale of...

Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent order regarding the following and forwarded letters to two commentors of record: Philip Morris Co. Inc. and Nabisco Holdings...

Following an investigation coordinated with the British Columbia Ministry of Attorney General, the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police ("RCMP"), the Federal...

Predatory lending practices in the subprime market were the subject of testimony delivered by Ronald G. Isaac, Assistant to the Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced it has appointed Dale Hatfield, a telecommunications consultant from Boulder, Colorado, as the monitor trustee in the America Online ("AOL")/Time Warner...

Automatic Merchandising Corporation, based in Jupiter, Florida, and its owner, Alan Manning, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they failed to provide the pre-sale disclosures...

The Commission has approved an implementation trustee agreement regarding the following: Entergy Corporation, et al. On January 31, 2001, the FTC issued its order related to the purchase of Gulf South...

Two Illinois-based companies named in a 1999 lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice at the request of the Federal Trade Commission have agreed to settle charges that they engaged in a bogus office...

The Federal Trade Commission today issued a staff report discussing information gathered and antitrust issues addressed at its public workshop on slotting allowances which was held last year. Among...

In the following matter, the Commission has approved the appointment of a monitor trustee: Dow Chemical Company and Union Carbide Corporation. The proposed order in this matter requires among other...

Vending Communications, Inc. (VCI), Interactive Communication Services, Inc. (ICS), and their president, Alberto Susi, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they misrepresented...

The Federal Trade Commission has asked a U.S. District Court Judge to halt an Internet domain name scheme that dupes consumers into needlessly registering variations of their existing domain names by...

The Federal Trade Commission has announced its decision not to seek further review in the Supreme Court of its case against the California Dental Association ("CDA"), and has returned the matter to...

As specified in the terms of agreements reached with the Federal Trade Commission last June, effective today, the seven largest U.S. cigar companies must include warnings in both their advertising and...

The Federal Trade Commission has reached an agreement to settle all claims arising out of a civil contempt action against American Business Supplies, Inc., Interstate Office Systems, Inc., Nationwide...