Press Releases

Efamol Nutraceuticals, Inc., and J & R Research, Inc., two companies that market and sell dietary supplements that claim to mitigate or cure the effects of Attention Deficit Disorder or Attention...

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it has reached separate settlement agreements with Universal Music and Video Distribution, Sony Corp. of America, Time-Warner Inc., EMI Music...

What: FTC news conference on music distributors' pricing policies of compact discs. When: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 2:00 p.m. (Room to open at 1:30 p.m. for camera set-up) Who: Chairman Robert Pitofsky...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions: The FTC has approved the extension of a time period in the following matter: Baxter International, Inc. Under the order in Docket No...

Matthew A. Hammack and Robert Hansel, president and vice president, respectively, of Modern Credit Financial Services, Inc., have agreed to post $500,000 performance bonds before engaging in any...

The FTC has received an application for modification of a Commission order from the following: The Boeing Company. In the application, Boeing has requested that the order be modified to terminate all...

The Council of Better Business Bureaus, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG), and the Federal Trade Commission today announced a strategic alliance...

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it will hold a public workshop on business-to-business ("B2B") electronic marketplaces on June 29, 2000. It will bring together designers, owners, and...

Proposed legislation to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act ("FCRA") to remove procedural requirements that unduly interfere with workplace investigations must also preserve the basic privacy...

The Federal Trade Commission today issued a staff working paper examining how its own consumer protection rules and guides -- many of which were developed long before "dot com" became a household...

Commission action regarding applications for approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has ruled on applications for approval of several transactions from the following: Exxon Mobil...

Some consumers who purchased expensive photographic packages from a door-to-door representative will be allowed to rescind their contracts, the Federal Trade Commission announced today after settling...

This summer the Federal Trade Commission will conduct a survey to assess appliance retailers' compliance with the Appliance Labeling Rule. FTC investigators will visit the showrooms of appliance...

In a coordinated crackdown on deceptive day trading promotions, the Federal Trade Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and Securities and Exchange Commission have halted the claims of 14...

Two Washington-based companies and the individual who controls them have agreed to pay $375,000 in redress to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made false and unsubstantiated health...

The FTC has approved several agreements in the following matter: BP-Amoco p.l.c./Atlantic Richfield Company. The Commission has approved certain agreements required by Paragraph II.C. of the proposed...

Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc., based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Alternative Cigarettes, Inc., based in Buffalo, New York, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that ads for...

Auto dealerships in Colorado, New York and Pennsylvania and their individual owners have signed agreements with the Federal Trade Commission to settle charges that they ran deceptive lease...

These and other weight loss claims for "The Enforma System" are touted in television and Internet ads. But, according to a Federal Trade Commission complaint filed in federal court, the company's...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions: Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received an application from the following: Exxon Mobil Corp. The application...