Press Releases

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final consent agreements with the following entities. The Commission action makes the consent orders...

Remember that New Year's resolution you made to lose some weight and keep it off? Surveys tell us that only one month into the year, many consumers have already abandoned their resolve -- and still...

Want to lose weight and keep it off, but don't know which product or service is right for you? The "Partnership for Healthy Weight Management" today released voluntary guidelines designed to help...

The federal Interagency Task Force on Fair Lending has published a brochure for consumers, " Looking for the Best Mortgage: Shop, Compare, Negotiate." The brochure notes that shopping around for a...

What: Press conference to announce the launching of voluntary guidelines for providers of weight loss products or services by the Partnership for Healthy Weight Management -- representatives from...

The Federal Trade Commission has published, in partnership with the American Apparel Manufacturers Association, a new business guide explaining labeling requirements for textile and wool products...

Commerce Secretary William Daley and Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky will hold a news conference to discuss the recent growth of online shopping and to underscore the applicability...

The Federal Trade Commission's Premerger Notification Office (PNO), with the concurrence of the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division, has now made public a Formal...

In a massive crackdown on operators who turn credit-challenged consumers into lawbreakers, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) announced today that...

Case Name Office Type of action Where filed Contact Federal Trade Commission and Dep't of Justice Cases Mehmet Akca (a/k/a Matt Akca), also d/b/a AKCA, FTC Action for injunction and restitution; CROA...

The message today from the IRS is don’t get involved in these credit repair schemes. In 1994, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) initiated investigations into numerous schemes...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that its spring workshop examining U.S. perspectives on consumer protection in the global electronic marketplace will be held June 8-9, 1999 at the FTC's...

Three individual defendants named in a 1998 Federal Trade Commission action filed in federal district court in Tampa against Hart Marketing Enterprises Ltd., Inc., have agreed to settle charges that...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it has dismissed the case against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company for its Joe Camel advertising campaign. The Commission decided that the relief it...

The Commission has postponed the effective date of the Formal Interpretation under the Hart- Scott-Rodino (HSR) rules setting forth the conditions under which the creation, or acquisition of an...

What: Press conference to announce federal/state/local law enforcement crackdown on a credit scam that bilks consumer-victims and turns them into felons . When: Tuesday, February 2, 1999 11 AM (room...

The Federal Trade Commission has announced the settlement of another four of the nineteen cases filed in March 1998 as part of "Operation Eraser" -- a federal-state crackdown on fraudulent credit...

D. Michael "Mike" Chappell has been appointed an Administrative Law Judge for the Federal Trade Commission. Chappell has been an attorney with Southwestern Bell Telephone and Southwestern Bell...

A week-long series of consumer education initiatives and law enforcement events will mark the first annual National Consumer Protection Week, beginning February 1, 1999. Activities across the country...

Apple Computer has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its "Apple Assurance" advertising campaign was deceptive. Apple Assurance offered consumers who purchased Apple products free...