Press Releases

Summit Technology, Inc. and VISX, Inc., two firms that compete in the market for equipment and technology employed in photorefractive keratectomy ("PRK"), a form of eye surgery that uses lasers to...

The Federal Trade Commission yesterday issued an administrative challenge to the $40 million proposed merger of Lucy Lee Hospital, owned by Tenet Healthcare Corporation (Tenet), and Doctors Regional...

The Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement agreement with Royal Dutch Shell and Exxon over charges that their proposed joint venture to develop, manufacture, and sell viscosity index...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it has voted to retain the Negative Option Rule, which governs the operation of prenotification subscription plans. Under these plans, sellers ship...

The Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and California law enforcement officials today announced a joint action against telemarketers who allegedly violated California’s...

Three California-based telemarketing companies and their owner, Hari Jiwan Singh Khalsa, have agreed to settle charges filed by the Federal Trade Commission as part of "Project Field of Schemes" -- a...

GeoCities, one of the most popular sites on the World Wide Web, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it misrepresented the purposes for which it was collecting personal...

Federal and state authorities today released a nationwide study of the accuracy of net content labeling of milk. The report, a follow-up to a 1997 study, shows that there has been considerable...

Staff of the Federal Trade Commission have advised a group of neurologists in the Los Angeles area that they do not intend to recommend a challenge to the neurologists' plan to establish an...

The staff of the Federal Trade Commission on August 10 filed a comment with them Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) about stranded costs and benefits arising from electric industry...

The staff of the Federal Trade Commission on August 10 filed a comment with the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) about its staff report, "Staff Market Power Discussion Paper." The paper...

The staff of the Federal Trade Commission on August 10 filed a comment with the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) about its discussion draft Green Guidelines for Electricity. The FTC...

The Federal Trade Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission and 20 members of the North American Securities Administrators Association today announced nearly 60 law enforcement actions directed...

Tuesday, August 11, 1998 Thank you for being with us today. We're here to announce a joint federal-state law enforcement sweep that has targeted nearly 60 bogus entertainment and media-related...

The Federal Trade Commission has voted to update its Vocational Schools Guides -- renamed the Guides for Private Vocational and Distance Education Schools. The Commission added a provision to the...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a $500,000 settlement agreement with a Phoenix, Arizona, fundraiser who, the FTC alleges, fraudulently solicited donations on behalf of various nonprofit...

Commission action regarding applications for approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has ruled on an application for approval of a transaction from the following: Shell Oil Company...

A settlement agreement that the Federal Trade Commission has negotiated with General Electric Capital Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Montgomery Ward Credit Corporation (collectively, "GE...

Commission action regarding applications for approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has ruled on an application for approval of a transaction from the following: LandAmerica...

The Federal Trade Commission has obtained a court order temporarily halting the marketing operations of the American Urological Corporation, and several related companies, all under the direction of...