Press Releases

The Federal Trade Commission has closed its investigation of the proposed acquisition of pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health Solutions, Inc. by Express Scripts, Inc. Express Scripts, headquartered...

The Federal Trade Commission has taken action against a payday lending operation that allegedly piled on undisclosed and inflated fees, and collected on loans illegally by threatening borrowers with...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz and Maureen K. Ohlhausen were confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Thursday to serve as Commissioners of the FTC. Leibowitz was first appointed to the...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz released the agency’s 2011-2012 Annual Highlights today at the spring meeting of the American Bar Association’s Section of Antitrust Law in Washington...

The Federal Trade Commission testified before Congress on its new privacy framework, which sets out best practices for companies to protect the privacy of American consumers and reemphasizes the...

The Federal Trade Commission testified today before Congress about proposed legislation that would exempt independent pharmacies from the antitrust laws, saying that such an exemption is likely to...

The Federal Trade Commission ruled that ProMedica Health System's August 2010 acquisition of rival St. Luke's Hospital was anticompetitive and likely to substantially lessen competition and increase...

The Federal Trade Commission put a robocall operation out of the telemarketing business under a settlement resolving FTC charges that it bombarded consumers with more than two billion calls pitching a...

Federal Trade Commission staff, in response to a request from Missouri State Representative Jeanne Kirkton, stated that a bill proposed in the Missouri legislature to regulate providers of pain...

The Federal Trade Commission took action to halt a telemarketing operation that allegedly took millions of dollars from senior citizens by conning them into buying precious metals on credit without...

Federal Trade Commission staff, in response to a request from Kentucky State Senator Paul Hornback, stated that a bill proposed in the Kentucky legislature could benefit consumers by making it simpler...

The operator of a social game site has agreed to settle charges that, while touting its security features, it failed to protect the privacy of its users, allowing hackers to access the personal...

The Federal Trade Commission issued an order requiring Graco Inc. to hold separate the worldwide liquid finishing equipment businesses of Illinois Tool Works Inc. and ITW Finishing LLC, while allowing...

The Federal Trade Commission, the nation's chief privacy policy and enforcement agency, issued a final report setting forth best practices for businesses to protect the privacy of American consumers...

WHAT: Press Conference to Discuss the FTC's Final Privacy Framework WHO: Jon Leibowitz, Chairman WHEN: Monday, March 26, 2012 11:00 am (EDT) WHERE: Federal Trade Commission 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N...

Acting at the request of the Federal Trade Commission the Solicitor General of the United States petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review a recent federal appeals court ruling concerning Phoebe...

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. district court has halted an operation that took in more than $1 million by allegedly selling homeowners bogus mortgage relief and foreclosure...

Two more online marketers have agreed to settlements with the Federal Trade Commission that will permanently halt their allegedly deceptive practice of using fake news websites to promote acai berry...

The Federal Trade Commission stepped up enforcement of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act in the last year by cracking down on collectors who allegedly used abusive tactics to intimidate consumers...

Star Pipe Products, Ltd., a leading supplier of ductile iron pipe fittings, which are used in municipal water systems around the United States, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges...