Press Releases

In the wake of the NorVergence Inc. telecommunications fraud case won by the Federal Trade Commission in 2005, the agency has charged a company with violating federal law by helping to finance the...

The Federal Trade Commission today approved a complaint challenging Whole Foods Market, Inc.’s approximately $670 million acquisition of its chief rival, Wild Oats Markets, Inc., and authorized the...

Petition to reopen and modify Commission order: The Commission has received a petition to reopen and modify an FTC order concerning Duke Energy Corporation, Spectra Energy Corp., and DCP Midstream...

A businessman has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that he sold his greeting card display rack business opportunities by misrepresenting the potential earnings that consumers could make. The...

Protecting competition and consumers, the Federal Trade Commission today announced it is challenging Rite Aid Corporation’s proposed $3.5 billion acquisition of the Brooks and Eckerd pharmacies from...

Today’s children see more promotional ads for other programming, but fewer paid ads and fewer minutes of advertising on television, according to a report released today by the staff of the Federal...

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that the sixth Annual International Competition Network (ICN) conference in Moscow, Russia, took significant steps toward strengthening antitrust...

Commission approval of joint FTC/DOJ comments:The Commission has approved the filing of joint FTC/DOJ comments with Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm regarding Michigan House Bill (HB) 4416, which...

It is graduation time, with schools celebrating their students accomplishments and their readiness to move on to the next challenge. The Federal Trade Commission offers its own commencement advice for...

The Federal Trade Commission today told the Ohio Privacy and Public Records Access Study Committee in Columbus, Ohio that public agencies can “play a key role in reducing the incidence and impact of...

Commission approval of joint amicus brief filing: The Commission has approved the filing of a joint amicus brief with the U.S. Department of Justice in the matter of DDAVP Direct Purchaser Antitrust...

The Federal Trade Commission has issued “Slip Showing?,” an alert, to remind businesses that a federal law calls for them to truncate electronically processed credit card receipts to include no more...

Commission approval of amended complaint filing: The Commission has approved the filing of an amended complaint in the court matter currently pending against Business Card Experts, et al. (BCE). The...

Two operations that marketed oral sprays that were supposed to help users lose weight, reverse the aging process, and prevent or treat diseases have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that their...

Promised Free Valuable Coupons, Consumers Got Only Subscriptions They Did Not Want The Federal Trade Commission has charged several Pennsylvania-based defendants with violating the FTC Act and the...

Commission approval of amended complaint: The Commission has approved the filing of an amended complaint in the matter of FTC v. ERG Ventures, LLC et al. In the original complaint filed in October...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras will participate in the sixth annual International Competition Network (ICN) Conference in Moscow, Russia, from May 30-June 1, 2007. At the...

Each year, millions of students seek help in financing their college education, and some fall prey to scholarship and financial aid scams that “guarantee” money for college in exchange for a fee. In...

Testifying today on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission before the U.S. Congress’ Joint Economic Committee, Bureau of Economics Director Michael A. Salinger described the FTC’s initiatives to...

Allegedly Failed to Deliver Guaranteed Lower Interest Rates A group of telemarketers have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their “debt elimination program” violated federal and...