Press Releases

The Federal Trade Commission today announced Project FAL$E HOPE$, a federal and state law enforcement sweep targeting bogus business opportunities and work-at-home scams. The crackdown includes more...

Consumers are projected to spend $25 billion on gift cards in the 2006 holiday season. The Federal Trade Commission tells consumers that gift cards, whether purchased from a retailer, a restaurant, or...

Commission approval of final consent order: Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved the issuance of final consent order in the matter concerning Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s...

The Federal Trade Commission, Department of Justice, and U.S. Postal Inspection Service will announce a federal and state law enforcement sweep targeting bogus business opportunities and work-at-home...

The Federal Trade Commission will host a two-day public workshop on "Broadband Connectivity Competition Policy" in Washington, DC on February 13 and 14, 2007. The workshop will bring together experts...

The Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Economics Director Michael Salinger testified today before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary about the FTC’s January 2006 closure of its investigation...

Today, the Federal Trade Commission mailed claim forms for reimbursement to more than 1,400 consumers who may have been victims of identity theft due to alleged security lapses at data broker...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today named Calvin J. Collier the 2006 recipient of the Miles W. Kirkpatrick Award. Citing Collier’s significant contributions to the agency and...

Issuance of Commission report: The Commission has issued a study entitled “ 2006 Report on Ethanol Market Concentration” that examines the current state of ethanol production in the United States and...

Capital Acquisitions and Management Corp. and affiliated companies will pay $1 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their debt collection practices violated federal law. The...

The Federal Trade Commission has issued a report to Congress under Section 319 of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003, which requires the FTC to study the accuracy and completeness...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division today announced that the latest in a series of joint public hearings designed to examine the implications of single-firm...

Application for proposed divestiture: The Commission has received an application for approval of proposed divestiture from Linde AG and The BOC Group plc concerning an August 29, 2006, FTC consent...

A Florida business and its owner, who marketed purported height-enhancing pills for kids and young adults, will pay $375,000 to settle charges that their advertising claims were deceptive. The Federal...

Commission authorization of the staff to file amended complaint: The FTC has authorized the staff to file an amended complaint in the matter currently pending against Datacom Marketing Inc. and other...

Commission receipt of application for proposed divestiture: The Commission has received an application for approval of proposed divestiture from Dan L. Duncan; EPCO, Inc.; Texas Eastern Products...

Issuance of Commission report: The Commission has authorized the staff to release publicly the FTC’s Performance and Accountability Report (PAR) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2006. As required by the Reports...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that a U.S. district court judge in Nashville, Tennessee, has ruled Timothy Scott Jackson, Dora Helena Ortegon, and GIS, Inc. (GIS), guilty of civil...

The nation’s two largest funeral home and cemetery chains have reached an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission, which contended that Service Corporation International’s (SCI) proposed...

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, the District Court for the Southern District of New York has permanently banned a group of Miami-based defendants from making misrepresentations when...