Press Releases

The Federal Trade Commission today announced its decision to intervene in the formation of United Launch Alliance, L.L.C. (ULA), a proposed joint venture between The Boeing Company and Lockheed Martin...

Qchex, an Internet-based check creation and delivery service, has agreed to a temporary restraining order to halt its unfair business practices. In a complaint filed in U.S. District Court, the...

The Federal Trade Commission today told the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations that protecting the privacy of consumers’ telephone records requires a...

The Federal Trade Commission has sent letters to 166 advertisers and 77 media outlets warning them that their advertisements targeting Hispanics are potentially deceptive. The ads were spotted during...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced its latest law enforcement actions against scammers targeting Hispanics with their unlawful business practices. The cases, part of the FTC’s Hispanic...

The Federal Trade Commission, the United States Postal Inspection Service, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, and the Manhattan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce will hold a...

As requested by the Federal Trade Commission, a federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order against a nationwide operation that claimed it could reduce consumers’ debt by up to 60 percent...

The federal district court in Chicago has ruled for the Federal Trade Commission in its case against the marketers of the Q-Ray ionized bracelet following a bench trial earlier this summer. In a...

The Federal Trade Commission today told the U.S. Senate that access to Whois databases – the directories that contain information about Web site operators – are "critical to the agency’s consumer...

Staff of the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice today submitted a joint comment to the Virginia State Bar urging against adoption of the Bar’s proposal to prevent non-lawyers and...

WASHINGTON – The President’s Identity Theft Task Force has adopted interim recommendations on measures that can be implemented immediately to help address the problem of identity theft, Attorney...

An operation that promised to help consumers register for and obtain postal employment, but allegedly did neither, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they violated federal law...

Filing of FTC comments with the Federal Reserve Board: The Commission has approved the filing of comments with the Federal Reserve Board on the Board’s recent notice regarding “The Home Equity Lending...

September marks the first anniversary of every consumer’s right to a free annual credit report from each of the three nationwide consumer reporting companies – Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion...

Testifying today on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, Office of Policy Planning Director Maureen...

Commission approval of staff comments on attorney advertising: – The Commission has approved comments by the staffs of the Office of Policy Planning, the Bureau of Consumer Protection, and the Bureau...

The Federal Trade Commission has brought a permanent halt to four illegal spamming operations – including one that offered the opportunity to “date lonely wives” and two that hijacked the computers of...

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

The Federal Trade Commission, United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, and Manhattan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce are hosting a...

The Federal Trade Commission today put a successful end to the largest case against deceptive credit counseling and debt management brought by the agency. The FTC announced a settlement with Andris...