Press Releases

Federal Trade Commissioner William Kovacic and several FTC staff members will participate in the fifth annual International Competition Network (ICN) Conference in Cape Town, South Africa, on May 3-5...

Petition to reopen set aside Commission decision and order: The Commission has received a petition from Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Corporation, requesting that the FTC reopen and set aside the decision...

Commission approval of temporary fiber designation: The Commission has granted Mohawk Industries, Inc., E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, and PTT Poly Canada a temporary alphanumeric designation...

The Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition today issued a summary of agreements filed with the Commission in fiscal year 2005 (ending September 30, 2005) by generic and branded drug...

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

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a consent agreement that will protect competition and consumers in several significant medical device markets affected by Boston Scientific’s proposed $27...

The FTC has joined its foreign partners in calling for stepped up cross-border law enforcement cooperation and increased public/private sector cooperation to combat spam. The Organization for Economic...

A U.S. district court judge has ordered an invention promotion operation to pay $26 million in consumer redress and has ordered a permanent halt to the bogus claims the company used to recruit...

Petition to reopen and modify Commission order: The Commission has received a petition from Koninklijke Ahold N.V. (Ahold) and Bruno’s Supermarkets, Inc. (Bruno’s) requesting that the FTC reopen and...

Two companies and their owner, who were charged with selling bogus bartender and mystery shopper certification programs, have now been banned for life from telemarketing. The owner also will pay $115...

Two spam merchants who hijacked consumers’ computers and turned them into spamming machines have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they sent illegal e-mails hawking mortgage...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today announced that FTC Chief of Staff Maryanne Kane will retire at the end of the month. The Chairman has appointed Brian Huseman, currently...

Release of Commission report: The Commission has authorized the staff to release publicly the 28th Annual Report to Congress on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). This report, which is...

Staff of the Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Policy Planning, along with its Bureaus of Competition, Consumer Protection, and Economics, have filed comments with Florida State Senator Paula...

In comments provided this week to Hawaii State Senator Carol Fukunaga, Federal Trade Commission staff warned that a proposed registry for Hawaii children’s e-mail addresses may provide pedophiles and...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Attorney General of California have brought a permanent halt to an operation that sent millions of spam messages that violated federal and state laws. The...

The marketers of Pedia Loss, a purported children’s weight-loss product, and Fabulously Feminine, a supposed female libido enhancement product, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges...

The Federal Trade Commission is proposing a rule to protect consumers from bogus business opportunities and further enhance law enforcement efforts in this area. The rule would cover business...

Two corporate defendants and their principals have settled Federal Trade Commission charges for duping consumers into paying an advance fee for credit cards they never received, in violation of the...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today issued the agency’s 2006 Annual Report at the American Bar Association’s Section of Antitrust Law Spring Meeting in Washington, DC. The...