Press Releases

Consumers everywhere are looking for ways to decrease the amount of money they spend filling up at the gas pump. The Federal Trade Commission is releasing an updated Consumer Alert with tips on using...

Testifying today on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Energy and Commerce, Associate General Counsel for Energy John Seesel detailed the FTC...

A payment processor and its principal who attempted to process more than $1.2 million in unauthorized charges on consumer checking accounts, even though they knew or should have known the debits were...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that, because of changed circumstances, it has asked the Federal District Court for the District of Hawaii to dismiss the FTC’s complaint seeking an...

The Federal Trade Commission today issued a report entitled “Pharmacy Benefit Managers: Ownership of Mail-Order Pharmacies.” The report, developed in response to a Congressional request in the...

Ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit: The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has issued a ruling in favor of the Commission in the matter of National...

In response to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, many Americans are searching for ways to help the victims. The federal government advises that the best way to help immediately is to donate money...

Starting September 1, consumers in 14 East Coast states join the rest of the country in qualifying for a free annual credit report from each of the three nationwide consumer reporting companies –...

The Federal Trade Commission today issued a statement that explained its reason for closing the investigation of the $17 billion acquisition by Federated Department Stores, Inc. (Federated) of the May...

Commission approval of proposed agreement amendments: The Commission has approved a petition from the Dow Chemical Corporation (Dow) requesting certain amendments to the “Ineos Agreement,” which is...

Commission approval of proposed divestiture: The Commission has approved an application for proposed divestiture from Cytec Industries, Inc., related to Cytec’s recent acquisition of the Surface...

Canadian defendants accused of fraudulently selling business directory listings have been banned from the business directory industry to settle charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission. The...

The marketers of “Smoke Away” have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceptively marketed the dietary supplement kits by claiming they would allow smokers to quit smoking quickly...

Commission approval of comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: The Commission has approved the filing of two comments with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) concerning: 1)...

Commission approval of proposed divestiture: The Commission approved an application for proposed divestiture by Cemex, S.A. de C.V. (Cemex) related to its recent acquisition of RMC Group PLC (RMC)...

I am pleased to report that, as of this week, the National Do Not Call Registry has topped 100 million phone numbers. This is a significant milestone for the Registry, which opened for business just...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged an employment-opportunity scammer and his three companies with marketing a fraudulent U.S. Postal Service employment program. The program offered consumers...

Release of Commission report: The Commission, with the concurrence of the Acting U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, has authorized the release of the Twenty-Seventh Annual Report to...

Consumerinfo.com, Inc., doing business as Experian Consumer Direct, has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceptively marketed “free credit reports” by not adequately disclosing that...

What: Press conference to announce settlement of FTC charges that an Internet marketer used the lure of a free credit reports to deceive consumers. When: 10 a.m., Tuesday, August 16, 2005 Where...