Press Releases

BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its failure to take appropriate security measures to protect the sensitive information of thousands of its...

The FTC today told Congress it should consider extending security protections for sensitive consumer data and requiring that companies that possess such data notify consumers when they are victims of...

Creaghan A. Harry, doing business as Hitech Marketing, Scientific Life Nutrition, and Rejuvenation Health Corporation, will pay $485,000 in consumer redress to settle Federal Trade Commission charges...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that Valero L.P. (Valero) has agreed to make three major divestitures to settle a Commission complaint that its proposed $2.8 billion acquisition of Kaneb...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras has named Michael Salinger to be Director of the agency’s Bureau of Economics. Current Director Luke Froeb, who has served at the FTC for the...

The deadline for public comments regarding the upcoming two-day Marketing, Self-Regulation, and Childhood Obesity Workshop has been extended. As announced in a Federal Register notice that will be...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it is closing its investigation into Arch Coal, Inc.’s (Arch) acquisition of the Triton Coal Company’s (Triton) North Rochelle coal mine, saying that...

Two consent orders announced by the Federal Trade Commission today both resolve the competitive concerns about Chevron Corporation’s (Chevron) proposed $18 billion acquisition of Unocal Corporation...

Application for approval of proposed divestiture: The Commission received an application for approval of proposed divestiture from Cemex, S.A. de C.V. (Cemex) related to its recent acquisition of RMC...

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it has closed its investigation of the proposed acquisition of Caesars Entertainment, Inc. by Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. Commission staff analyzed...

Two Florida businesses have agreed to a federal court order requiring them to pay up to $20 million in consumer redress – the largest monetary judgment ever obtained in an FTC health fraud case – to...

Dad may always be ready to share his wisdom and advice with you, but this Father’s Day the Federal Trade Commission has information you can share with him. The new Father’s Day e-card, available from...

Gero Vita International and six related defendants have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they violated federal law by claiming that their products could cure or treat numerous illnesses...

The International Competition Network (ICN) held its fourth annual conference in Bonn, Germany. The conference was the largest gathering ever of competition officials, with more than 400...

On June 9, 2005, the Federal Trade Commission, the National Academies’ Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP), and the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) will co...

Petition to reopen and modify Commission order: The Commission has received a petition to reopen and modify a final order in the matter concerning White Sands Health Care System, L.L.C., Alamogordo...

Under a consent order announced today, the Federal Trade Commission will allow Occidental Chemical Company’s (OxyChem) proposed purchase of the chemical assets of Vulcan Materials Company (Vulcan)...

The Federal Trade Commission has settled a complaint against Tropicana Products, Inc., in which it alleged the company misled consumers with claims that drinking two to three glasses a day of its...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras and several FTC staff members will participate in the fourth annual International Competition Network (ICN) Conference in Bonn, Germany, on June...

Beginning today, a new federal rule will require businesses and individuals to take appropriate measures to dispose of sensitive information derived from consumer reports. Any business or individual...