Press Releases

The Federal Trade Commission was honored yesterday for its work in creating and implementing the National Do Not Call Registry. FTC managers Eileen Harrington, Lois C. Greisman, Lawrence DeMille...

The Federal Trade Commission today said that newly implemented provisions of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act and cooperative efforts of the FTC, other law enforcement agencies, and the...

Commission approval of amicus brief filing: The Commission has approved the filing of an amicus brief jointly with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in the matter...

A physician-hospital organization (PHO) in New Mexico has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it drove up the cost of health care for consumers in the Alamogordo, NM area by jointly...

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on a proposed regulation to improve notices of consumers’ right to opt out of prescreened solicitations for credit or insurance. Comments on the...

In a decision holding that it is unfair and unlawful to bill charges to consumers’ telephone numbers for such things as so-called “videotext” services – Internet-based visual entertainment – when the...

Under the terms of a consent agreement with the Federal Trade Commission announced today, Buckeye Partners, L.P. (Buckeye) will be permitted to complete its proposed $517 million acquisition of...

Commission filing of comments with the U.S. Department of Energy: The Commission filed comments with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) concerning the designation of National Interest Electric...

Good morning. It is my great pleasure to welcome you to our celebration of the 90th anniversary of the Federal Trade Commission. In our daily routine, the urgency to address the immediate crisis or...

An administrative law judge has ordered the marketers of the “Ab Force” belt to stop making claims that the Ab Force causes or promotes weight, inches, or fat loss; causes or promotes well-defined...

Electronic information systems provide substantial benefits to consumers, businesses, and government, but they are exposed to significant vulnerabilities, according to Federal Trade Commission...

Commission approval of Federal Register notice: The Commission has voted to rescind its Tire Advertising and Labeling Guides (Tire Guides), finding that “[t]he vast majority of Tire Guide provisions...

The Federal Trade Commission will host a symposium on September 22 and 23, 2004, in honor of the agency’s 90th anniversary. The event will feature over 40 participants, including current FTC officials...

The FTC today issued a report assessing whether and how a system that rewards members of the public for tracking down spammers would or could help improve enforcement of the Controlling the Assault of...

In an action taken to ensure continued competition in the highly specialized U.S. market for x-ray nondestructive testing (NDT) and inspection equipment, the Federal Trade Commission today announced a...

The Federal Trade Commission and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will co-host a two-day “summit” November 9-10 to explore the development and deployment of technology that could...

Internet auctioneers who promised laptop computers to the highest bidders, took consumers’ money, but didn’t deliver the products will pay $35,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their...

Good Morning and welcome to the Federal Trade Commission’s workshop on Protecting Consumer Interests in Class Actions. I would like to extend a special welcome to our fellow enforcers in the states...

Who: Distinguished judges, academics, practitioners, corporate and government attorneys, economists, consumer advocates and claims facilitators. What: Two day workshop “Protecting Consumers Interests...

Sprint Corporation and AT&T Corp. will pay $1.125 million and $365,000, respectively, to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they failed to notify certain applicants for telephone service of...