Press Releases

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

In response to a request from California Assembly Member Greg Aghazarian, FTC staff have commented on a bill (AB 1960) that requires pharmacy benefit managers ("PBMs") to disclose certain information...

Commission authorization of the staff to file amicus brief: The Commission has authorized the staff of the FTC’s Office of the General Counsel to file an amicus brief in the matter of Ashby, et al. v...

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

Following consultation with the Commissioners and counsel for the plaintiff States, the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition and Office of the General Counsel today informed the U.S. Court...

The Federal Trade Commission is launching a Spanish language consumer fraud awareness campaign, Mantente alerta contra el fraude. Infórmate con la FTC (“Be on the alert against fraud. Stay informed...

A Los Angeles-based operation has been cited by the Federal Trade Commission with perpetrating a classic work-at-home scam. USS Elder Enterprises, Inc., America Vespucia Corporation, Ricardo Elder...

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

A Federal Trade Commission settlement with Kevin Trudeau – a prolific marketer who has either appeared in or produced hundreds of infomercials – broadly bans him from appearing in, producing, or...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that Jon Leibowitz, most recently vice president of congressional affairs for the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), has been sworn in as a...

Petition to reopen and modify final order: The Commission has received an application from Liberty Media Corporation (Liberty) requesting that the FTC reopen and modify the final order in the matter...