Press Releases

The Federal Trade Commission has charged five Florida corporations and the three individuals that control them with violating the National Do Not Call Registry and falsely representing they provide...

A federal court in Chicago has issued a court order halting illegal spamming and deceptive product claims, and has also frozen the assets of Creaghan A. Harry, a resident of Boca Raton, Florida. Harry...

A federal judge has ordered Canadian telemarketers running an illegal foreign lottery scam that targeted senior citizens in the United States to pay $19 million in consumer redress and has ordered a...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged Integrated Capital, doing business as National Student Financial Aid (NSFA), and its principal, Alan Wilson, with violating the terms of an August 2003...

Note: The FTC has retired its SPAM@UCE.GOV email box, and currently is using other, more effective tactics to identify and combat spammers. You can report spam to www.ftc.gov/complaint. Please...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it has closed its investigation into whether the proposed joint venture between Bertelsmann AG and Sony Corporation of America may substantially...

Under the terms of a consent agreement announced today, the Federal Trade Commission would allow France’s Sanofi-Synthélabo’s (Sanofi) $64 billion acquisition of Aventis, provided the companies divest...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris today announced that Todd Zywicki, Director of the Office of Policy Planning (OPP), will leave the Commission July 29 to return to his post as...

Timothy Muris, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, and Marcos Daniel Jimènez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, announced today that the husband and wife team of John...

The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice today issued a joint report, Improving Health Care: A Dose of Competition, to inform consumers, businesses, and policy- makers on a range of...

Commission approval of request for extension of time: The Commission has approved a request for an extension of time pending Commission action on a petition to reopen and modify the final decision and...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged a group of Canadian telemarketers with operating a bogus "consumer protection service" that promises to protect consumers against telemarketing and...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice will host a press conference Friday, July 23, 2004, at 12:00 p.m. EDT, to announce the release of a joint report, Improving Health Care: A...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged a group of Canadian defendants with scamming small businesses and charities in the United States out of millions of dollars by billing them for business...

The Federal Trade Commission has planned a symposium in honor of the FTC's 90th anniversary on September 22 and 23, 2004. The event will feature over 40 participants, including current Commissioners...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics will co-host a workshop, “Protecting Consumer Interests in Class Actions,” September 13 and 14 in Washington, DC. The workshop...

Extension of comment period: The Commission has extended the deadline for submitting comments on the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (FACTA) Proposed Affiliate Marketing Rule until...

I am not aware of any instance in which the Federal Trade Commission has investigated the slogan of a news organization. There is no way to evaluate this petition without evaluating the content of the...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris today announced that J. Howard Beales, III, Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, will be leaving the Commission on August 6 to return to...

Commission authorization of joint amicus brief filing: The Commission has authorized the filing of a joint amicus brief with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in Andrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v...