Press Releases

The Federal Trade Commission has charged two debt negotiation companies and their principals with violating federal law. Defendants Innovative Systems Technology, Inc. (doing business as Briggs &...

Have you submitted your e-mail address to a “National Do Not E-mail Registry” that promises to reduce the amount of spam (unsolicited e-mail) you receive? If so, you are the victim of a scam...

The Federal Trade Commission has issued a new consumer publication, “Charitable Donations: Give or Take?”, advising consumers on how to avoid potential charity scams. With more than 700,000 federally...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced topics, times, and locations, along with a tentative list of participants for their...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it has closed its antitrust investigation into Caremark Rx, Inc.’s proposed acquisition of Advance PCS, and that it has notified the companies of this...

The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint in U.S. district court charging First American Payment Processing, Inc., CET Corp., and Check Processing Center, LLC, and their principals with...

Defendants who sent spam promising a free Sony Playstation to lure consumers to pornographic Web sites, then redirected consumers’ Internet connections through a 900-number with a significant per...

The Federal Trade Commission today issued an antitrust complaint against a corporation - which owns a system of hospitals in Cook and Lake counties, Illinois - that acquired a nearby hospital and...

As required by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2004, the Federal Trade Commission today announced a proposal to amend the "Do Not Call" provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) to...

San Francisco-based Brown & Toland Medical Group, which was sued by the Federal Trade Commission for allegedly fixing the prices and terms under which its doctors would contract with payors to provide...

Commission approval of amicus brief filing: The Commission has approved the filing of an amicus brief jointly with the U.S. Department of Justice in the matter concerning Hoffmann-LaRoche, Ltd. v...

The Fountain of Youth Group, LLC, and its principal, Edita Kaye, have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they made false and unsubstantiated weight-loss and health claims for their dietary...

The Federal Trade Commission staff today announced the results of a sweep of 10 funeral homes in the Northern Houston Metropolitan Area and Montgomery County to test for compliance with the FTC’s...

Publication of Federal Register notice: The Commission has approved joint final rules with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, setting effective dates for provisions of the Fair and...

Budget request and GPRA Performance Plans submission to Congress: The Commission has approved the following documents and forwarded a copy of each to Congress: 1) the FTC’s FY 2005 Budget Overview...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the filing of a federal district court complaint against an Arizona-based company and its principals for allegedly violating the FTC Act and the...

American Eagle Placements, based in Stone Mountain, Georgia, and its owner, Forrest Adams entered into a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission that bans them from advertising or selling...

Nearly 20,000 borrowers will receive a second compensation check this week from a redress fund that resulted from the FTC’s settlement with home mortgage lender First Alliance Mortgage Company and its...

The Federal Trade Commission today released a staff analysis of horizontal merger investigations for fiscal years 1996 to 2003. The merger data released contains tabulated market share and...

Commission approval of petition to reopen and modify final order: The Commission has approved a petition from Aventis S.A. (Aventis), the successor company to Hoechst AG and Rhone-Poulenc S.A. (RP)...