Press Releases

In response to an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the staff of the Federal Trade Commission has submitted a comment to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) addressing how “qualified...

The United States Federal Trade Commission and 36 additional agencies in 26 countries today announced “Operation Secure Your Server,” an international effort to reduce the flow of unsolicited...

The Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Policy Planning, Bureau of Competition, and Bureau of Economics have sent a letter to Alabama House of Representatives Speaker Pro Tempore, Demetrius C. Newton...

The Federal Trade Commission today issued its third quarterly summary announcement detailing the agency’s continued enforcement against telemarketing fraud and abuse. The quarterly enforcement summary...

The Federal Trade Commission has issued a new consumer alert, “Who’s Spamming Who? Could it be You?,” that warns consumers of spammers who may be compromising other people’s computers to send...

As required by the CAN-SPAM Act, the Federal Trade Commission today announced a proposal to establish a mark or notice that will be required for inclusion in spam that contains sexually oriented...

Beginning January 29, 2004, telemarketers must transmit Caller ID information in order to comply with the Federal Trade Commission’s Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR). This information will help...

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

The Federal Trade Commission has released its annual report detailing consumer complaints about identity theft and listing the top 10 fraud complaint categories reported by consumers in 2003. For the...

Under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, Robert Barefoot, Deonna Enterprises, Inc., and Karbo Enterprises, Inc. are prohibited from making claims that the dietary supplement “Coral...

In an ongoing campaign to stamp out bogus business opportunities, the Federal Trade Commission has settled charges with four operations the agency charged with making deceptive earnings claims or...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris today announced that Ann Malester, Deputy Director of the Bureau of Competition, is leaving the FTC and entering private practice. “During Ann’s...

Three Canadian telemarketing companies that operated boiler rooms in Quebec and Ontario are banned from selling directories or non-durable office supplies as part of a settlement with the Federal...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice today requested that any person who submitted electronic comments regarding the agencies’ joint antitrust hearings on Health Care and...

Publication of Federal Register notice: The Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice announcing changes in the two threshold figures that define when it is unlawful for an...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the creation of a hotline for consumers who believe they were victims of an alleged Web “cramming” scam operated by National Online Services, Inc., Liberty...

The Federal Trade Commission has accepted $23.5 million to settle charges that Certified Merchant Services (CMS) violated the FTC Act while providing merchants with credit-card payment services. The...

By a 3-1-1 vote, the Federal Trade Commission today closed its investigation into Genzyme Corporation's (Genzyme) 2001 acquisition of Novazyme Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Novazyme). At the time of its...

Commission approval of petition to reopen and modify FTC consent order: The Commission has approved a petition from Wright Medical Technology, Inc. (Wright) to reopen and modify a 1994 consent order...

The Federal Trade Commission has approved a letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regarding the application of U.S. Futures Exchange, L.L.C. (USFE) for contract market designation...