Press Releases

As part of its two-day "Partnerships Against Cross-Border Fraud" workshop, the Federal Trade Commission has released a report detailing consumer complaints about cross-border fraud and listing the top...

What: Press Conference to announce the latest law enforcement effort involving a foreign company offering bogus cancer treatment Where FTC Headquarters Building 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W...

Cross-border fraud, in the form of advance-fee loan schemes, prize draws and sweepstakes, and foreign money offers, is emerging as a serious consumer problem. To discuss current trends and explore...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have released a detailed final agenda for the opening session of their hearings on health care and competition law and policy, to be...

What: Press Conference to announce the latest law enforcement effort involving a foreign company offering bogus cancer treatment Where: FTC Headquarters Building 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W...

One hundred years ago today, Congress created the Bureau of Corporations, predecessor to the Federal Trade Commission. The Bureau was created as an investigatory agency within the Department of...

The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint in federal district court in Atlanta, Georgia charging Georgia-based Preferred Alliance, Inc. and its principal Bruno Faillace, who did business as...

The Commission has approved a proposed divestiture in the matter concerning Bayer AG's (Bayer) acquisition of Aventis CropSciences Holding S.A. (ACS), the crop protection business of Aventis S.A....

Charles Harwood, Director of the Northwest Region office, urged the American Bar Association (ABA) to substantially narrow or reject a proposed model definition of the practice of law at an ABA Task...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris has appointed Stephen J. McGuire to serve as Chief Administrative Law Judge at the FTC. McGuire replaces James P. Timony, who retired in late January...

Harvey and Tye Sloniker, two brothers who allegedly used deceptive and unfair practices to bilk consumers across the country out of millions of dollars, are permanently banned from telemarketing as...

The fifth annual National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW) will take place February 2 to 8, 2003. This year's theme for NCPW - a program that highlights consumer protection and education efforts around...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris today called on media executives to "Do the Right Thing" and stop running ads that contain obviously deceptive weight loss product claims. Speaking...

The Commission has approved the stipulated dismissal of a defendant in the matter currently pending against Electronic Products Distribution, LLC (EPD). The original complaint, filed along with two...

In response to a request by a Dayton, Ohio, physicians' group, the Federal Trade Commission staff today issued an advisory opinion concerning the proposed formation and operation of a "healthcare...

Consumers who lost money via inbound telemarketing fraud will see a portion of that money returned under the terms of a stipulated court order that the Federal Trade Commission announced today. The...

Pelle Pelle, Inc., a Michigan-based clothing importer which sells men's and women's sportswear items under the Pelle label, has agreed to pay a $40,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced federal court settlements with three defendants who allegedly charged more than one million consumers without their consent for directory information...

Lentek International, Inc., Joseph Durek, a former Lentek principal, and Lou Lentine, a current principal, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made false and...

The Commission has denied a petition for rulemaking under Section 18 of the FTC Act from the Telecommunications Research and Action Center, the National Consumers League, and Consumer Action regarding...