Press Releases

Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved the issuance of a final consent order and letters to the commenters of record in the matter concerning the acquisition of Puerto Rico's...

Mrs. Fields Cookies and Hershey Foods Corporation have each agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their Web sites violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule by...

An international telemarketing network will continue to be barred from illegally marketing advance-fee credit card packages under a preliminary injunction entered by the U.S. District Court in Waco...

The first session of the Federal Trade Commission/Department of Justice joint hearings on health care and competition law and policy will begin Wednesday, February 26 at 1:30 p.m. The agenda for this...

The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice today released a detailed agenda for the March/April session of their joint hearings on health care and competition law and policy along with an...

Health care currently composes one-seventh of the U.S. gross domestic product, and concerns about cost, quality, and access are significant areas of policy interest. The Federal Trade Commission is...

The Commission has approved the filing of amended complaints in two matters currently pending against the Institute for International Licensing (IIL) and PT Resource Center (PTRC). The complaints...

Stating that the $827 million acquisition of Unilab Corporation (Unilab) by Quest Diagnostics, Inc. (Quest), as proposed, likely would be anticompetitive and lead to higher prices for clinical...

Application for approval of proposed divestiture: The Commission has received an application for approval of a proposed divestiture from ConocoPhillips, Inc. (ConocoPhillips), pursuant to a final...

The Federal Trade Commission will host two public one-day workshops to explore the role of technology in helping consumers and businesses protect the privacy of personal information, including the...

The Federal Trade Commission has asked a federal court to bring an end to the practices of a Canadian enterprise that charges consumers' credit cards and debits their bank accounts without...

In coordination with officials in Canada and Mexico, the Federal Trade Commission has charged CSCT, Inc., based in British Columbia, with making false claims that it can treat cancer by using an...

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....