Press Releases

Seminar promoter Wade Cook has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that he and his companies violated the terms of a federal district court order barring unsubstantiated earnings claims...

Operators that allegedly used deceptive spam messages and appeals to patriotism to sell Web addresses that don't work, including ".usa," have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the...

The Federal Trade Commission today entered into a proposed consent order with the National Academy of Arbitrators (NAA), which would require the group to remove restrictions on truthful advertising...

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

The Federal Trade Commission’s Division of Enforcement announced today that it recently conducted a surf of 63 Internet retailers offering top-selling holiday items. The purpose of the "HolidaySmarts2...

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that the federal district court for the Southern District of New York has approved an agreement between the Commission and a major billing aggregator and...

The Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice concerning the FTC's Textile Fiber Products Identification Act (Textile Act) and the Wool Products Labeling Act (Wool Act)...

Application for approval of proposed divestiture: The Commission has received an application from Solvay S.A. (Solvay) for FTC approval of a proposed divestiture to Dyneon LLC. The divestiture is...

Staff of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Economics and General Counsel's Office of Policy Studies on November 15, 2002, provided the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) with comments...

The Commission has approved four applications from America Online/Time Warner, Inc. (AOLTW) requesting approval of non-affiliated Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and alternative cable broadband...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged companies that used false earnings claims and other deceptive representations to sell vending machine business opportunities with violating federal law. A...

Company Would be Required to Divest Four Amigo Stores to Supermercados Maximo, Inc. Under the terms of a proposed consent order accepted for public comment by the Federal Trade Commission and...

WHAT: A workshop to explore the impact that deceptive weight-loss product advertising has on public health and new approaches for fighting the proliferation of false, misleading, and unsubstantiated...

Blue Stuff, Inc., McClung Advertising, Inc., and their president, Jack McClung, have agreed to pay $3 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made unsubstantiated claims that Blue...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged three Canadian telemarketing companies operating boiler rooms in Quebec and Ontario with engaging in fraudulent business practices in the sale of business...

The Federal Trade Commission today released the materials relating to the workshop on Health Care Competition Law and Policy, held on September 9-10, 2002. The workshop focused on the implications of...

In a landmark settlement, Access Resource Services, Inc. (ARS) and Psychic Readers Network, Inc. (PRN) have agreed to a stipulated court order stopping all collection efforts on accounts or claims...

The Federal Trade Commission and 12 federal, state, and local law enforcement and consumer protection agencies today announced a four-part initiative launched to fight deceptive spam and Internet...

The investigation into the acquisition by The Kroger Company ("Kroger") of 18 supermarkets from Raley's Corporation in the Las Vegas, Nevada area has been closed. (1) The Commission staff's...

On Thursday November 14, 2002, the Federal Trade Commission will hold a press conference to announce one of the largest settlements in the FTC's history against companies that misled consumers with...