Press Releases

A federal district court in New York has frozen the assets of Pathway Merchandising, Inc., Four Vend, Inc., doing business as IV Vend, IV Vending, Inc., For Vend and For Vend Incorporate, and their...

The Commission has received an application for divestiture from the following: Lafarge S.A./Blue Circle Industries PLC; Blue Circle North America Inc.; and Blue Circle Inc. (Lafarge). Through this...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced it has filed a complaint in federal district court and received a temporary restraining order and asset freeze against Bargains & Deals Magazine, LLC (B&D)...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced it has filed a complaint in federal district court and received a temporary restraining order and asset freeze against Bargains & Deals Magazine, LLC (B&D)...

The Federal Trade Commission and several states nationwide including North Carolina, Virginia, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, and Illinois will be hosting a joint press conference at FTC Headquarters in...

The Commission has approved the filing of an amended complaint regarding the following: Travel Express International, Inc. (TEI). The FTC filed its original complaint against TEI on April 9, 2001...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that The Hearst Trust and its wholly owned subsidiary, The Hearst Corporation (Hearst), have agreed to settle charges that it failed to include required...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced it has settled charges brought through an administrative complaint against FanBuzz, Inc. (FanBuzz), a corporation with headquarters in Minnetonka...

The Federal Trade Commission today issued an administrative challenge to MSC.Software Corporation's (MSC) 1999 acquisitions of Universal Analytics, Inc. (UAI) and Computerized Structural Analysis &...

The Commission has received an application from America Online/Time Warner, Inc. (AOLTW) requesting approval of a non-affiliated Internet service provider (ISP) and alternative cable broadband service...

Saying that "there is no question that consumers are deeply concerned about the privacy of their personal information ... how it's being used ... and who is using it," Federal Trade Commission...

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a one-day public workshop at its Washington, D.C. headquarters on November 8, 2001, to discuss office and cleaning supply fraud. The workshop will give FTC staff...

A new staff report issued today by the Federal Trade Commission examines which features of various state retail electricity programs appear to have resulted in consumer benefits and which have not...

Lisa Frank, Inc., manufacturer of popular girls’ toys and school supplies, and operator of a Web site featuring those products, will pay $30,000 in civil penalties to settle Federal Trade Commission...

A cyberscammer who used more than 5,500 copycat Web addresses to divert surfers from their intended Internet destinations to one of his sites, and hold them captive while he pelted their screens with...

A cyberscammer who used more than 5,500 copycat Web addresses to divert surfers from their intended Internet destinations to one of his sites, and hold them captive while he pelted their screens with...

Timothy J. Muris, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, will unveil the agency's Privacy Agenda on October 4, 2001 during a speech at the Privacy 2001 Conference in Cleveland, Ohio. The FTC's...

Scheme operators who deceptively advertised a free 800 number dating service and then worked with a so-called "billing aggregator" to "cram" unauthorized charges of $3.99 a minute onto callers' phone...

The Commission has received an application from America Online/Time Warner, Inc. (AOLTW) requesting approval of a non-affiliated Internet service provider (ISP) and alternative cable broadband service...

WHO: Timothy J. Muris, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission, cyberlawyers and investigators from the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection. WHAT: Press availability to unveil a law enforcement initiative...