Press Releases

Business Services Center, Inc., and Central Imaging Systems, LLC, operating as a common enterprise, and their principals, Thomas B. Ford and his mother, Prudence C. Ford, have agreed to settle Federal...

The Federal Trade Commission today accepted a proposed consent order that would resolve the antitrust issues arising from the acquisition by Manheim Auctions, Inc. (Manheim) of ADT Automotive Holdings...

Vaughn M. Williams, III and Warner Green have been banned under default judgments, and John S. Dickson has agreed to be banned, from selling any medical billing or other work-at-home job opportunities...

The staff of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection ("BCP") has submitted comments to the Department of Justice, the Department of the Treasury, and the Office of Management and...

The Commission has approved a stipulated final judgment with the following California-based travel company and its owner Jeffrey Allen Donohue: QBI, Inc . According to the Commission's complaint, QBI...

In an agreement that will protect consumers and promote continued competition in the sale of nitrogen fertilizers, the Federal Trade Commission today accepted a proposed consent order that would...

In a continuing effort to combat office supply scams, the Federal Trade Commission announced today that it has filed suits in federal district courts against three companies who are involved in office...

Who: The Commission on Child Online Protection (COPA) Commissioners: Donald Telage, Network Solutions Inc. - Commission Chairman Stephen Balkam, Internet Content Rating Association John Bastian...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a proposed consent agreement with The Boeing Company (Boeing) that would allow its acquisition of Hughes Space and Communications (Hughes), a subsidiary of...

United Payphones of America, Inc., and Andrew Marcus, who were charged by the Federal Trade Commission as part of a nationwide crackdown on fraudulent business opportunities, have agreed to pay a $22...

ComTel Communications Global Network, Inc., of North Miami Beach, Florida, and its officers, have reached an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission settling charges that they made false and...

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that a Hinsdale, Illinois funeral home and its owner pled guilty to criminal contempt charges for violating a 1992 agreement with the FTC. Edward Olenec...

A California distributor of rapid HIV tests that were advertised on the Internet as being the "most accurate technology available" has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that, in some instances...

In testimony presented today before the House Banking and Financial Services Committee's Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, the Federal Trade Commission said that it "supports...

Alaska Healthcare Network (AHN), an association of 86 physicians who practice in the Fairbanks, Alaska area, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that AHN and its members agreed to...

Chairman Robert Pitofsky presented Federal Trade Commission testimony today before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on whether antitrust laws pose potential obstacles to self-regulatory ratings...

The Commission has received an application for approval of a proposed transaction from the following: Unified Western Grocers, Inc. (Unified). The application concerns the June 1999 FTC consent order...

"I have had the honor of working with Joel Klein over the last five years in his position as Assistant Attorney General, and before that as Principal Deputy. Thanks to his leadership, cooperation...

The Federal Trade Commission said today that features of certain legislation - some passed into law, some pending - could help the consumer victims of identity theft. In FTC testimony before the House...

Chairman Robert Pitofsky presented Federal Trade Commission testimony today before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on the Commission's report titled "Marketing Violent...