Press Releases

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

"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 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...

Four individuals and four companies, operating as a common enterprise under various business entities and fictitious names, have agreed to post $150,000 bonds before marketing any medical billing...

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...

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...

The Federal Trade Commission today informed the founders of the proposed Covisint business-to-business (B2B) venture that the Commission has closed its investigation of whether the formation of...

Commission Calls for Additional Industry Steps to Improve Existing Rating Systems The Federal Trade Commission today released its report titled "Marketing Violent Entertainment to Children: A Review...

The Federal Trade Commission presented a statement yesterday on the following subject before the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board), in San Francisco, California: Predatory...

What: Press conference to release and discuss FTC report entitled "Marketing Violent Entertainment to Children: A Review of Self Regulation and Industry Practices in the Motion Picture, Music...

The Federal Trade Commission has won a $37.5 million verdict against a California-based adult Web site operation the FTC charged with operating an illegal billing scam. The agency alleged the...