Press Releases

Star Publishing Group, Inc., doing business as National Consumer Services, and its president, Kent Hopkins, have agreed to pay $100,000 in redress to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they...

The Federal Trade Commission today authorized staff to seek a preliminary injunction to block the proposed acquisition of McCall Pattern Company (McCall) by Conso International Corp. (Conso), citing...

The Federal Trade Commission today issued an interim report to Congress on its investigation into recent Midwest gas price increases that sets forth the reasons the Commission launched the...

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the following: Riley Manufactured Homes, Inc. The Commission vote to...

The Federal Trade Commission today issued the second part of its report on online profiling by network advertisers. The Commission unanimously applauded the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) for...

A plan to establish a network of independent pharmacies in Massachusetts and Connecticut that will market a package of medication-related patient care services provided by participating pharmacies to...

Seven large Internet e-tailers agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges they violated the Mail and Telephone Order Rule during the 1999 holiday shopping season by providing buyers inadequate...

Quality Maintenance Supplies, Inc., based in Chicago, and its principal, Joanne M. Drobut, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they shipped and billed consumers for unordered...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that through its formal rulemaking process it has approved two amendments to the Care Labeling Rule, 16 C.F.R. Part 423, while not adopting two other...

Consent agreement given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the following: J & R Research. The Commission vote to finalize the...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a consent agreement through which the proposed supermarket merger of Establissements Delhaize Freres et Cie "Le Lion" S.A. and Delhaize America, Inc....

Operators of "free" adult Web sites, who claimed they required a credit card number just to verify consumers' age, but then placed unauthorized charges on consumers' credit cards, have agreed to...

The Federal Trade Commission today issued a staff report addressing many competition and consumer protection issues that arise in restructuring the electric power industry. The report, "Competition...

In a settlement announced today by the Federal Trade Commission, Toysmart.com ("Toysmart") has agreed to settle charges the company violated Section 5 of the FTC Act by misrepresenting to consumers...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced today that representatives of both commissions have signed two agreements to facilitate...

The Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit in federal district court charging Rexall Sundown, Inc. with making false and unsubstantiated claims while marketing its dietary supplement, Cellasene™...

Nu West, Inc., a Bellevue, Washington-based lender, and company owner Georg Frey, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they violated the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act...

Commission action regarding applications for approval: The FTC has approved an application from the following: Exxon Mobil Corp. The application concerns Exxon Mobil's request to divest Mobil Pipe...

In remarks before the Plenary Session on Cyberspace Jurisdiction at the American Bar Association 2000 Annual Meeting in London, England, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky discusses the...

The Federal Trade Commission is sending e-mails to scores of Web sites directed to children to alert them that they must comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and its...