Press Releases

Elaine Kolish, Associate Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection's Division of Enforcement at the Federal Trade Commission presented Commission testimony today before the Senate Special...

The Federal Trade Commission today filed a complaint against Toysmart.com, LLC, and Toysmart.com, Inc., a failed Internet retailer of children's toys, in the United States District Court for the...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the third court settlement resulting from a series of travel fraud complaints brought in August of 1999 and together termed "Operation Trip Trap." Through...

The Federal Trade Commission today authorized staff to seek a preliminary injunction to block H.J. Heinz Company's (Heinz) proposed $185 million acquisition of Milnot Holding Company, owner of Beech...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following action: Application for approval of transaction: The FTC has received an application for the approval of a proposed divestiture from the...

The Federal Trade Commission made public today the results of "tar," nicotine and carbon monoxide testing for 1,294 varieties of domestic cigarettes sold in 1998. The report, titled "Tar, Nicotine...

An operation that claimed consumers could lease their "dream vehicle" for "free" while earning between $180 and $80,000 a month by paying an annual fee and small monthly payments, has been permanently...

Defendants targeted in a law enforcement crackdown on illegal credit repair services have agreed to settle federal charges that their "new credit identity" advice and products violated federal law...

Application for approval of transaction: The FTC has received an application for the approval of a proposed divestiture from the following: Duke Energy Corp.; Duke Energy Field Services, L.L.C.; and...

Lane Labs-USA, Inc., Cartilage Consultants, Inc. and their principals have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made unsubstantiated claims about the efficacy of two products --...

The Federal Trade Commission has reached consent agreements with online retailers BUY.COM and Value America, and the Office Depot retail chain, over charges they engaged in deceptive practices in...

ACTION: Request for submission of comments regarding filtering, labeling or rating services in preparation for the July hearing of the Commission on Online Child Protection. SUMMARY: The Commission on...

Presenting Federal Trade Commission testimony today before the House of Representatives' Commerce Committee regarding recent gasoline price increases in the Midwest, FTC Chairman Robert Pitofsky...

Information brokers who used deceptive methods to obtain private financial data about consumers and then sold the data through their Web site without the knowledge or consent of the consumers have...

The Federal Trade Commission's annual report to Congress on cigarette sales and advertising for 1998 shows that cigarette sales fell from 1997 to 1998, but advertising and promotional expenditures...

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a two day public workshop on June 29 and 30, 2000, to examine issues of competition policy that arise in connection with business-to-business ("B2B") electronic...

Staff of the Federal Trade Commission and the State of Illinois inspected 14 used car dealers near the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in Waukegan, North Chicago and Park City last Wednesday to...

The seven largest U.S. cigar companies have agreed to include warnings about significant adverse health risks of cigar use in their advertising and packaging in a settlement announced today by Federal...

Steven Mishkin and Harris Cohen, two of the five individual defendants named in the Federal Trade Commission's 1998 lawsuit against Telecard Dispensing Corporation of Hollywood, Florida, have agreed...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following action: Publication of Federal Register notice: The Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice describing the...