Press Releases

The Federal Trade Commission today testified before a House Subcommittee about the benefits and risks of online pharmacies. Jodie Bernstein, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection...

Seven subprime mortgage lenders from across the country have agreed to pay redress or be banned from making certain loans to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their lending practices...

The Federal Trade Commission's annual report to Congress on cigarette sales and advertising for 1997 shows a $552 million increase in advertising and promotional spending from 1996. According to the...

A Canadian based-company, NCCP Ltd. and its owner, Cary Title, have agreed to pay $100,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they falsely represented their credit card protection program...

Saying that the Federal Trade Commission "stands ready to meet its enforcement responsibilities to protect the consumer gains" likely to result from the introduction of market forces into the U.S...

Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received applications for approval of transactions from the following. The FTC is seeking public comments on the applications for 30 days, until...

Recreational boaters and pilots, hikers, campers, hunters and fishermen may get bitten by the Y2K bug long before January 1, 2000. That's because Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers used by...

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a press conference on Thursday, July 29, 1999 at 11 a.m. to announce "Operation Home Inequity," a law enforcement and consumer education campaign to combat...

Atlanta, Georgia-based Fleet Finance, Inc. ("Fleet Finance") and its successor companies, Home Equity U.S.A. (incorporated in Rhode Island and Delaware), have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky today announced the resignation of William J. Baer, Director of the FTC ' s Competition Bureau. Baer, who will leave the agency in the early fall, is...

Federal Register Notice: Power Output Claims for Amplifiers Utilized in Home Entertainment Products On Monday, July 19, 1999, the Commission published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky today presented Commission testimony to a House Subcommittee on H.R. 10, the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and financial privacy. Pitofsky said the...

Congress should enact legislation mandating health warnings on cigar labeling and advertising and prohibiting cigars ads on television and radio, a Federal Trade Commission report released today...

A scam that targets small businesses, religious organizations, charities, and foundations across the United States by "cramming" charges onto their telephone bills for services that were supposed to...

The Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against DP Marketing, a Connecticut-based operation that the FTC alleges to be a pyramid scheme, elaborately disguised as a work-at-home opportunity...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that a federal district court has found that SlimAmerica, Inc. and its principals, Frank J. Sarcone and Robert Wyman, violated federal consumer protection...

Two Fort Wayne-based telemarketers charged by the Federal Trade Commission with deceptively convincing small businesses they owe money for unordered advertisements in publications purported to be...

The staff of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection, Bureau of Competition, and Office of Policy Planning have filed a comment with the National Conference of Commissioners of...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. Federal Register Notices: Extension of Comment Period: Guides for the Jewelry, Precious Metals and Pewter Industries On June 8, the...

The Federal Trade Commission testified today before Congress on the status of industry efforts to protect consumers' online privacy. Chairman Robert Pitofsky and FTC Commissioners Sheila F. Anthony...