Press Releases

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the appointment of Barbara Anthony, a former top aide in the office of the Massachusetts Attorney General, as Director of its Northeast Region office. The...

Photo Vend International, based in Hollywood, Florida, has agreed to pay a $11,000 civil penalty to resolve Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated the FTC's Franchise Rule in connection...

Thank you for being here, this morning. Today we're announcing the FTC's 100th case targeting Internet scams, and I think of all 100 cases, this one may be the most pernicious we've seen. Before we...

In its 100th law enforcement action targeting deception on the Internet, the Federal Trade Commission has asked a U.S. District Court Judge to halt a Internet scam that clones everyday Web sites and...

Millions Of Legitimate Web Pages and Innocent Web Surfers, Including Children, Affected: Agency To Announce New High-Tech Internet Lab What: Press Conference to Announce FTC's 100th Internet Case and...

Consent Agreements Given Final Approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the following entity: Unum Corporation (Provident Companies). The...

A Texas-based business opportunity operator has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that he made misleading earnings claims and used deceptive sales tactics to sell distributorships for...

Approval of Omnibus Compulsory Process Resolution: To ensure that its staff has the tools necessary to combat fraud and deception on the Internet, the Federal Trade Commission today announced that it...

In the latest of a series of Federal Trade Commission cases alleging that ad claims for motor oil and fuel additives were deceptive, Castrol North America Inc., the marketer of gas additive Castrol...

A manufacturer of well-known home and personal care products has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it did not have adequate substantiation for advertising claims for its Vaseline®...

The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Commerce will hold a public workshop on November 8, 1999, on "online profiling," the practice of aggregating information about consumers'...

The Federal Trade Commission's press conference to announce a new Internet scam and a new high-tech Internet lab previously scheduled for Thursday, September 16 at 11:30 a.m., will now be held on...

In an effort to help consumers protect themselves against fraudulent credit card protection offers, the Federal Trade Commission today filed complaints against two Arizona-based companies and...

An electrode manufacturer and its distributor, both based in Connecticut, and a California-based cosmetics company have all agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they misrepresented...

What: Press Conference To Announce FTC's 100th Internet Case Tour The Lab Who: Jodie Bernstein, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection Consumer Victim When: Wednesday, September 26, 1999 10:30 am...

Although the alcohol industry generally complies with existing self-regulatory standards intended to prevent alcohol advertising that appeals to underage consumers, industry self-regulatory efforts...

Cross-border telemarketers who used high pressure telemarketing techniques to convince U.S. consumers, many of whom are senior citizens, to invest in an international lottery scam have been ordered...

Commission withdrawal of consent agreement and closure of the investigation: In the matter of Howard M. Meyers, the Commission has voted to withdraw a previously accepted consent agreement and close...

The Associated Octel Company Limited has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its acquisition of Oboadler Company Limited could lessen competition and raise prices of lead antiknock...

Due to an unexpectedly large showing of public interest in its workshop: "Market Power and Consumer Protection Issues Involved with Encouraging Competition in the U.S. Electric Industry," the Federal...