Press Releases

In the latest law enforcement initiative targeting ads that use deceptive performance claims to tout motor oil additives, the Federal Trade Commission has charged the marketers of Dura Lube Super...

A federal court has entered an order against Equity Funding & Associates, Inc., also known as Equity Funding Insurance Agency, Inc., and its president, John Cini of Bloomfield, Michigan. The order...

The Federal Trade Commission announces the following actions. FTC Chairman Robert Pitofsky will present Commission testimony today before the U.S. Senate's Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights...

In a wholesale crackdown on scam artists who promise consumers a new credit identity without telling them that if consumers take their advice, they'll be violating federal law, the Federal Trade...

The substantive elements of an antitrust cooperation agreement between the United States and Japan were announced today in Washington, D.C. The agreement, which will be finalized in the near future...

American Urological Corporation and several other companies have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they lied about the effectiveness of products to treat impotence. The FTC had...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced it is beginning a review of its Trade Regulation Rule on Funeral Industry Practices ("Funeral Rule"). The proposed action is part of the FTC's ongoing...

The FTC has set September 13-14, 1999, as the dates for its public workshop examining the competition and consumer protection issues involved with deregulating and restructuring the U.S. electric...

Under the terms of a proposed consent announced for public comment today by the Federal Trade Commission, Rohm & Haas Company will be required to divest certain assets it would acquire in its purchase...

A recent, informal surf of 150 Internet sites using environmental advertising claims found that most of them were in compliance with the Federal Trade Commission's "Guides for the Use of Environmental...

Commission action regarding applications for approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has ruled on applications for approval transactions from the following: Digital Equipment...

In testimony today before two House subcommittees, the Federal Trade Commission outlined its role in addressing the problem of identity theft, as well as the steps the Commission is taking to aid...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it had charged an "information broker" with illegally obtaining and selling consumers' private financial information. The case against Touch Tone...

Two Florida companies and three individuals who marketed and sold laundry detergent substitutes have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they made false and unsubstantiated advertising...

Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received an application for approval of a transaction and is seeking public comments on the application for 30 days, until May 21, 1999. BP Amoco...

In an ongoing effort to fight unsolicited commercial e-mail - spam - the Federal Trade Commission has charged an online entrepreneur with making false and unsubstantiated claims in bulk e-mail...

Two Santa Barbara, California, companies have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made fraudulent claims about how to obtain government-seized cars and homes for small...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. Comment Period Extended­Consumer Protection in the Global Electronic Marketplace The Commission has extended until April 30, 1999...

The Federal Trade Commission today issued a proposed rule designed to protect the privacy of children who surf the Internet. The proposed rule, which would apply to certain commercial websites, is the...

Home Shopping Network (HSN), the TV retailer that reaches more than 70 million households, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it aired advertisements for a variety of skin care...