Press Releases

A federal district court in St. Louis, Missouri, has issued an order banning Joseph and Thelma Hayes and Automated Guest Directories, Inc. from marketing or helping others to market any business...

The Federal Trade Commission has accepted for public comment an agreement with Insilco Corporation settling FTC charges that its acquisition of Helima-Helvetion's aluminum tube manufacturing...

Seven individuals and four corporations -- collectively called the Urso Group -- that ran a display-rack business opportunity for greeting cards and perfumes have been charged by the Federal Trade...

Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received an application for approval of a transaction from the following. The FTC is seeking public comments on the application for 30 days...

The Federal Trade Commission joined with the Coupon Information Center (CIC) today in announcing that they have identified 31 Internet advertisements for potentially fraudulent coupon-related schemes...

A proposal by the New Mexico Board of Optometry to restrict the business arrangements between optometrists and complementary businesses, such as stores that sell eyeglasses, could increase costs and...

The Federal Trade Commission today asked a federal district court to block a merger of the nation’s two largest movable medical equipment rental firms charging that the merger violates federal...

Ads claiming that an eye care treatment called "Precise Corneal Molding" orthokeratology ("PCM ortho-k") can cure vision deficiencies are false and unsubstantiated, the Federal Trade Commission...

The staff of the Federal Trade Commission issued a letter today stating that Internic Software, Inc., an Australian organization copying the official domain name registration services of Network...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following action. Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with...

Petitions to reopen and modify or set aside orders: The FTC has received a petition from the following entity seeking changes in, or termination of, an FTC order. The FTC is seeking public comments on...

The Federal Trade Commission has begun efforts to repeal the Dry Cell Battery Rule, and is seeking public comment on the proposed repeal for 30 days, until September 18. The FTC is conducting a review...

Venus Enterprises, Inc., a Jersey City, New Jersey, importer of women's clothing, has agreed to pay a $4,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it mislabeled the care...

Petitions to reopen and modify or set aside orders: The FTC has received a petition from the following entity seeking changes in, or termination of, an FTC order. The FTC is seeking public comments on...

Owners who build homes on their undeveloped lots in the Valle Vista subdivision in Kingman, Arizona, in the next three years will be able to apply for up to $2,500 each to cover costs associated with...

Staff of the Federal Trade Commission have advised the New Jersey Pharmacists Association (NJPA) that they would not recommend a challenge on antitrust grounds to a plan to establish a pharmacist...

The Federal Trade Commission's annual report to Congress on cigarette sales and advertising for 1995 shows a slight increase in advertising and promotional spending from 1994. According to the report...

Two principal officers of New York City-based Student Aid Incorporated have agreed to pay $7,500 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges in connection with the college scholarship search service...

Nu Skin International, Inc., the firm behind an international multi-level marketing system with thousands of distributors selling skin care products and nutritional supplements, has agreed to pay a $1...

The Federal Trade Commission and the New York State Attorney General's Office today charged a seller of prepaid phone cards with deceptive practices that have resulted in heavy losses to consumers and...