Press Releases

Following a public comment period in which 12 comments were received, the Federal Trade Commission announced today it has made final, without modification, a consent agreement with Time Warner Inc...

The Federal Trade Commission has expanded its lawsuit against the Great Neck, New York-based franchisors of a medical billing service business by naming two more corporations and three more...

Tower Loan of Mississippi, Inc., based in Jackson, has agreed to pay more than $300,000 as part of a proposed settlement of Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated a 1992 FTC order. The FTC...

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it strongly supports the Federal Reserve Board’s proposals to implement recently enacted amendments to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (" ECOA"). The...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced two separate but related settlement agreements with The Money Tree, Inc. ("Money Tree"), a Georgia-based lender, and its president, Vance R. Martin -- one...

A U.S. District Court judge in Miami has ordered SlimAmerica, Inc., and its officers to temporarily halt their business practices, and frozen their assets, after hearing Federal Trade Commission...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) have entered into a partnership to stamp out telemarketing fraud in the Atlanta area. To help consumers avoid...

Staff of the Federal Trade Commission will not recommend an antitrust challenge to a proposed network of ambulance companies to provide medically-related transportation services on a regional or...

Commission action regarding applications for approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has ruled on an application for approval of a transaction from the following: The FTC has...

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it had reached an agreement with American Cyanamid settling charges that the company violated antitrust laws by fixing the resale prices of their...

A proposal to create a network of thirteen licensed ambulance and ambulette service providers ("members") to offer scheduled, non-emergency ambulance and ambulette services throughout northeast and...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a settlement of charges that the proposed acquisition by Tenet Healthcare Corp. of OrNda Healthcorp would threaten competition for hospital care in San...

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period on each, the Commission has made final consent agreements with the following entities. The Commission action makes the...

Marquette, Inc., a Georgia based company, and two of its officers, have agreed to pay $146,750 in consumer redress as settlement of Federal Trade Commission charges announced as part of "Project...

Hawthorne Communications, Inc., an Iowa advertising agency, will pay a $25,000 civil penalty for violating a 1994 Federal Trade Commission order requiring it to have substantiation for advertising...

Nationwide Syndications, Inc., of Barrington, Illinois, and company president Thomas W. Karon, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made false and unsubstantiated claims...

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the following entity. The Commission action makes the consent order...

The Herb Gordon Auto World dealerships in Silver Spring, Maryland, and the Huling Bros. dealerships in Seattle, Washington, are the latest automobile advertisers to come under Federal Trade Commission...

The Federal Trade Commission announced today "The Joint Venture Project" to clarify and update antitrust policies regarding joint ventures and other forms of competitor collaborations. The Joint...

An immigration attorney who markets his professional services to immigrants who are interested in obtaining “green cards” through the State Department’s “green card lottery” has been charged by the...