Press Releases

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Compliance with the Funeral Rule has dramatically improved among funeral homes within the past year, the Federal Trade Commission staff announced today. Of the 239 funeral homes visited in 1996 as...

The operators of the nationwide Pizzeria Uno restaurant chain have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that advertising touting a line of thin crust pizzas as "low fat" was false and...

The Federal Trade Commission has announced changes in the two threshold figures that define when it is unlawful for an individual to serve as an officer or director of two or more competing...

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 Commission...

The Federal Trade Commission has negotiated settlement agreements with two companies that sold more than 3,000 living trusts to elderly consumers in 43 states in conjunction with memberships in the...

Marketing Response Group, Inc., a Tampa, Florida-based mailing house, and related defendants named in a January 1996 Federal Trade Commission case for allegedly assisting fraudulent telemarketers have...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following action. Commission action regarding petitions to reopen and modify FTC orders: Following a comment period, the FTC has ruled on a petition...

Federal Trade Commission attorneys have filed in federal district court an agreement the Commission reached with Red Apple Companies, Inc. and its chairman, John Catsimatidis, and two other firms...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received an application for approval for a transaction from the following...

Nearly $126 million was spent on advertising and promotion for smokeless tobacco products in 1994 -- an increase of $6.7 million from 1993 -- and more than $127 million was spent in 1995, according to...

Commission action regarding applications for approval: Following public comment periods, the Commission has ruled on the following applications for approval of divestitures: The FTC has approved the...

“Notice” “Choice” “Security” “Access” -- Participants in a public workshop held by the Federal Trade Commission on privacy in the online marketplace stated that these are the four necessary elements...

Every day consumers -- especially the elderly -- face a barrage of claims about health-related products and services. Often, it's very difficult to tell the difference between fact or fiction when it...