Press Releases

The Federal Trade Commission has announced today that inflation adjustments in civil penalties, required by the Debt Collection Improvement Act (DCIA) of 1996, will raise penalties for statutes...

Insulate Industries, Inc., of Auburn, Washington, and company vice-president and co-owner Garry E. Wamsley, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges they misrepresented the thermal...

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 entity. The FTC...

Consumer concerns about whether they're being cheated by electronic price scanners are leading law enforcement officials at the state level to step up inspections and enforcement, and have resulted in...

Genisis Marketing and Administration and the company's owner, Philip Edward Dill, have reached a settlement of charges filed by the Federal Trade Commission in March of this year. The settlement would...

The Federal Trade Commission has approved B.A.T Industries' application to divest six discount cigarette brands and certain related assets, including a manufacturing plant, to Commonwealth Tobacco...

Patrick Donaghy, vice president of Stratified Advertising and Marketing, Inc., a Goleta, California- based firm that also does business as Intelinet Data Services ("Intelinet"), has agreed to settle...

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

A federal district court in Chicago, Illinois, has ordered a firm that used deceptive ads to lure thousands of consumers to invest in home employment opportunity programs and other scams to pay back...

The Federal Trade Commission's annual report to Congress on cigarette sales and advertising for 1994 showed the first decrease in promotional spending since 1986. According to the report, the...

Russell Mann, one of the remaining defendants sued by the Federal Trade Commission over his role in an allegedly deceptive telemarketing scheme that purported to recover money consumers lost to...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. The staff contact is Daniel Ducore, 202-326-2526. Commission action regarding applications for approval: Following a public comment...

A Federal Trade Commission staff report issued today examines changes in consumers’ fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol consumption from 1977 through 1990. The study finds that advertising and...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. Commission action regarding applications for approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has ruled on an application...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a “new and improved” version of one of its most popular products, its Environmental Marketing Guides. The updated guides reflect changing consumer...

A national telemarketer of magazine subscriptions, Budget Marketing, Inc.(BMI), and 11 of its dealers have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their sales and collection practices...

If it looks like leather, is it really leather? Under revised guidelines issued by the Federal Trade Commission today, the answer is "yes," unless the manufacturer specifically discloses that the...

The Federal Trade Commission has told the Senate Special Committee on Aging that a new industry-sponsored education and certification program in the funeral industry may signal a "new attitude of...

Del Dotto Enterprises, Inc., NFN Inc., and David P. Del Dotto have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that Del Dotto and his companies made allegedly deceptive claims in marketing a set...

Patricia Esme Popp has agreed to pay $10,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that she enticed consumers to call her nationally-advertised 800 number with promises of "guaranteed" loans. In...