Press Releases

Most people think that they can tell when someone is lying to them. But it's hard to resist a caller telling you with great excitement that you've just won $25,000. Nonetheless, it's worth remembering...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Phillips Petroleum Company and Enron Corp., settling charges that Phillips' proposed acquisition of certain natural...

The new Federal Trade Commission rule designed to give consumers important information regarding telemarketing offers, and giving them an easy-to-use tool for stopping unwanted calls, goes into effect...

The Federal Trade Commission announced that it may amend its Care Labeling Rule, which requires labels to be placed in clothing and certain other piece goods indicating instructions for at least one...

The Federal Trade Commission has ended the obligation of S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. to obtain Commission approval, until 2003, before acquiring any interest in air freshener or furniture care products...

The Federal Trade Commission has granted the request of the state of Maine for an exemption from certain provisions of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). A discussion of the FTC's...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to consent agreements with the nation's largest sellers of fast-turnaround verbatim news transcripts, Reuters America, Inc., and Federal News...

The Federal Trade Commission said today it will seek a federal district court order to bar Questar Corporation from going ahead with plans to acquire a 50 percent ownership interest in Kern River Gas...

A Federal district court has temporarily halted the deceptive sales practices and frozen the assets of a Long Island company, Falcon Crest Communications, its principals and two salesmen, for selling...

The Federal Trade Commission has approved Shell Oil Company's plan to divest its polypropylene business to Union Carbide Corporation. The deal involves the transfer to Union Carbide of all assets...

The Federal Trade Commission has issued a special brochure to advise terminally ill people who are considering selling their life insurance policies in order to get funds to pay their bills...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with the Santa Clara County Motor Car Dealers Association. The final order settles charges that the Association...

The Federal Trade Commission has approved the application of Thrifty PayLess, Inc. (formerly TCH Corporation) and Green Equity Investors, L.P. to divest the pharmacy business at Thrifty drug stores in...

The Federal Trade Commission has extended until Jan. 26, 1996, the period for accepting written comments in connection with the hearings it held this fall on antitrust and consumer protection issues...

The Federal Trade Commission has granted a petition from General Motors Corporation (GM) to reopen and modify the portion of a 1979 consent order that prohibits GM from placing the name of a car...

In continuing to streamline its oversight of industry activities, the FTC today announced that it has eliminated six outdated trade regulation rules. With this action, the Commission has rescinded a...

A.H. Peters Funeral Home of Grosse Pointe, Inc., a Michigan- based funeral home operator, and its officers, have agreed to pay a $60,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that...

Sherri L. Pollock, the remaining defendant named in a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit, has agreed to post a $250,000 surety bond to protect customers before engaging in telemarketing activities in...

The Federal Trade Commission is saying hello to 1996 by waving goodbye to thousands of administrative orders that are at least 20 years old. The agency says that effective January 2, 1996, existing...

Johnson & Johnson has agreed to divest a business that develops, among other products, the cranial shunts used in the treatment of hydrocephalus -- a potentially fatal condition affecting infants and...