Press Releases

MTH Holdings, Inc. has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to reopen and set aside provisions of a 1989 consent order requiring prior Commission approval to acquire any grocery store in parts of...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with the Mustad International Group NV of Bulle, Switzerland, and its subsidiary, Mustad Connecticut, of Bloomfield...

A U.S. District Court judge ordered a Twinsburg, Ohio company to pay nearly $1.6 million in consumer redress and banned the company's president from further involvement with business opportunities and...

J.C. Pro Wear, Inc. of Escondido, California, a seller of sports-apparel outlets, and James L. O'Laughlin, the company's principal officer have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges of...

The Federal Trade Commission has ended the obligation of KKR Associates, L.P., of New York City, to obtain FTC approval before making acquisitions in certain food product categories, including...

In a precedent-setting decision announced today, Dell Computer Corporation has agreed to drop patent claims that affect millions of personal computers using the industry standard "VL-bus". The...

The Federal Trade Commission has granted the petition of the California Medical Association (CMA) to reopen and set aside a consent order so that CMA can establish and operate a managed care plan...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a settlement with The Stop & Shop Companies, Inc. that will keep supermarket prices low for consumers in the Boston metropolitan area, Cape Cod, the South...

American Home Products (AHP) has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to reopen and modify a 1995 consent order to delete a provision that requires that it obtain prior Commission approval of any...

The American Dental Trade Association has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission, on behalf of itself and Association members who were also respondents, to terminate a 1950 consent order settling...

The Federal Trade Commission has approved American Home Products' (AHP) plan to divest its tetanus and diphtheria assets to Medeva, PLC. AHP's corporate offices are located in Madison, New Jersey...

The Atlantic Richfield Co. (ARCO) has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to reopen and modify a 1990 consent order by deleting a provision that requires ARCO to obtain FTC approval before...

Magazine ads and television infomercials claiming that the over-the- counter acne remedy, "Acne-Statin" is effective in treating severe or cystic acne and is superior to other acne treatments, are...

Dean Graybill has been selected by Jodie Bernstein, Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection, to be Associate Director of the Bureau's Division of Service Industry...

The Federal Trade Commission has accepted a settlement agreement from The Upjohn Company and Pharmacia Aktiebolag that is designed to preserve competition in the market for drugs for the treatment of...

Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation has applied for Federal Trade Commission approval to divest its 84 percent partnership interest in the Alaska Surgery Center in Anchorage, Alaska, to Surgical Care...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a rule governing labeling of containers for recycled or"re-refined" oil intended for use as engine oil. The rule, which implements statutory requirements...

A federal district court in Florida has permanently barred direct-mail marketers Scott and Linda Wilcox, and their firm, Direct Response, Inc., from any future direct-mail promotion or sales activity...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged American Institute for Research and Development, Inc. (AIRD) and its predecessor, American Inventors Corporation (AIC), with running a deceptive invention...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with J. Walter Thompson USA, Inc., settling charges that it engaged in deceptive practices in connection with advertising...