Press Releases

SUMMARY : The Commission on Online Child Protection, (the COPA Commission), was directed by Congress in the Child Online Protection Act (COPA), 47 U.S.C. Sec. 231, to conduct a study regarding methods...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions: Publication of Federal Register notices: The Commission has voted to publish a Federal Register notice announcing that the public...

ACTION: Hearing announcement and request for submission of comments in preparation for hearing of the Commission on Online Child Protection. SUMMARY : The Commission on Online Child Protection (the...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Commerce will host a workshop to explore the use of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms for consumer transactions Online, June 6 and 7 in the...

Citing competitive concerns in Fort Worth and several smaller cities in Texas, the Federal Trade Commission today voted to seek a preliminary injunction to block the Kroger Company's proposed...

The FTC has approved a petition from the following to reopen and modify a Commission order: Meade Instruments Corporation, in the matter of Harbour Group Investments, L.P . In its petition, Meade had...

Zim Textile Corporation has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act (TFPIA) by failing to attach required labels to the sheets...

The Federal Trade Commission testified today before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation regarding Privacy Online: Fair Information Practices in the Electronic Marketplace , a...

Intermatic Incorporated, one of the country's largest manufacturers of consumer and industrial energy control products such as appliance timers and low-voltage outdoor lighting, has agreed to pay a...

Predatory lending practices in the subprime market, particularly those affecting home equity borrowers, were the subject of testimony delivered today by David Medine, Associate Director for Financial...

Karin Stevens, Inc., a New York City designer and importer of ladies dresses and pant suits, has agreed to pay a $20,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that it did not...

Century Direct Marketing (CDM), a Santa Barbara, California-based company that, under the name Consumer Information Services, sold information packages about the auction sale of automobiles, houses...

Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the following: Texas Surgeons, P.A., et al. The Commission vote to finalize the consent order was 5-0. (File...

Staff of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureaus of Economics and Consumer Protection have provided comments in response to a request from the West Virginia Public Service Commission (PSC) regarding a...

This is National Small Business Week, a time to celebrate and recognize America's small business entrepreneurs, and to remind America's small businesses how to defend themselves against business-to...

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that the workshop on Business-to-Business (B2B) electronic marketplaces originally scheduled for one day, June 29, 2000 , will instead run for two days...

Self-regulation alone has not adequately protected consumer online privacy, and as a result, legislation is now needed to supplement self-regulatory efforts and guarantee basic consumer protections...

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

Jodie Bernstein, Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection, presented FTC testimony today before the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property of the House...

Service Corporation International (SCI) has divested the LaGrone Funeral Home, one of its two funeral homes in Roswell, New Mexico, in settlement of Federal Trade Commission antitrust charges. The...