Press Releases

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on proposed revisions to its Trade Regulation Rule titled "Disclosure Requirements and Prohibitions Concerning Franchising and Business...

Unicor Funding, Inc., a California-based marketer of federally insured home improvement loans ("Title 1" loans), has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $100,000 for allegedly violating the Fair Credit...

New Bureau of Competition Director : Effective today, Richard G. Parker has been named Director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition. His appointment by Chairman Robert Pitofsky was unanimously approved...

Samuel and Jay Levine, President and Vice President respectively for Vendors Financial Services (VFS), have agreed to a permanent ban from marketing any business opportunity, franchise or business...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. Advocacy/comments filed by FTC the Commission: The Commission has authorized the filing of comments on the Federal Communications...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky and U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno today signed an antitrust cooperation agreement between the United States and Japan. The agreement was signed for...

Defendants who crammed charges onto consumers phone bills for services they did not order or authorize have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their practices violated federal laws...

"The College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act of 1999 provides some useful tools to help combat scholarship fraud," said Federal Trade Commissioner Sheila F. Anthony in delivering FTC testimony today...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions: Release of New Consumer and Business Education Alert: To alert small business owners to two Y2K scams - phony billing for Y2K...

Pledging a continuing law enforcement effort against mail fraud that costs both consumers and businesses millions of dollars a year, the Federal Trade Commission and its partners, the U.S. Postal...

A New England-based vocational school offering courses in truck driving has agreed to disclose its job placement and licensing-test pass rates to prospective students as part of a settlement of...

The Federal Trade Commission, in consultation with the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, has drafted "Antitrust Guidelines for Collaborations Among Competitors." The agencies today...

The Federal Trade Commission will host a press conference to announce new initiatives -- including a new "Internet Public Service Announcement Banner Project" -- to help state and federal officials "...

Mazda Motor of America of Irvine, California, has agreed to pay a total of $5.25 million for alleged violations of a Federal Trade Commission order and state orders related to lease advertising for...

The Federal Trade Commission has reached a proposed settlement with Ceridian Corporation and its subsidiary Comdata Holdings Corporation, the nation's largest provider of commercial credit cards known...

The Federal Trade Commission made public today the results of "tar," nicotine and carbon monoxide testing for 1,262 varieties of domestic cigarettes sold in 1996 and 1,252 varieties sold in 1997. The...

Amended Complaints: In the case of FTC v. ASQ, Inc., dba Resort World et al., the Commission voted to name Allan H. Abolafia as an additional defendant. The Commission vote to amend the complaint was...

Formal Interpretation of the Premerger Notification Rules : Through Formal Interpretation 16 (16 CFR § 803.30) of the Commission's Premerger Notification Rules, which appears in today's Federal...

Photo Vend International, based in Hollywood, Florida, has agreed to pay a $11,000 civil penalty to resolve Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated the FTC's Franchise Rule in connection...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announce that they will convene a joint public forum on November 4, 1999, to address the advertising and marketing of...