Press Releases

I'm pleased this morning, to be in this distinguished company, to announce "Project Mailbox," a federal/state, public/private initiative targeted at con artists who use mass mail to defraud consumers...

Sheila Foster Anthony has been sworn in as a Commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission, and begins at the agency today. President Clinton named Anthony, a Democrat, to a term that expires in...

William J. Baer, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition has appointed David A. Balto as Deputy Assistant Director of the Competition Bureau's Office of Policy & Evaluation. The Office of Policy &...

A judge has upheld Federal Trade Commission charges that Toys "R" Us -- concerned that warehouse clubs with two thirds lower margins would erode its reputation for low prices -- used its power to...

A federal district court judge has upheld Federal Trade Commission charges against a husband and wife who ran a scholarship search service scam that defrauded consumers of over $6 million. The court...

The Federal Trade Commission and Weight Watchers International, Inc. have agreed to settle a case filed by the Commission in 1993 concerning the substantiation for advertising claims made by the...

Beginning tomorrow an employer must get a job applicant's written permission before obtaining a copy of the applicant's credit report. Also, for the first time, creditors and others that furnish...

Many consumers are concerned about the privacy, accuracy and fairness of their credit records. A newly-amended federal law that goes into effect on Sept. 30 will give consumers major new rights that...

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: The FTC has...

The Federal Trade Commission today ended its administrative challenge to a hospital merger in Grand Rapids, Michigan, after concluding that further litigation in the case is not in the public interest...

WHAT: The Federal Trade Commission will host a Press Conference to announce a major fraud fighting and consumer education initiative, "Project Mailbox," a public/private partnership to tackle mass...

Against the backdrop of a "remarkable" merger wave in the United States, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky today offered a group of business executives his analysis of two recent high...

A federal district court in Atlanta has temporarily halted what the Federal Trade Commission has alleged to be a deceptive telemarketing scheme offering credit card protection services to consumers...

Majors Medical Supply, Inc., of Boca Raton, Florida, and its two corporate officers have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made false claims about the income franchisees...

Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has shortened the comment period from 30 days to 15 days on an application for approval of a transaction from the following. The shortened public...

At the beginning of August, the Federal Trade Commission was asked by Representatives Martin Meehan, Henry Waxman and James Hansen, on behalf of the Congressional Task Force on Tobacco and Health, to...

Mediq Incorporated informed the Federal Trade Commission late this afternoon that it has abandoned its proposed $100 million acquisition of Universal Hospital Services, Inc. in the face of an FTC...

According to a Federal Trade Commission staff report to Congress, cigarette manufacturers could realize substantial profits by increasing the price of cigarettes significantly above the level needed...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period on each, the Commission has made final consent agreements...

The federal government should wait and see whether private industry solutions adequately respond to consumer concerns about privacy and billing dispute resolution issues that arise with the growth of...