Press Releases

Autodesk, Inc., has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its $90 million acquisition of Softdesk, Inc., as originally proposed, would have substantially lessened competition in the...

As part of an ongoing review of the Rules and Guides it enforces, the Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment about whether to retain, discard or amend the Negative Option Rule. The Rule...

The Federal Trade Commission will provide a press availability on Tuesday, April 1st , the effective date for a new federal law, which provides consumers with better protection from fraudulent credit...

Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received an application for approval for a transaction from the following. The FTC is seeking public comments on the application for 30 days...

Cabot Hosiery Mills, Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the company violated the FTC's Textile Fiber Products Identification Act (Textile Act) when it sold to national...

Mauney Hosiery Mills, Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the company violated the FTC's Textile Fiber Products Identification Act (Textile Act) when it sold to national...

More than 85,000 consumers nationwide will be receiving refund checks totaling about $4 million by mid-April. The refund pool was funded by settlements the Federal Trade Commission negotiated in its...

The Federal Trade Commission has obtained a settlement agreement with Keith Berggren and the "credit repair" company through which he did business, Clear Your Credit, Inc. The agreement settles FTC...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following action. Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received an application for approval for a transaction from the following. The...

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comments on its Hobby Protection Act Rules, which require imitation political items -- such as buttons, posters, coffee mugs and the like -- to be marked...

Sound familiar? Heard these claims before? If you have ever picked up a newspaper or magazine, or turned on the TV, you probably have seen advertisements that tout these or similar claims. As part of...

The Federal Trade Commission has offered strong support in addition to several suggestions for better clarifying how companies leasing cars and other personal property must disclose important cost...

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking comments from the public on whether to repeal its Dry Cell Battery Rule, which prohibits representations that dry cell batteries will not leak. The FTC is...

A federal district court judge has barred New York City-based Micom Corporation and company principal Joseph M. Viggiano from offering any investment that involves a license or permit issued by the...

The Federal Trade Commission has negotiated a settlement with The Mentor Network, Inc. and Parviz Firouzgar, southern California-based marketers of an allegedly fraudulent pyramid scheme promoted...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following action. Commission action regarding applications for approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has ruled on an application...

Scores of federal, state and local officials and private sector organizations will gather at a conference on "Reinventing Consumer Partnerships" jointly sponsored by Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau...

Atlanta-based Career Information Services, Inc. and CIS Associates, Inc., and their senior officers, have agreed to settle charges that they defrauded consumers seeking federal jobs out of millions of...

A new policy hammered out by the National Foundation for Consumer Credit (NFCC) with guidance from staff of the Federal Trade Commission will ensure that financially-troubled consumers who seek help...

The Federal Trade Commission has issued a proposed order under which the 11 remaining dealerships in the FTC’s case against the Detroit Automobile Dealers Association (DADA) have agreed to be bound by...