Press Releases

The Federal Trade Commission used its Penalty Offense Authority today to take action against national retailers Kohl’s, Inc. and Walmart, Inc. for falsely marketing dozens of rayon textile products as...

The Federal Trade Commission’s trial win against On Point Global has made $102 million in refunds available to consumers who were harmed by a wide-ranging scheme that led them to pay money or hand...

The Federal Trade Commission has finalized an order against Dun & Bradstreet, a provider of business credit report services, for deceiving businesses about the value of products they offered and for...

Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that the Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board violated Section 5 of the Federal Trade...

The Federal Trade Commission is returning more than $23 million to consumers who paid for My Online Business Education, or MOBE, a business coaching scheme that made bogus promises about how much...

The Federal Trade Commission has issued an Order approving the Assessment Methodology rule proposed by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority after a public comment period . The Horseracing...

The Federal Trade Commission and the State of Illinois are taking action against Napleton , a large, multistate auto dealer group based in Illinois, for sneaking illegal junk fees for unwanted “add...

The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against Intuit Inc., the maker of the popular TurboTax tax filing software, by issuing an administrative complaint against the company for deceiving...

The Federal Trade Commission will require the divestiture of energy producer EP Energy Corp.’s entire business and assets in Utah. The divestiture will resolve the agency’s allegations that EnCap...

The Federal Trade Commission has issued an Order approving the Enforcement rule proposed by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority after a public comment period . The Horseracing Integrity and...

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal district court in California ordered a stop to the illegal tactics used by marketers who deceptively promoted dissolvable oral film strips as...

Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Competition Deputy Director John M. Newman issued this statement regarding the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit decision affirming the district court’s...

The Federal Trade Commission obtained an order halting a credit repair scheme that allegedly bilked consumers out of millions of dollars by falsely claiming they will remove negative information from...

The Federal Trade Commission has finalized an order settling allegations that online fashion retailer Fashion Nova, LLC blocked negative reviews of its products from being posted to its website. Under...

The Federal Trade Commission’s first-ever report on e-cigarette products paints a disturbing picture of surging e-cigarette sales and advertising that are likely to damage the health of America’s...

The Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice will host a series of listening forums to hear from those who have experienced firsthand the effects of mergers and acquisitions beyond...

Two Texas-based companies and their owner are banned from advertising or selling dietary supplements, and from making claims that their products treat, cure, or reduce the risk of disease, under a...

Today, the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice are extending by one month the deadline to submit comments as part of the enforcement agencies’ process to modernize the merger...

The Federal Trade Commission has filed an administrative complaint against Electronic Payment Systems and its owners, John Dorsey and Thomas McCann, for allegedly opening credit card processing...

The Federal Trade Commission today took action against online customized merchandise platform CafePress over allegations that it failed to secure consumers’ sensitive personal data and covered up a...