Press Releases

A United States District Court has halted the operation of a Web site hosting service that advertised services for flat fees ranging from $10 to $15 dollars but then crammed unauthorized charges of up...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky today announced the resignation of General Counsel Debra A. Valentine. Valentine, who joined the Commission in May 1995 from the law firm of O'Melveny...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a consent agreement with Hoechst Marion Roussel ("HMR," now Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc), Carderm Capital, L.P. ("Carderm") and Andrx Corporation ("Andrx"...

Illegal "predatory" lending practices that often exploit lower-income and minority borrowers and frequently target elderly homeowners will be the focus of a public forum on April 3, 2001, at the...

The Federal Trade Commission today charged three drug makers, Schering-Plough Corporation ("Schering"), Upsher-Smith Laboratories ("Upsher-Smith") and American Home Products Corporation, with entering...

WHAT: The Federal Trade Commission and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration of the Department of Commerce will host a day-long workshop to examine the benefits and burdens of...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it will host a public workshop at its Washington D.C. headquarters on May 7 and 8 to explore certain competition issues that arise in connection with...

After a nine-month investigation into the causes of the gasoline price spikes in local markets in the Midwest during the spring and summer of 2000, the Federal Trade Commission today announced its...

The Commission has approved amendments to the following: Parts 2, 3 and 4 of the FTC's Regulations on Organization, Procedure and Rules of Practice. As detailed in a Federal Register Notice to be...

The company that manufacturers and sells a throat spray that purportedly reduces or eliminates snoring and the company that produced infomercials promoting the product have agreed to settle Federal...

Operators of an Internet-based business opportunity that promised easy income for investors in an Internet shopping mall network have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the results of five years of enforcement of the Telemarketing Sales Rule ("TSR"), which was mandated by Congress through the Telemarketing and Consumer...

Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a modified consent order in RHI AG/Global Industrial Technologies, Incorporated, issued a letter closing the investigation and...

The Commission has approved a trustee agreement regarding the following matter: Dow Chemical Company and Union Carbide Corporation. The proposed order in this matter requires among other things that...

The Federal Trade Commission has negotiated a proposed consent order to remedy the alleged anticompetitive effects stemming from the plan of MCN - the parent of Michigan Consolidated Gas Company (...

I plan to step down from the Commission promptly after a new chairman is confirmed by the full Senate. I am willing to stay on as Chairman until that time to make sure the FTC enjoys a smooth...

Great Pacific Vending Corporation, based in Los Angeles, California, and its president, Collie Wainer, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they failed to provide the pre-sale...

Continuing its national effort to "Stamp Out Job Fraud," the Federal Trade Commission today announced five law enforcement actions against nine companies and seven individuals promising jobs with the...

The Commission has approved a trustee agreement regarding the following matter: Boeing/Hughes Space and Communications. Under the terms of a consent order approved by the Commission in September 2000...

In its seventh case challenging deceptive advertising claims made by "day trading" investment advisors, the Federal Trade Commission has filed suit in U.S. District Court against Timothy Cho and Tim...