Press Releases

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...

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...

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...

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 "...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the appointment of Barbara Anthony, a former top aide in the office of the Massachusetts Attorney General, as Director of its Northeast Region office. The...

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...

Thank you for being here, this morning. Today we're announcing the FTC's 100th case targeting Internet scams, and I think of all 100 cases , this one may be the most pernicious we've seen. Before we...

In its 100th law enforcement action targeting deception on the Internet, the Federal Trade Commission has asked a U.S. District Court Judge to halt a Internet scam that clones everyday Web sites and...

Millions Of Legitimate Web Pages and Innocent Web Surfers, Including Children, Affected: Agency To Announce New High-Tech Internet Lab What : Press Conference to Announce FTC's 100th Internet Case and...

Consent Agreements Given Final Approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the following entity: Unum Corporation (Provident Companies). The...

A Texas-based business opportunity operator has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that he made misleading earnings claims and used deceptive sales tactics to sell distributorships for...