Press Releases

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a consent agreement to resolve the competitive concerns arising from the merger of Zeneca Group PLC and Astra AB. According to the agency, the merger of...

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final consent agreements with the following entities. The Commission action makes the consent orders...

In its 21st Annual Report to Congress about the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), the Federal Trade Commission observed that debt collection continued to be a principal subject of the many...

Laissez Faire, Inc., a New York City-based importer of women's clothing, has agreed to pay a $30,000 civil penalty to settle charges that it violated the Federal Trade Commission's Care Labeling Rule...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a workshop to be held on May 14, 1999 that will explore how the Commission's rules and guides apply to electronic media, including the Internet, e-mail and...

North Lake Tahoe Medical Group, Inc. (Tahoe IPA) -- a for-profit corporation that comprises at least 70 percent of all physicians practicing in the North and South Lake Tahoe areas -- has agreed to...

CMS Energy Corporation will settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its acquisition of two natural gas pipelines - Panhandle Eastern Pipeline and Trunkline Pipeline - from subsidiaries of Duke...

As part of a settlement announced today by the Federal Trade Commission, the District of Columbia and nine Attorneys General, United Industries Corporation has agreed to make refunds to consumers and...

The Federal Trade Commission has negotiated the largest civil penalty awarded in a case alleging violations of the Care Labeling Rule as part of a settlement with New York City-based Tommy Hilfiger U...

WHO: Chairman Robert Pitofsky WHAT: Press Availability to Address FTC Settlement with Intel WHERE: Federal Trade Commission Room 432 600 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20580 WHEN: March 17...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced approval of a settlement of charges that Intel Corporation, the world's largest manufacturer of microprocessors, used its market power to maintain its...

In an effort to ensure that required country-of-origin disclosures for textile products are correctly made, the Federal Trade Commission today announced settlements with eight manufacturers or...

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final consent agreements with the following entities. The Commission action makes the consent orders...

Rose Creek Health Products, Inc., based in Kettle Falls, Washington, and its sister corporation have been charged by the Federal Trade Commission with making blatantly false and unsubstantiated health...

Representatives of the United States and Israel today signed the fifth bilateral antitrust cooperation agreement entered into by the United States with major trading partners. The accord, which is...

Keeping a pledge to police the Internet for illegal pyramid schemes, the Federal Trade Commission, North American Securities Administrators Association, U. S. Postal Inspection Service, Securities and...

Medtronic, Inc. will divest Avecor's non-occlusive arterial pump assets to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that Medtronic's $106 million acquisition of its competitor would lessen competition...

The Federal Trade Commission will review the proposed acquisition of Mobil Oil by Exxon Corporation in each area where they compete -- exploration and production, refining and marketing -- and against...

Media Advisory • Media Advisory • Media Advisory What: Press Conference To Unveil Law Enforcement Sweep Targeting Internet Scams. Federal/State/Local Law Enforcers Bag More Than 100 Defendants...

Federal Trade Commission lawyers and the Intel Corporation today jointly filed a motion with the Commission's Secretary withdrawing from adjudication the FTC's case against Intel. The parties...