Press Releases

The Federal Trade Commission has asked a federal district court to halt a nationwide job-placement service operating out of Monroe, Michigan, following charges that the firm's sole proprie- tor, Debra...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Boston Scientific Corporation, settling charges that its acquisition of Cardiovascular Imaging Systems, Inc.(CVIS) and...

Total cigarette industry advertising and promotional expenditures for 1993 amounted to $6.03 billion, an increase of 15.4 percent over 1992, according to the Federal Trade Commission's annual report...

The Federal Trade Commission has amended its court-filed complaint against PFR, Inc., d/b/a PFR and Awards Center, and its president, Joseph M. Mantashigian, by adding charges against Sherri L...

Louis Abramowitz, who held senior positions in numerous corporate entities sued by the Federal Trade Commission over an allegedly deceptive scheme to sell vending machine business opportunities, has...

William E. Bailey, one of the defendants in a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit brought in 1991 to halt the allegedly decep- tive promotion of fire-safety products and door-to-door sales jobs would be...

Federal Trade Commission staff members will brief the Commissioners on the status of the proposed Telemarketing Sales Rule at a meeting on Wednesday, May 3, at 4 p.m. in room 432 of the FTC...

Nature's Bounty, Inc., and two of its wholly-owned subsi- diaries have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission allega- tions that they made deceptive weight-loss, body-building, disease-treatment or...

A Danville, Virginia physicians' group and its board of directors have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they conspired to prevent third-party payors from doing business, to fix...

Insulate Industries, Inc., of Kent and Auburn, Washington, and company vice-president and co-owner Garry E. Wamsley, have been charged by the Federal Trade Commission with misrepresenting the...

The Federal Trade Commission has terminated a 1942 consent order against General Motors Corporation and General Motors Sales Corporation. The order settled antitrust allegations that General Motors...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with B.A.T Industries p.l.c. and its subsidiary, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation . The agreement settles antitrust...

The Federal Trade Commission has granted the request of Healthtrust, Inc. - The Hospital Company to sell four of the acute care hospitals it operates in the Salt Lake City-Ogden, Utah, metropolitan...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Sensormatic Electronics Corporation, settling charges that its acquisition of Knogo Corporation assets would decrease...

Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation has agreed to divest seven hospitals and to terminate a joint venture that owns another hospital to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its $3 billion...

Software Concepts, Inc., a Chandler, Arizona-based seller of computer software display rack franchises, has agreed to settle charges that it failed to provide disclosure documents and other required...

Satellite Broadcasting Corporation, of Irvine, California, two related companies, and two individuals have been charged by the Federal Trade Commission with falsely representing to investors...

The Federal Trade Commission has won court orders against three companies and related individuals charged with making a variety of deceptive claims in two separate schemes to market investments in a...

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a news conference to announce law-enforcement actions against telemarketers charged with deceptively pitching investments in emerging communications technologies...

Mini Snacks, Inc., and John Sanchez and Tim McCarty, corporate officers, have agreed to pay $100,000 in consumer redress to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they misrepresented the earning...