Commission Actions

The Federal Trade Commission has obtained a federal district court order freezing the assets of a scam that dupes consumers into making costly international telephone calls in an attempt to ward off...

Tom Davis, a telemarketer for Vendors Financial Services (VFS), who also posed to unwitting consumers as a successful distributor of products contained in vending machines, has agreed to a permanent...

Quexco Incorporated has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its acquisition of Pacific Dunlop GNB Corporation would create a monopoly that could result in reduced competition and...

The Federal Trade Commission announced today a proposed settlement of antitrust concerns stemming from the acquisition of COBE Cardiovascular, Inc., COBE Laboratories Inc., and other assets and...

May 14, 1999 Welcome to the FTC workshop on our consumer protection rules and guides. Our goal today is to discuss how they apply to newer forms of electronic media, with particular emphasis on the...

The Federal Trade Commission has negotiated the largest civil penalty ever obtained in a settlement of alleged violations of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA). Franklin Acceptance Corporation...

Dell Computer Corp. and Micron Electronics, Inc. have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their computer lease advertisements violated federal laws. According to the agency, both...

"Since 1995, the Federal Trade Commission has encouraged online firms to offer privacy protections to consumers to encourage broad participation in electronic commerce. Last year, the FTC reported to...

Fitness Quest, Inc., based in Canton, Ohio, and its president, Robert R. Schnabel, Jr., have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made numerous unsubstantiated claims in...

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal district court judge has permanently barred Inetintl.Com, Inc., doing business as Inet International, and two individual defendants from...