Commission Actions

A Lockport, Illinois, man has admitted to running a deceptive scheme to bill churches and small businesses for unordered merchandise, the Federal Trade Commission announced today. Under an agreement...

The Federal Trade Commission has negotiated settlement agreements with two New Jersey men -- Donald Hellinger and Robert Ostroff -- and their companies, charged with decep- tively promoting credit...

KKR Associates, L.P., of New York City, on behalf of itself and other respondents, has asked the Federal Trade Commission to reopen and modify a 1989 consent order to delete a provision that requires...

General Motors Corporation (GM) has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to reopen and modify the portion of a 1979 consent order that prohibits GM from labeling the make of a car on the engine...

The Federal Trade Commission has approved two divestitures by Olin Corporation, of Stamford, Connecticut. In the first, Olin will divest pool chemical facilities it owns in South Charleston, West...

T Debbie C. Taylor, a defendant in the Federal Trade Commissionþs case against an allegedly fraudulent sweepstakes- entry club has agreed to settle federal charges stemming from her role in...

The Federal Trade Commission today released a list of companies that are required, as the subjects of FTC orders, to obtain FTC approval before acquiring certain assets or voting securities of other...

Onkyo U.S.A. Corporation, a manufacturer of audio components, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated a 1982 FTC order under which it agreed not to fix prices or engage...

Kraft Foods, Inc., as successor to National Dairy Products Corporation, has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to set aside a 1967 order that prohibits Kraft from discriminating in price between...

A Federal Trade Commission administrative law judge has issued an order prohibiting the California Dental Association (CDA), whose 19,000 members comprise 75 percent of the dentists in the state, from...

Citing "deliberate, repeated, and numerous" violations of law, a federal district court has ordered a Baltimore debt- collection agency, National Financial Services (NFS), and its owner, Robert J...

William J Baer, Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition, has announced the appointment of Willard K. Tom to serve as Assistant Director for Policy and Evaluation, effective...

The Federal Trade Commission has proposed new rules to exempt certain mergers and acquisitions from prior review by the FTC and the Department of Justice. Under the proposal, certain classes of...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Reebok International, Ltd. and its subsidiary, The Rockport Company, Inc., settling charges that they fixed the resale...

The Federal Trade Commission has terminated two consent orders against the Rubber Manufacturers Association, Inc. The orders -- one entered in 1948 and one entered in 1962 -- followed charges that the...

Dallas, Texas-based Jani-King International, Inc. has agreed to pay a $100,000 civil penalty as part of a settlement of Federal Trade Commission charges that it failed to provide poten- tial...