Commission Actions

BASF has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that its proposed $5.1 billion acquisition of rival chemical manufacturer Ciba Holding Inc. would be anticompetitive and violate federal law by...

A group of sellers and telemarketers charged in 2008’s “Operation Tele-PHONEY” interagency law enforcement sweep have agreed to post a $5 million performance bond before calling consumers and have...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz announced today that David P. Wales, Acting Director of the Bureau of Competition for the past nine months, will leave the FTC in May. “Dave has done a...

Testifying today on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, FTC Commissioner J...

Drug maker Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMS) will pay $2.1 million – the largest fine allowed by law – for failing to inform the Federal Trade Commission of agreements reached with Apotex, Inc...

The Federal Trade Commission today told the U.S. House Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government of the Committee on Appropriations that the FTC has intensified its efforts to protect...

The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, has a new Web site at ftc.gov/MoneyMatters for people dealing with debt; struggling to find a job; or trying to create a budget...