Commission Actions

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Secretary of Commerce William M. Daley, in introductory remarks today at the Federal Trade Commission's Workshop on Consumer Protection in the Global Marketplace, urged the...

Good morning. Welcome to the Federal Trade Commission's public workshop on consumer protection in the global electronic market place. When we address issues concerning the global electronic market...

Last month at the Commerce Department we had a similar packed house for a conference. We were discussing ways to include e-commerce in government statistics. The fact is, people in the private sector...

In an effort to determine whether domestic and foreign companies are disclosing important information to consumers online, the Federal Trade Commission staff conducted an informal International Web...

As many as 13,000 consumers in at least nine countries who were duped by a copycat Internet domain name registry will qualify for refunds under an agreement announced by Australian and U.S. consumer...

Administrative Law Judge Stuart A. Levin has dismissed Federal Trade Commission charges that VISX, one of the first companies to develop laser eye surgery equipment and technology, known as...

Consumer protection in the global electronic marketplace will be the subject of a two-day workshop at the Federal Trade Commission. The workshop to be held on Tuesday, June 8 and Wednesday, June 9...

The Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection will hold a public forum titled, " The Consumer and Credit Scoring" on Thursday, July 22, 1999. The forum will provide an opportunity for...

The Federal Trade Commission, in a joint effort with the Department of Justice, will conduct a study on the marketing practices of the entertainment industry to determine whether and to what extent...