Commission Actions

In continuing to streamline its oversight of industry activities, the FTC today announced that it has eliminated six outdated trade regulation rules. With this action, the Commission has rescinded a...

Sherri L. Pollock, the remaining defendant named in a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit, has agreed to post a $250,000 surety bond to protect customers before engaging in telemarketing activities in...

The Federal Trade Commission is saying hello to 1996 by waving goodbye to thousands of administrative orders that are at least 20 years old. The agency says that effective January 2, 1996, existing...

Johnson & Johnson has agreed to divest a business that develops, among other products, the cranial shunts used in the treatment of hydrocephalus -- a potentially fatal condition affecting infants and...

Mama Tish's Italian Specialties, Inc., of Chicago, Illinois, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it misrepresented the calorie content of its flavored ice cup desserts. Print...

Staff of the Federal Trade Commission have advised the Southern Arizona Therapy Network, Inc. (SATNET) that the plan to establish a network to provide physical, occupational, and speech therapy...

The Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission told a consumer ad-monitoring group today that recent FTC action against false or unsubstantiated ad claims for products like "Miracle-Ear," Dannon Yogurt...

An investigation by Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice officials that revealed numerous instances in which Diamond Rug & Carpet Mills, Inc. apparently falsely labeled the fiber content...