Press Releases

Agency Seeks Development of Tools to Thwart Identity Theft On April 23 and 24, 2007, the Federal Trade Commission will host a public workshop, “Proof Positive: New Directions in ID Authentication,” to...

Two persons have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges for their roles in a fraudulent business opportunity scheme targeted in early 2005 as part of “Project Biz Opp Flop,” a crackdown on...

Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) assessment results: In early February, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published the results of the FTC’s recent Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART)...

Will Give Up $1.5 Million in Ill-Gotten Gains for Unfair and Deceptive Adware Downloads DirectRevenue LLC, a large adware distributor, and four of its principals have agreed to settle Federal Trade...

Petition for approval of proposed divestiture: The Commission has received a petition from Service Corporation International (SCI) and Alderwoods Group, Inc. seeking approval of a proposed divestiture...

Phone Records Obtained by Deception Were Unlawfully Sold to Third Parties The Federal Trade Commission has asked a U.S. district court to order a permanent halt to operations that deceptively obtained...

The Federal Trade Commission told a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee today that patent policy stimulates innovation by providing an incentive to develop and commercialize inventions, but...

Session on February 13 to Focus on Business Testimony The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division today announced that the latest in a series of joint...

Commission receipt of application for proposed divestiture: – The Commission has received a petition for approval of proposed divestiture from Thermo Electron Corporation. Under the consent agreement...

Workshop Status Alert: The workshop will proceed as scheduled. However, if the federal government is closed, the workshop will be postponed. Similarly, if the government is delayed in opening, we will...

A new scam is swindling consumers: counterfeit checks that seem legitimate to both bank employees and consumers, but that leave unsuspecting consumers footing the bill. The Federal Trade Commission is...

Identity Theft Complaints Again Top the List The Federal Trade Commission today issued its annual report, “Consumer Fraud and Identity Theft Complaint Data” on fraud complaints consumers have filed...

Budget request and GPRA Performance Plans submission to Congress: The Commission has approved the following documents: 1) the FTC’s FY 2008 Budget Overview Statement; 2) the Government Performance and...

As the number of phone numbers on the National Do Not Call (DNC) Registry surpassed 139 million, the Federal Trade Commission today reiterated that despite the claims made in e-mails circulating on...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it has settled charges brought against a group of real estate brokers in southeastern Michigan for violating the antitrust laws by adopting and...

The Federal Trade Commission has launched the ninth annual National Consumer Protection Week, February 4-10, 2007, in cooperation with federal, state, and local agencies and national advocacy...

The Federal Trade Commission today issued a final opinion and order in the legal proceeding against computer technology developer Rambus, Inc. In addition to barring Rambus from making...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras has created the FTC’s Office of International Affairs to coordinate more effectively the full range of the FTC’s international activities. The...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that a “voice broadcaster” charged with making tens of millions of illegal automated telemarketing calls has agreed to pay a $1 million civil penalty under...

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court has stopped a Canadian telemarketer that targeted consumers throughout the U.S., falsely claiming it could reduce their credit card...