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At the request of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission, a federal court has temporarily halted the deceptive advertising campaign and frozen the assets of an operation claiming its device can boost automobile...

Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission Chairman William E. Kovacic announced today that Mary Beth Richards, Deputy Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, will leave the agency to return to the Â鶹´«Ã½...

FTC Approves Â鶹´«Ã½ Register Notice Announcing Review of Three Agency Regulations – The Commission has approved a Â鶹´«Ã½ Register notice announcing that during 2009, it will conduct a regulatory...

Getinge AB has settled Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission charges that its proposed $865 million acquisition of rival Datascope Corporation would be anticompetitive and would violate federal antitrust laws...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has charged the marketers of Kinoki Foot Pads with deceptive advertising, including claims that use of the foot pads would remove toxins from the body; treat high blood...

FTC Extends Comment and Submission Periods Related to Digital Rights Management Town Hall to February 9, 2009 – In December 2008, the Commission announced it will hold a town hall meeting on digital...

Under two court orders entered by a federal district court, two groups of vacation and timeshare companies will pay a total of almost $1.2 million for violating the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission’s Do Not...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission obtained a $250,000 settlement against a participant in a vending machine scheme, concluding its case against the defendants in this operation, all of whom were charged in...

Dow Chemical Company has settled Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission charges that its proposed $18.8 billion acquisition of rival chemical manufacturer Rohm & Haas Company would be anticompetitive and would...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today announced that the agency returned almost $28 million to consumers this week as a result of a settlement with The Bear Stearns Companies, LLC and EMC Mortgage...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission staff will host a workshop on March 12, 2009 to gather input for its advertising literacy initiative, which will educate and empower tweens to be better informed consumers...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has charged a mortgage broker with discarding consumers’ tax returns, credit reports, and other sensitive personal and financial information in an unsecured dumpster, in...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today announced the agendas for the first two in a series of public workshops it is holding on resale price maintenance (RPM). The agendas, which are posted on the...

Staff Working Papers on Section 2 Posted on Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission Web Site – Staff associated with the recent Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission/Department of Justice Hearings on Section 2 of the Sherman Act...

Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission Chairman William E. Kovacic issued a report, following seven months of agency self-assessment, that considers basic questions and future directions as the Commission...

Following the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission’s filing of a lawsuit to block the transaction, CRH plc, the parent company of Oldcastle Architectural, Inc., announced on January 14, 2009, that it will not...

A federal judge has ordered infomercial marketer Kevin Trudeau to pay more than $37 million for violating a 2004 stipulated order by misrepresenting the content of his book, “The Weight Loss Cure...

Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission Chairman William E. Kovacic announced today that David C. Shonka will serve as Acting General Counsel for the agency. Shonka will replace William Blumenthal, who is leaving...

A federal district court has ordered the marketers of three dietary supplements to pay more than $15 million for deceiving consumers about the products’ safety and effectiveness. The court imposed the...

Marketers who made false and deceptive claims that a device would cause consumers to lose weight by applying electronic stimulation to their abdominal muscles have agreed to pay $7 million to settle...