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The �鶹��ý Trade Commission has ordered nine insurance companies to produce information for a study on the use and effect of credit-based insurance scores on consumers of homeowners insurance. The...

The �鶹��ý Trade Commission today approved a notice adopting interim final rules amending Parts 3 and 4 of the agency’s Rules of Practice, and requesting public comments within 30 days of the date...

The FTC has approved a �鶹��ý Register notice amending Commission Rule 1.98 to adjust its civil penalty dollar amounts in accordance with the �鶹��ý Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990...

As 2008 draws to a close, the �鶹��ý Trade Commission has nine consumer tips that can yield big dividends next year. Recognizing a good deal, staying safe online, managing credit and debt, and...

�鶹��ý Trade Commission Chairman William E. Kovacic announced today that Michael R. Baye, director of the Bureau of Economics for the past year and a half, will leave the FTC on December 31 to return...

At the request of the �鶹��ý Trade Commission, a federal district court has entered orders settling charges against three telemarketers who allegedly duped consumers, most of whom were elderly, into...

CompuCredit Corporation, a company marketing Visa and MasterCard credit cards to consumers in the subprime credit market, has agreed to reverse fees charged to eligible consumers’ accounts to settle...

Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd.’s has settled �鶹��ý Trade Commission charges that its proposed $8.9 billion acquisition of rival generic drugmaker Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. would be...

The �鶹��ý Trade Commission issued a report today recommending five measures to help prevent Social Security numbers from being used for identity theft. Principal among the report’s recommendations...

The �鶹��ý Trade Commission today filed a complaint in federal district court challenging Ovation Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s January 2006 acquisition of the drug NeoProfen, which eliminated its only...

Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved a final consent order in the matter of Premier Capital Lending, Inc. The vote approving the final order was 4-0. (FTC File No. 072-3004...

�鶹��ý Trade Commission Chairman William E. Kovacic announced today that Maureen Ohlhausen, Director of the agency’s Office of Policy Planning for the past four years, will leave the agency, and that...

A home mortgage lender has agreed to settle �鶹��ý Trade Commission allegations that it violated federal law by charging African-American and Hispanic consumers higher prices for mortgage loans than...

The �鶹��ý Trade Commission has approved the publication of a �鶹��ý Register notice announcing that the ceiling on allowable charges under Section 612(f) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)...

The �鶹��ý Trade Commission today announced the filing of a complaint in federal district court charging two investment funds, ESL Partners, L.P. and ZAM Holdings, L.P., with violating federal law by...

Computers are a popular gift during the holiday season. People with a new computer often wonder about the best way to get rid of the old one. OnGuardOnline.gov, the computer safety Web site managed by...

The Commission has appointed Mitchell S. Pettit as the interim monitor under the terms of the recently approved consent order concerning ChoicePoint, Inc.’s acquisition by Reed Elsevier, NV. The...

Two Internet marketers of non-corrective, cosmetic contact lenses have agreed to settle �鶹��ý Trade Commission charges that they violated federal law by selling lenses without a prescription. Under...

Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Sony Music) has agreed to pay $1 million as part of a settlement to resolve �鶹��ý Trade Commission charges that it violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act...

At the request of the �鶹��ý Trade Commission, a U.S. district court has issued a temporary halt to a massive “scareware” scheme, which falsely claimed that scans had detected viruses, spyware, and...