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�鶹��ý Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today issued the agency’s annual report at the Spring Meeting of the American Bar Association’s Section of Antitrust Law in Washington, DC. The...

The �鶹��ý Trade Commission has accepted two separate settlements against companies that, the Commission alleged, deceived Spanish-speaking consumers responding to ads for low-cost computer systems...

�鶹��ý Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras has appointed Lydia B. Parnes to be Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection (BCP). Parnes, who was named Acting Bureau Director by then...

Operators who sent millions of illegal e-mail messages to market their bogus diet patch have settled �鶹��ý Trade Commission charges that their operation violated federal laws, including the CAN-SPAM...

Three operations that scammed consumers out of more than one hundred million dollars by falsely promising easy debt relief have settled �鶹��ý Trade Commission charges that their business practices...

Petition to reopen proceedings and modify decision and order: The Commission has received a petition to reopen and modify the final decision and order in the 2003 transaction concerning Nestlé...

A federal district court has barred a Colorado-based mortgage broker from making false claims about home mortgage financing services and ordered him to pay consumer redress following �鶹��ý Trade...

What: Press conference to announce three law enforcement actions targeting deceptive and misleading debt-related services. The FTC charged that the operations scammed consumers out of more than $100...

On Tuesday, April 19, 2005, the �鶹��ý Trade Commission, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Law, and the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication will host a...

Withdrawal of petition for approval of proposed divestiture: Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. (Magellan) has filed a petition withdrawing its request that the Commission approve the proposed...

AmeriDebt, Inc. will shut down its debt management operation as part of a settlement of �鶹��ý Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers into paying at least $170 million in hidden fees...

In a comment submitted today to the Department of the Treasury’s United States Mint, the staff of the �鶹��ý Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, Bureau of Economics, and Office of...

The �鶹��ý Trade Commission testified today before the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection that “recent security breaches have raised...

In a letter submitted today at the request of Virginia State Delegate Harry Purkey, staff of the �鶹��ý Trade Commission’s Office of Policy Planning, Bureau of Competition, and Bureau of Economics...

Under the terms of two separate consent agreements announced today, the �鶹��ý Trade Commission has settled charges against nationwide computer superstore CompUSA Inc. and the officers of computer...

An operation that offered consumers free spyware detection scans that “detected” spyware even if there was not any, to market anti-spyware software that does not work has been barred from making...

In a comment submitted to North Dakota State Senator Richard L. Brown at his request, staff of the �鶹��ý Trade Commission’s Office of Policy Planning, Bureau of Economics, and Bureau of Competition...

Commission approval of �鶹��ý Register notice: The Commission has approved the publication of a �鶹��ý Register notice seeking public comment on proposed disclosure requirements for depository...

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Wednesday entered an order regarding the application of the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) premerger waiting period concerning Blockbuster, Inc.’s...

The �鶹��ý Trade Commission testified today before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs about the reach of existing federal laws that require certain information providers...