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Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris has announced the appointment of Rafael Edward (Ted) Cruz, M. Sean Royall, and Alden Francis Abbott to senior positions within the Commission. Ted...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has asked a U. S. District Court Judge to halt the unlawful operations of SkyBiz.com, charging that the operation that purports to sell online tutorials on Web-based...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has filed suit in U.S. District Court against an Internet operation, www.rhinopoint.com, that conned consumers into paying membership fees and turning over sensitive...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission accepted a proposed consent order on June 15, 2001 designed to remedy the anticompetitive effects of the merger of Lafarge S.A. (Lafarge) and Blue Circle Industries PLC...

Focusing on the prevalence and prevention of Canadian telemarketing scams affecting U.S. consumers, Hugh G. Stevenson of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection presented...

As part of an ongoing and comprehensive law enforcement and consumer education campaign begun in 1997, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today announced a new round of enforcement actions against the...

Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris today said that the transition of the Chair at the agency will be characterized more by continuity than by conflict. Speaking at the Second Annual...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today announced that a federal district court has ordered Richard Murkey and Keith Gill to show cause why they should not be held in civil contempt for violating the court...

Cigar Manufacturers Outlet, Inc., based in Sunrise, Florida, and its president, Jose Ernesto San Martin, have agreed to settle Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission charges that they failed to provide the pre-sale...

Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris, with the concurrence of his fellow Commissioners, has named a senior staff team with extensive experience in the private sector, in academia, and at...

WHO Timothy J. Muris Chairman Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission WHAT:: Luncheon speech, "Robert Pitofsky: Public Servant and Scholar," at the American Antitrust Institute's Second Annual Conference. The theme...

WHAT: The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission will announce a new round of law enforcement actions against the fraudulent marketing of supplements and other health products on the Internet at a press conference...

North American Marketing Systems, Inc., based in Colorado, and its owner, Patrick Wherley, have agreed to pay a $33,000 civil penalty to settle Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission charges that they failed to...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today announced the latest in a series of successful actions taken against defendants who allegedly misled and defrauded consumers through the telemarketing of "free" or...

Timothy J. Muris was sworn in yesterday as Chairman of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission. President George W. Bush named Muris, a Republican, on April 26, 2001 and he was confirmed by the Senate on May 25...

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement regarding the following and forwarded letters to the commentors of record...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has asked a U. S. District Court to permanently halt the deceptive claims of an aftermarket brake marketer, to award civil penalties for violations of an earlier FTC order...

On behalf of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") today filed a civil penalty complaint and proposed consent decree against Creative Publishing International ("CPI"), a...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today announced the following actions: Consent agreements given final approval: – Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today announced that through a stipulated final court order a California-based travel company will be required to cease all allegedly deceptive behavior, pay $20,000 into...