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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...

Presenting Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission testimony today before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Bureau of Competition Director Molly S. Boast said the Commission has taken a lead role in promoting...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today told Congress that the boom in e-commerce has created a fertile ground for fraud. Testifying before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today announced that TRUSTe, an Internet privacy seal program, has been approved as a "safe harbor" program under the terms of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act...

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement regarding the following: DTE Energy Co. and MCN Energy. The Commission...

Following the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission and Canadian law enforcement authorities recent announcement of the broadest sweeps ever targeting international credit card "protection" fraud, the Commission...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has reached a consent agreement with Juno Online Services, Inc. ("Juno"), a national Internet Service Provider ("ISP"), over charges that advertising for its "free" and...

Commission denial of petition for rulemaking proceeding: The Commission has denied a petition requesting an FTC rulemaking proceeding regarding: The advertising and marketing of basmati and jasmine...

Gateway, Inc., one of the largest domestic marketers of personal computers ("PCs"), has agreed to settle Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission allegations that the company misrepresented the cost of its "Gateway...

The staff of the Bureau of Economics and of Policy Planning of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has submitted comments to the Energy Information Administration (EIA) concerning EIA's proposal to expand...

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved two final consent agreements in related matters with the following: 1) Hoechst Marion Roussel...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission and the National Advertising Division ("NAD") of the Council of Better Business Bureaus will hold a free one-day public workshop on May 22, 2001. It will explore how...

As part of its ongoing "Project ScholarScam," a law enforcement and consumer education effort to combat fraudulent scholarship promotion schemes, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission announced that College...

Continuing to caution consumers about the dangers of "credit card protection" fraud, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today announced a court settlement with Liberty Direct, Inc. ("Liberty Direct") and...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today announced the completion of its investigation of various marketing and distribution practices employed by the major oil refiners in Arizona, California, Nevada...

Commission approval of proposed divestitures: The Commission has approved five divestiture requests from El Paso Energy Corp. regarding the following: 1) the sale of a 0.48 percent interest as a...

Staff of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission's Division of Â鶹´«Ã½ today announced that they have sent warning letters to more than 60 manufacturers and retailers of ultrasonic pest-control devices...

Modern Concept Marketing, Inc., its president, Joseph Moadeb, and its vice president, Sam Jenkala, have agreed to pay $2 million for consumer redress to settle federal charges that they operated a...

On Friday, April 27, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted preliminary approval to a plan of distribution in the FTC's and the 50 states' settlement in the lawsuit against Mylan...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today once again reminds students to choose their travel providers carefully and announces it has settled the last case of alleged travel fraud brought through 1999's...