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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today announced that it is clarifying the test it will apply when a respondent to a final order requests that it be reopened and modified on public interest grounds. In a...

Tired of wearing glasses or contact lenses? Considering Lasik eye surgery? Before you sign up for the procedure, get the clear picture on what you can expect. So suggests the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission...

A federal district court has issued a temporary restraining order against The Car Wash Guys International, Inc., based in Agoura Hills, California, at the request of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission. The...

Handicapped Industries Midwest, Inc., seven other corporations, and six individuals charged by the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission with selling household goods at inflated prices by misrepresenting that...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission and Indiana Attorney General's office today announced the results of a sweep of 46 funeral homes in the Indianapolis metropolitan area to test for compliance with the FTC...

Following a public comment period, the Commission has ruled on an application for approval of a transaction from the following: Exxon Mobil Corporation. The application concerns Exxon Mobil's two...

Star Publishing Group, Inc., doing business as National Consumer Services, and its president, Kent Hopkins, have agreed to pay $100,000 in redress to settle Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission charges that they...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today authorized staff to seek a preliminary injunction to block the proposed acquisition of McCall Pattern Company (McCall) by Conso International Corp. (Conso), citing...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today issued an interim report to Congress on its investigation into recent Midwest gas price increases that sets forth the reasons the Commission launched the...

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the following: Riley Manufactured Homes, Inc. The Commission vote to...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today issued the second part of its report on online profiling by network advertisers. The Commission unanimously applauded the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) for...

A plan to establish a network of independent pharmacies in Massachusetts and Connecticut that will market a package of medication-related patient care services provided by participating pharmacies to...

Seven large Internet e-tailers agreed to settle Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission charges they violated the Mail and Telephone Order Rule during the 1999 holiday shopping season by providing buyers inadequate...

Quality Maintenance Supplies, Inc., based in Chicago, and its principal, Joanne M. Drobut, have agreed to settle Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission charges that they shipped and billed consumers for unordered...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today announced that through its formal rulemaking process it has approved two amendments to the Care Labeling Rule, 16 C.F.R. Part 423, while not adopting two other...

Consent agreement given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the following: J & R Research. The Commission vote to finalize the...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today announced a consent agreement through which the proposed supermarket merger of Establissements Delhaize Freres et Cie "Le Lion" S.A. and Delhaize America, Inc....

Operators of "free" adult Web sites, who claimed they required a credit card number just to verify consumers' age, but then placed unauthorized charges on consumers' credit cards, have agreed to...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today issued a staff report addressing many competition and consumer protection issues that arise in restructuring the electric power industry. The report, "Competition...

In a settlement announced today by the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission, Toysmart.com ("Toysmart") has agreed to settle charges the company violated Section 5 of the FTC Act by misrepresenting to consumers...