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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today announced the first court settlement resulting from a series of travel fraud complaints brought in August of 1999 and together termed "Operation Trip Trap." Through...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today announced the publication of a notice in the Â鶹´«Ã½ Register requesting public comment on the Commission's Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR), which was mandated by...

Applications for approval of transactions: The Commission has received a petition from the following entity for approval of a transaction: ExxonMobil Corporation. In its petition, ExxonMobil has...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has launched a three-part initiative to help consumers combat identity theft. Identity theft occurs when con artists hijack a consumer's personal identifying information -...

In remarks presented today before the Cutting Edge Antitrust Conference of Law Seminars International at New York City's Empire Hotel, Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky outlined...

Staff of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission's Bureau of Economics have submitted comments to the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) on its implementation of provisions of the Virginia Electric...

Cyrk, Inc., the Gloucester, Massachusetts company that markets the Beanie Babies Official Clubâ„¢ ("BBOC") and related products, has agreed to pay $216,000 in civil penalties for failure to make timely...

"The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission staff is conducting a routine inquiry of DoubleClick, Inc., to determine whether it has engaged in unfair or deceptive practices in violation of Section 5 of the Â鶹´«Ã½...

Applications for approval of transactions: The Commission has received a petition from the following entity for approval of a transaction: El Paso Energy Corporation. In its petition, El Paso has...

In a coordinated law enforcement initiative targeting con artists that prey on Internet auction users, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission, Department of Justice, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the National...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today announced the following actions: Amended complaints: The Commission has voted to file an amended complaint in the following matter: atariz.com, adding Gregory...

With Valentine's Day quickly approaching and more consumers heading to the mall and the Internet to buy jewelry for that special someone, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has released two newly updated...

Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky said today that the revolution in Internet commerce "surpasses anything we have seen since the communications and transportation developments at the...

The Nahdree Group, Ltd. -- a New York-based manufacturer of women's evening and special occasion wear -- has agreed to pay a $10,000 civil penalty to settle charges that it violated the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade...

What: A press conference to announce three prong federal-state, public-private initiative to tackle online auction fraud. The event kicks off National Consumer Protection Week, which this year focuses...

In testimony presented to the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce and Tourism today, the five Commissioners of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission detailed the agency's recent...

Washington - The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission and the Department of Commerce announced today they will host a workshop to explore the use of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms for consumer...

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 with...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has negotiated a settlement agreement with an Atlanta, Georgia company, under which the company has agreed to pay $250,000 in consumer redress for allegedly misleading...

Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received applications for the approval of three transactions from the following: Exxon Mobil Corporation. The applications regard Exxon Mobil's...