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Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission staff has advised the Northwestern Nevada Orthopaedic Surgery Alliance, an independent physician association comprised of eight competing orthopedists in Washoe County, Nevada...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today announced a proposed agreement with J. Walter Thompson USA, Inc., settling charges that it engaged in deceptive practices in connection with the advertising it...

Summit Communications Group, Inc. and seven Wometco Cable TV companies operating in Georgia (collectively referred to below as Wometco) have agreed to settle Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission charges that they...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has terminated a 1954 consent order against Harley-Davidson Motor Company. The order pro- hibited Harley-Davidson from selling its products on the condition that the...

WestPoint Stevens, Inc., the successor to West Point- Pepperell, Inc., has petitioned the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission to reopen and vacate a 1988 consent order stemming from West Point Pepperells's...

Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky has announced the appointment of Teresa Moran Schwartz to serve as Deputy Director of the Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection, effective...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has issued an order staying the administrative proceeding raising allegations that New Balance Athletic Shoes, Inc. made deceptive "made in USA" claims for its footwear...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission announced today that it has dismissed a complaint against Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers, Florida, because any potential harm to consumers as alleged in the complaint...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today announced that it will conduct a comprehensive review of consumers' perceptions of "made in USA" advertising claims. The Commission will hold a public workshop and...

Valspar Corporation has petitioned the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission to set aside a provision in an order requiring the company, until 2003, to obtain the FTC's approval prior to acquiring assets used in...

Mannesmann, A.G., a German firm, has petitioned the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission to delete a provision in a 1992 order requiring the company, until 2002, to obtain the FTC's approval before acquiring an...

McWhorter Technologies, Inc., a specialty chemical company based in Carpentersville, Illinois, has asked the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission to approve its proposed acquisition of RUCO Polymer Corporation...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission will host a public workshop/conference to discuss issues raised during the review of the Franchise Rule. The workshop will be held September 12-14 at the Crown Sterling...

In the first cases to emerge from a nationwide Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission crackdown on funeral homes that fail to give consumers the price lists and other information they're entitled to, the FTC and...

Ruzich Funeral Home, Inc., a firm operating in Chicago, Illinois and Whiting, Indiana, has agreed to settle Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission charges that it failed to provide consumers with a printed price...

Local Health System, Inc., of Port Huron, Michigan, and two other entities have agreed to settle Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission charges stemming from the proposed merger of Port Huron Hospital and Mercy...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has approved the request of Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation to divest the HCA Aiken Regional Medical Center, located in Aiken, South Carolina, to Universal Health...

McWhorter Technologies, Inc. has petitioned the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission to delete a provision in an order requiring the company, until 2003, to obtain the FTC's approval before acquiring assets used...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has ruled that certain member dealers of the Detroit Automobile Dealers Association (DADA) are not exempt from antitrust laws under the nonstatutory labor exemption. After...

Packing the family up for a sun-filled July 4th outing? Along with the essential hot dogs, beach towels and lemonade, don't forget to include a sun protection product that provides the best available...