Commission Approves Divestiture by Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, Extends Monitor Trustee’s Term of Service for Six Months

The Commission has approved an application for proposed divestiture from Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. and Chicago Bridge & Iron Company (collectively CB&I). The application was filed in connection with the matter entitled In the Matter of Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. et al., and addresses the Commission’s divestiture order of December 2004 […]

Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Against “RemoteSpy” Defendants

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. District Court issued a preliminary injunction on November 25, 2008 barring Florida-based CyberSpy Software, LLC and its principal Tracer R. Spence from engaging in certain marketing activities that the FTC has alleged to be deceptive and unfair practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act. […]

Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Against “RemoteSpy” Defendants

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. District Court issued a preliminary injunction on November 25, 2008 barring Florida-based CyberSpy Software, LLC and its principal Tracer R. Spence from engaging in certain marketing activities that the FTC has alleged to be deceptive and unfair practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act. […]

FTC Rescinds Guidance from 1966 on Statements Concerning Tar and Nicotine Yields

The Federal Trade Commission has rescinded guidance issued in 1966 that generally permitted statements concerning tar and nicotine yields if they were based on the Cambridge Filter Method, sometimes called the FTC method. As a result, advertisers should no longer use terms suggesting the FTC’s endorsement or approval of any specific test method. The Cambridge […]

FTC Rescinds Guidance from 1966 on Statements Concerning Tar and Nicotine Yields

The Federal Trade Commission has rescinded guidance issued in 1966 that generally permitted statements concerning tar and nicotine yields if they were based on the Cambridge Filter Method, sometimes called the FTC method. As a result, advertisers should no longer use terms suggesting the FTC’s endorsement or approval of any specific test method. The Cambridge […]

Ripoff Artists Target Grandparents

Complaints are on the rise about a scam that preys on a grandparent’s love, according to the Federal Trade Commission. A scammer calls posing as a grandchild in distress, and tries to put the squeeze on the grandparent to wire money for repairing a car, paying a fine, or getting out of trouble in a […]

Ripoff Artists Target Grandparents

Complaints are on the rise about a scam that preys on a grandparent’s love, according to the Federal Trade Commission. A scammer calls posing as a grandchild in distress, and tries to put the squeeze on the grandparent to wire money for repairing a car, paying a fine, or getting out of trouble in a […]

FTC Launches Suit to Block Merger of CCC and Mitchell

The Federal Trade Commission has filed suit to block the merger of CCC Information Services Inc. and Mitchell International Inc., charging that the merger would hinder competition in the market for electronic systems used to estimate the cost of collision repairs, known as “estimatics,” and the market for software systems used to value passenger vehicles […]

Statement of FTC’s Bureau of Competition Regarding Announcement that Parties Have Terminated the Agreement for CCS Corporation to Acquire Newpark Environmental Services

Newpark Resources announced today that it has agreed to cancel its proposed $85 million sale of its Newpark Environmental Services business to CCS Corporation. This follows the October 23, 2008 announcement that the FTC would seek to block the proposed acquisition by filing suit in federal district court to halt the merger, pending a full […]

Statement by David Wales, Acting Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition

Statement by David Wales, Acting Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition, on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruling on November 21, 2008, that denies Whole Foods Market, Inc.’s petition for rehearing en banc of the appellate court’s reversal of the District Court’s decision in the Whole Foods […]