Explore all collections
These collections sit alongside the FTC decisions search, adding advisory opinions, rules, staff interpretations and other consumer-law reference materials. Choose a collection to understand its sources and limits, browse the available topics, or search all eight collections together.
All sets in this library, grouped by what they are for. Every set keeps its own page and URL.
FTC decisions
- By decade Browse chronologically
- By respondent Company and individual names, A to Z
- By topic Practices and statutes
- By outcome Orders, dismissals, consent decrees
- By document type Opinions, orders, findings
- By volume As published in F.T.C. Decisions
- Most-cited decisions The 200 decisions later cases rely on most
- Order status Which orders were set aside or modified
Statutes & rules
- Federal consumer statutes 7 statutes. FTC Act, TILA, FCRA, ECOA, FDCPA, EFTA, RESPA
- Current regulations (CFR) 93 documents. 16 CFR chapter I and CFPB Regulations B, E, F, V, X, Z
- State UDAP statutes All 50 states and DC: each consumer-protection act, side by side
- FTC rule notices 137 notices. Statements of basis and purpose for trade regulation rules
- Trade practice rules 379 rules. Industry rules, plus the CFR text
- Regulation Z commentary 71 documents. Official interpretations, section by section
- Regulation Z history 171 documents. Federal Reserve circulars and interpretations, 1969 onward
- Federal Register notices 223 notices. FTC rules, orders and notices before 1994
Guidance
- Advisory opinions 552 opinions. FTC advisory opinions and opinion letters
- Staff letters 183 letters. FCRA and FDCPA staff opinion letters
- FTC policy statements 62 documents. Policy statements, enforcement policy and joint guidelines
- CFPB enforcement actions 386 cases. Complaints, consent orders and judgments, grouped by case
- Penalty offense notices 23 notices. Notices by topic, recipients and cited decisions
- CFPB guidance and rules 81 documents. Interpretive rules, advisory opinions, policy statements
- CFPB supervisory highlights 40 documents. Supervisory Highlights, bulletins and memoranda
- FTC annual reports 106 reports. Annual reports of the Commission, 1915 onward
Advisory opinions
These are advisory opinion digests and letters printed by the Commission in the F.T.C. Decisions volumes, answering questions about proposed business conduct. Browse by topic or open an entry for its date, citation and source-volume link. Digests may be incomplete, and automatically detected topics are navigation aids.
552 entries. Open advisory opinions · Browse by topic · Search collections
Trade practice rules
These historical industry trade practice rules come from references in the printed FTC decision volumes, alongside a separate collection of CFR text. Browse historical rules by decade or choose an industry to find the decisions mentioning its rule. The historical list is partial and many rules are obsolete.
379 entries. Open trade practice rules · Browse by decade · Search collections
Staff letters
These informal FTC staff opinion letters interpret the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Browse by statute and section, then open a letter to read its full published text. Staff letters are not binding Commission rulings and many have been superseded.
183 entries. Open staff letters · Browse by section · Search collections
Penalty offense notices
These FTC Notices of Penalty Offenses identify practices already found unlawful in litigated Commission decisions. Open a topic to see the FTC's published recipient list, cited decisions and source PDFs. Receiving a notice is not a finding that a company violated the law.
23 entries. Open penalty offense notices · Browse recipients · Browse by year · Search collections
State UDAP statutes
This comparison brings together the consumer-protection statutes of every state and the District of Columbia, using the linked official sources. Compare private actions, damages, fees and clauses referring to FTC interpretations across the state rows. Check the current official code before relying on a statute.
51 entries. Open state udap statutes · Browse by provision · Search collections
Order status
This research aid classifies whether FTC orders in the library remain in force, were set aside or were modified. The classifications use the 1995 Federal Register policy statement and the disposition recorded in each decision. Find an order by respondent or status and follow the decision links to verify the classification.
1 entry. Open order status · Browse by status · Search collections
Most-cited decisions
This list ranks the 200 decisions that later FTC decisions in the library cite most often. Counts come from citations detected in the indexed text and measure distinct citing decisions. Open a decision to see its later citations, keeping in mind that OCR errors can cause undercounts.
1 entry. Open most-cited decisions · Browse by decade · Browse by topic · Search collections
Library
The library brings together statutes, regulations, CFPB materials, FTC policy documents, annual reports and Federal Register materials from their published sources. Choose a document category, or search the document titles alongside the other collections. Open an entry for its text and available source links.
1,377 entries. Open library · Browse by year · Browse by agency · Search collections