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February 3, 2012

• For Release: February 3, 2012
  FTC Action Halts Telemarketers Who Sold Bogus Credit CardsAllegedly Charged Illegal Up-Front Fee, Took Consumers' Money Without Their Consent

February 1, 2012

• For Release: February 1, 2012
  FTC Settlement Bans Billing Scheme Operators from Negative-Option Sales Defendants Ordered to Pay Almost $10 Million; Billed Consumers Without Their Consent
• For Release: February 1, 2012
  Prepaid Phone Card Marketers Agree to Pay $2.32 Million to Settle FTC ChargesCards Failed to Deliver the Advertised Minutes
• For Your Information: February 1, 2012
  FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges that LabCorp's Proposed Acquisition of Orchid Cellmark Inc. was Anticompetitive in Market for Paternity Testing ServicesFollowing a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings' (LabCorp) proposed acquisition of rival firm Orchid Cellmark Inc. (Orchid) would have illegally reduced competition in the U.S. market for paternity testing services provided to government agencies.