News Releases for April 2006

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For Your Information: April 28, 2006
Commission Staff Provides Comments to FDA on Whole Grain Labeling Statements; FTC Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on DNC Registry Fee Changes
The Commission has received a petition from Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Corporation, requesting that the FTC reopen and set aside the decision and order concerning J&J’s proposed acquisition of Guidant Corporation (Guidant);Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved a proposed divestiture by The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) related to its recent acquisition of The Gillette Company (Gillette);The Commission has authorized the staffs of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, Bureau of Economics, and Office of Policy Planning to file comments with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) concerning the FDA’s recently issued draft guidance for industry and agency staff on labeling statements about the whole grain content of food products;The Commission has approved the publication of a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register that would amend the Telemarketing Sales Rule to revise the fees charged for industry access to the National Do Not Call Registry;Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved the issuance of a final consent order in the matter concerning Valassis Communications, Inc.

For Your Information: April 25, 2006
Commission Approves Request for Temporary Fiber Designation
The Commission has granted Mohawk Industries, Inc., E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, and PTT Poly Canada a temporary alphanumeric designation for a new fiber product they have created.

For Release: April 24, 2006
Bureau of Competition Issues FY 2005 Summary of Pharmaceutical Company Settlement Agreements
The Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition today issued a summary of agreements filed with the Commission in fiscal year 2005 (ending September 30, 2005) by generic and branded drug manufacturers.

For Your Information: April 21, 2006
Commission Approves Final Consent Order in Matter of Allergan/Inamed
Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved the issuance of a final consent order in the matter concerning Allergan, Inc.’s acquisition of Inamed Corporation.

For Release: April 19, 2006
FTC Joins Foreign Partners in Recommending International Efforts to Combat Spam
The FTC has joined its foreign partners in calling for stepped up cross-border law enforcement cooperation and increased public/private sector cooperation to combat spam.
For Your Information: April 19, 2006
Court Halts Bogus Invention Promotion Claims
Orders $26 Million in Redress For Consumers; Less Than One Percent of Customers Received Royalties From Their Patents That Exceeded the Amount They Paid to the ‘Promoters’

For Your Information: April 18, 2006
FTC Receives Petition from Koninklijke Ahold N.V. and Bruno’s Supermarkets to Reopen and Modify Commission Final Order
The Commission has received a petition from Koninklijke Ahold N.V. (Ahold) and Bruno’s Supermarkets, Inc. (Bruno’s) requesting that the FTC reopen and modify a final decision and order dated January 16, 2002.
For Release: April 18, 2006
FTC Bans Repeat Offender from Telemarketing
Scammers Sold Bogus Bartender and Mystery Shopper Certification Programs

For Release: April 17, 2006
Maryanne Kane, Chief of Staff, to Leave FTC After 28 Years of Service
Brian Huseman Named New Chief of Staff
For Release: April 17, 2006
Button Pushers’ Settle FTC Spamming Charges

For Your Information: April 14, 2006
FTC Issues 28th Annual Report on Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
The Commission has authorized the staff to release publicly the 28th Annual Report to Congress on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA)

For Release: April 12, 2006
FTC Staff: Proposed Florida Legislation to Allow Interstate Direct Shipping Would Benefit Consumers and Competition, Lead to More Variety and Lower Prices

For Your Information: April 11, 2006
Commission authorization of staff comments to Hawaii State Sen. Fukunaga re. HI SB 2200
In comments provided this week to Hawaii State Senator Carol Fukunaga, Federal Trade Commission staff warned that a proposed registry for Hawaii children's e-mail addresses may provide pedophiles and other dangerous persons with a list of children whose addresses are in the registry, and that a registry may increase the amount of e-mail spam sent to registered addresses.

For Release: April 6, 2006
FTC, California Attorney General Halt Illegal Spam Operation
More Than A Million of the Operation's Spam Messages Forwarded by Consumers to the FTC
For Release: April 6, 2006
Sellers of Children’s Weight-Loss Product Settle FTC Charges
The marketers of Pedia Loss, a purported children's weight-loss product, and Fabulously Feminine, a supposed female libido enhancement product, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made false and misleading claims about their products.

For Release: April 5, 2006
FTC Proposes New Business Opportunity Rule
The Federal Trade Commission is proposing a rule to protect consumers from bogus business opportunities and further enhance law enforcement efforts in this area.

For Release: April 4, 2006
‘Advance-Fee Credit Card’ Swindlers Settle FTC Charges
Two corporate defendants and their principals have settled Federal Trade Commission charges for duping consumers into paying an advance fee for credit cards they never received, in violation of the FTC Act and the FTC’s Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR).
Para Su Difusión: 4 de abril de 2006
Los Estafadores de un Caso de ‘Tarjetas de Crédito con Cargo Adelantado’ Resuelven los Cargos de la FTC

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