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Original Marketing, Inc.

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Original Marketing, Inc., two of its corporate officers and an affiliated advertising agency, have agreed to pay consumer refunds to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made false and...

O'Rourke/Andrisani Settlement

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The Federal Trade Commission has negotiated settlements in a business opportunity fraud case that, if approved by a federal district court in Florida, would net more than $600,000 for a consumer...

Tele-Communications, Inc.

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The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Tele-Communications, Inc. (TCI), settling charges that TCI's $1 billion-plus acquisition of TeleCable Corporation...

Thomas E. O'Day

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One of the defendants named in a 1994 Federal Trade Commission lawsuit has agreed to pay up to $350,000 for consumer redress, and to post a bond of $1 million to protect future customers before...

Orchid Technology

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The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Orchid Technology, settling charges that it misappropriated favorable reviews and tests of competitors' computer...

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

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The Federal Trade Commission has granted a petition from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) to set aside a 1976 consent order that prohibited AAOS from initiating, pub- lishing or...

Reebok International, Ltd

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Reebok International Ltd. and its subsidiary, The Rockport Company, Inc., have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they fixed the resale prices of their products. The FTC alleged...

National Dietary Research, Inc.

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National Dietary Research, Inc. (NDR) and its owner have agreed to pay $100,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made false and unsubstantiated claims for two products: Food Source...

Debra Mink

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The Federal Trade Commission has asked a federal district court to halt a nationwide job-placement service operating out of Monroe, Michigan, following charges that the firm's sole proprie- tor, Debra...

Boston Scientific Corporation

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The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Boston Scientific Corporation, settling charges that its acquisition of Cardiovascular Imaging Systems, Inc.(CVIS) and...

Cigarette Test Results--1993

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Total cigarette industry advertising and promotional expenditures for 1993 amounted to $6.03 billion, an increase of 15.4 percent over 1992, according to the Federal Trade Commission's annual report...

PFR d/b/a PFR and Awards Center

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The Federal Trade Commission has amended its court-filed complaint against PFR, Inc., d/b/a PFR and Awards Center, and its president, Joseph M. Mantashigian, by adding charges against Sherri L...

Louis Abramowitz

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Louis Abramowitz, who held senior positions in numerous corporate entities sued by the Federal Trade Commission over an allegedly deceptive scheme to sell vending machine business opportunities, has...

William E. Bailey

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William E. Bailey, one of the defendants in a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit brought in 1991 to halt the allegedly decep- tive promotion of fire-safety products and door-to-door sales jobs would be...

Nature's Bounty, Inc,

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Nature's Bounty, Inc., and two of its wholly-owned subsi- diaries have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission allega- tions that they made deceptive weight-loss, body-building, disease-treatment or...

Physicians Group, Inc.

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A Danville, Virginia physicians' group and its board of directors have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they conspired to prevent third-party payors from doing business, to fix...

Insulate Industries, Inc.

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Insulate Industries, Inc., of Kent and Auburn, Washington, and company vice-president and co-owner Garry E. Wamsley, have been charged by the Federal Trade Commission with misrepresenting the...

General Motors Corporation

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The Federal Trade Commission has terminated a 1942 consent order against General Motors Corporation and General Motors Sales Corporation. The order settled antitrust allegations that General Motors...

B.A.T. Industries PLC

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The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with B.A.T Industries p.l.c. and its subsidiary, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation . The agreement settles antitrust...