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24 de Dic de 2008
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Credit Repair Company Agrees to Settle FTC Charges; Company Made False Claims About Its Credit Repair Services
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A credit repair company that lured consumers with false claims for credit repair services and required advance payment ranging from $500 to as much as $2,500 has agreed to settle Federal Trade...
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FTC Issues Interim Final Rules Amending Parts 3 and 4 of its Rules of Practice; Rules are Designed to Expedite and Streamline the Entire Part 3 Proceeding
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The Federal Trade Commission today approved a notice adopting interim final rules amending Parts 3 and 4 of the agency’s Rules of Practice, and requesting public comments within 30 days of the date...
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Commission Approves Federal Register Notice Adjusting Civil Penalty Amounts
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The FTC has approved a Federal Register notice amending Commission Rule 1.98 to adjust its civil penalty dollar amounts in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990...
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FTC Town Hall to Address Digital Rights Management Technologies
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The Federal Trade Commission and the Technology Law and Public Policy Clinic at the University of Washington School of Law will host a conference on the use of digital rights management technologies...
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Consumer Advice to Ring in the New Year
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As 2008 draws to a close, the Federal Trade Commission has nine consumer tips that can yield big dividends next year. Recognizing a good deal, staying safe online, managing credit and debt, and...
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FTC Orders Nine Insurers to Submit Information for Study of the Effect of Credit-Based Insurance Scores on Consumers of Homeowners Insurance
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The Federal Trade Commission has ordered nine insurance companies to produce information for a study on the use and effect of credit-based insurance scores on consumers of homeowners insurance. The...
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FTC Issues Third Interim Report to Congresson Results of Studies Required by FACT Act
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The Federal Trade Commission has issued an interim report to Congress under Section 319 of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003, which requires the FTC to study the accuracy and...
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FTC Files Comment with Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission About Retail Electricity Pricing and Customer Participation
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The FTC has approved the filing of a comment with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PA PUC) concerning the PA PUC’s implementation plan for its Energy Efficiency and Conservation Program...
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Inverness Medical Innovations Settles FTC Charges That it Stifled Future Competition in U.S. Market for Consumer Pregnancy Tests
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Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc., has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it acted illegally to maintain its monopoly on consumer pregnancy tests in the United States when it...
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Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - December 23, 2008
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Agreement Containing Consent Order
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Decision and Order
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Complaint
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Payneless Credit Repair, LLC, and Lesley L. Payne (timeline item) - December 23, 2008
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22 de Dic de 2008
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Economics Director Michael Baye to Leave FTC
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman William E. Kovacic announced today that Michael R. Baye, director of the Bureau of Economics for the past year and a half, will leave the FTC on December 31 to return...
19 de Dic de 2008
Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Rosch, In the Matter of Whole Foods Market, Inc., and Wild Oats Markets, Inc.
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J. Thomas Rosch, Former Commissioner
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071 0114
Docket Number
9324
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FTC Intervenes in Teva Pharmaceutical Industries' Proposed $8.9 Billion Acquisition of Barr Pharmaceuticals
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Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd.’s has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that its proposed $8.9 billion acquisition of rival generic drugmaker Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. would be...
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FTC Settles Charges with Telemarketers Who Duped Elderly Consumers
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At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal district court has entered orders settling charges against three telemarketers who allegedly duped consumers, most of whom were elderly, into...
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Subprime Credit Card Marketer to Provide At Least $114 Million in Consumer Redress to Settle FTC Charges of Deceptive Conduct
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CompuCredit Corporation, a company marketing Visa and MasterCard credit cards to consumers in the subprime credit market, has agreed to reverse fees charged to eligible consumers’ accounts to settle...
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