Commission Actions

Cross-border fraud is a serious problem, and it appears to be growing. Consumers in the U.S. and abroad lose billions of dollars a year to telemarketers operating from "boiler rooms" across the border...

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FTC Chairman Briefs House Committee on Energy and Commerce about the Telemarketing Sales Rule's "Do Not Call" Amendments

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8 de Ene de 2003

During testimony today before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris provided an overview of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (the Rule or TSR)...

Federal Register Notice

Baxter International, Inc., and Wyeth Corporation; Analysis to Aid Public Comment

Date

8 de Ene de 2003

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Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V., Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, and Pitt-Des Moines, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - January 8, 2003

Date

8 de Ene de 2003

Complaint Counsel's Opposition to Respondents' Motion to Withdraw Stipulated Documents From Evidence (663.11 KB)

ALJ Order Granting Respondents' Motions for In Camera Treatment (73.31 KB)

Complaint Counsel's Opposition to Respondents' Motion to Withdraw Stipulated Documents From Evidence (31.59 KB)

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Rambus Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - January 8, 2003

Date

8 de Ene de 2003

Rambus Inc.'s Corrected Reply to Complaint Counsel's Response Regarding Motion by the Department of Justice to Limit Discovery (18.09 KB)

7 de Ene de 2003

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Announced Action for January 7, 2003

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7 de Ene de 2003

The Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice announcing the 2003 regulatory review of the rules and regulations under the FTC's Hobby Protection Act, the Tire Advertising...

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Rambus Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - January 7, 2003

Date

7 de Ene de 2003

Memorandum by Rambus Inc. in Response to Motion by Department of Justice to Limit Discovery Relating to the Dram Grand Jury (898.5 KB)

ALJ Order Granting Skjerven Morrill LLP an Extension of Time to Move to Limit Subpoena (30.53 KB)

Declaration of Steven M. Perry in Response to Motion by Department of Justice to Limit Discovery Relating to the DRAM Grand Jury (15.24 KB)

6 de Ene de 2003

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Schering-Plough Corporation, Upsher-Smith Laboratories, and American Home Products Corporation, In the Matter of (timeline item) - January 6, 2003

Date

6 de Ene de 2003

Order Granting Motion for Leave to File Reply Memorandum; Denying Motion to Strike Reliance on FTC Study; and Permitting Each Party to File a Brief Addressing Cited Facts Contained Therein (8.19 KB)

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Rambus Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - January 6, 2003

Date

6 de Ene de 2003

Complaint Counsels Response to Memorandum by Rambus Inc. in Response to Motion by Department of Justice to Limit Discovery Relating to the Dram Grand Jury (724.8 KB)

Rambus Inc.'s Reply to Complaint Counsel's Response Regarding Motion by the Department of Justice to Limit Discovery (46.47 KB)

Rambus Inc.'s Second Set of Requests for Admissions to the Federal Trade Commission (66.08 KB)

3 de Ene de 2003

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Announced Actions for January 3, 2003

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3 de Ene de 2003

Application for proposed divestiture: The Commission has received an application for proposed divestiture from MSC.Software Corporation (MSC) , pursuant to a July 6, 2002 agreement and consent order...

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MSC.Software Corporation (timeline item) - January 3, 2003

Date

3 de Ene de 2003

Petition of MSC.Software for Approval of Proposed Divestiture (240.5 KB)

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Rambus Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - January 3, 2003

Date

3 de Ene de 2003

ALJ Order Denying Motion to Quash Filed on Behalf of Third-Party De Dios & Associates (38.17 KB)

ALJ Order Granting NEC Electronics, Inc.'s Motion for Extension of Time to Repsond to Rambus' Motion to Compel (10.13 KB)

Complaint Counsels Statement in Support of Department of Justices Motion to Limit Discovery Relating to Dram Grand Jury (22.58 KB)

2 de Ene de 2003

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FTC, Better Business Bureau, Electronic Retailing Association, and Promotion Marketing Association Sponsor Advertising Law Workshop in Chicago

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2 de Ene de 2003

On Tuesday, January 14, 2003, the Federal Trade Commission and its Midwest Region Office, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) of Chicago and Northern Illinois, the Electronic Retailing Association, and...

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Rambus Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - January 2, 2003

Date

2 de Ene de 2003

ALJ Order Denying Rambus' Motion to Compel (55.87 KB)

Non-party NEC Electronics, Inc.'s Unopposed Motion for an Extension of Time to Respond to Rambus' Motion to Compel (13.17 KB)

1 de Ene de 2003

Report

Competition Among Hospitals

Date

1 de Ene de 2003

Our objective is to determine the effect of ownership type (for-profit, not-for-profit, government) on firm conduct in hospital markets. Secondary objectives include estimating hospital demand systems...

Competition Among Hospitals (337.96 KB)

Report

Have Lazear-Style Implicit Contracts Disappeared?

Date

1 de Ene de 2003

A well-known theory (Lazear, 1979) argues that wage patterns in which younger workers are underpaid relative to marginal revenue product and older workers are overpaid relative to marginal revenue...

Have Lazear-Style Implicit Contracts Disappeared? (127.7 KB)

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