Commission Actions

ValueVision International, Inc., the third largest television "home shopping" network retailer in the United States, has agreed to pay a $215,000 civil penalty to resolve allegations that it violated...

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FTC Asks Court to Block Deceptive Spam Operation

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17 de Abr de 2003

The Federal Trade Commission has asked a U.S. District court judge to block an allegedly illegal spam operation that uses deceptively bland subject lines, false return addresses, and empty "reply-to"...

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Institute of Store Planners Settles FTC Charges That it Restrained Member Competition

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17 de Abr de 2003

The Federal Trade Commission today accepted for public comment a proposed consent order with the Institute of Store Planners (ISP), which would require the group to remove restrictions on competition...

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Westby Brian D., et al. (timeline item) - April 17, 2003

Date

17 de Abr de 2003

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Institute of Store Planners, In the Matter of (timeline item) - April 17, 2003

Date

17 de Abr de 2003

Agreement Containing Consent Order (8.5 KB)

Decision and Order (11.28 KB)

Complaint (9.24 KB)

Analysis of Proposed Consent Order to Aid Public Comment (5.68 KB)

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Rambus Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - April 17, 2003

Date

17 de Abr de 2003

Rambus Inc.'s Motion for Leave to File a Corrected Motion for In Camera Treatment of Documents That Complaint Counsel Identify as Potential Trial Exhibits (and the related Proposed Order) (17.33 KB)

Opposition By Respondent Rambus Inc. To Complaint Counsel's Motion In Limine Regarding Rambus's Patent Prosecution Efforts After June 1996 And Neil Steinberg's Opinions Regarding The Scope Of Rambus's Prior Patent Applications (3.88 MB)

ALJ's Order Granting Respondent Rambus Inc.'s Unopposed Motion For A Brief Extension Of Time To File Motion For In Camera Treatment Of Documents Pursuant To Commission Rule Of Practice 3.45(B) (79.27 KB)

Response Of Rambus Inc. To Complaint Counsel's Supplemental Memorandum In Support Of Their Motion To Compel Discovery On Crime-Fraud And Waiver Grounds (8.1 MB)

ALJ's Order Granting Motion Of Non-Parties Dr. Betty Prince And Mosaid Technologies Inc. For An Extension Of Time To Seek In Camera Production Of Documents (69.23 KB)

16 de Abr de 2003

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"Operation Protection Deception" Defendants to Pay $131,000 for Alleged FTC Act and Telemarketing Sales Rule Violations

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16 de Abr de 2003

A ring of defendants who allegedly defrauded thousands of consumers nationwide through a deceptive telemarketing pitch will pay more than $131,000 for consumer redress under a stipulated final court...

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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) - April 16, 2003

Date

16 de Abr de 2003

Respondents' Reply Findings Of Fact And Conclusions Of Law (1.43 MB)

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Union Oil Company of California, In the Matter of (timeline item) - April 16, 2003

Date

16 de Abr de 2003

Administrative Law Judge's Order Granting Respondent's Motion for the Issuance of Subpoenas Duces Tecum (100.01 KB)

Complaint Counsel's Withdrawal Of Its Response To Unocal's Motions For A Subpoena For The Production Of Documents From The California Air Resources Board And The United States Environmental Protection Agency (436.41 KB)

Advisory Opinions

Opinion 03-2

Date

16 de Abr de 2003

Discusses whether the Franchise Rule applies to a license agreement for the manufacture and distribution of a soil supplement.

15 de Abr de 2003

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FTC Requires Scientific Evidence for "Snore Formula" Claims

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15 de Abr de 2003

An Arizona-based company, Snore Formula, Inc., its officers, and a distributor have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they failed to have scientific substantiation for the claims...

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Union Oil Company of California, In the Matter of (timeline item) - April 15, 2003

Date

15 de Abr de 2003

Union Oil Company Of California's Opposition To Complaint Counsel's Request To Delay The Issuance Of Subpoenas To The Environmental Protection Agency And The California Air Resources Board (11.58 KB)

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Rambus Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - April 15, 2003

Date

15 de Abr de 2003

ALJ's Order Granting Complaint Counsel's Motion For Acceptance Of Corrected Version Of "Attachment A" To Complaint Counsel's Motion For Additional Adverse Inferences And Other Appropriate Relief Necessary To Remedy Rambus Inc.'s Intentional Spoliation Of (4.9 KB)

ALJ's Order Granting Complaint Counsel's Motion For Acceptance Of Corrected Version Of "Tab 9" To Complaint Counsel's Motion For Additional Adverse Inferences And Other Appropriate Relief Necessary To Remedy Rambus Inc.'S Intentional Spoliation Of Eviden (77.68 KB)

ALJ's Order Granting Micron Technology, Inc.'s Motion for Extension of Time (35.93 KB)

ALJ's Order Denying Complaint Counsel's Motion for Additional Adverse Inferences and Other Appropriate Relief (589.56 KB)

Order Denying Respondent's Motion for Summary Decision (26 KB)

Respondent's Unopposed Motion for the Issuance of Subpoenas Ad Testificandum (27.21 KB)

Complaint Counsel's Unopposed Motion for the Issuance of Subpoenas Ad Testificandum (5.04 MB)

Reply in Support of Complaint Counsel's Motion for Additional Adverse Inferences and Other Appropriate Relief Necessary to Remedy Rambus Inc.'s Intentional Spoliation of Evidence (2.02 MB)

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Snore Formula, Inc., et al., also d/b/a KJ Enterprises, In the Matter of (timeline item) - April 15, 2003

Date

15 de Abr de 2003

Complaint (21.81 KB)

Exhibits A-D (3.07 MB)

Agreement Containing Consent Order (37.33 KB)

Analysis of Proposed Consent Order to Aid Public Comment (8.58 KB)

14 de Abr de 2003

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Pfizer, Pharmacia Will Divest Assets to Settle FTC Charges

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14 de Abr de 2003

Pfizer Inc., and Pharmacia Corporation will divest pharmaceutical products in nine separate product markets to different third parties to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the merger of...

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