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April 16, 2008

Press Release

Appeals Court Affirms Order Requiring Seasilver Defendants to Pay Almost $120 Million in Diet Supplement Case

Date

April 16, 2008

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has upheld a district court ruling requiring marketers of Seasilver, an alleged phony cure-all, to pay almost $120 million for failing to comply with an...

Case Timeline Item

Tarriff, Scott; Edward Maloney, and Paul Campanelli (timeline item) - April 16, 2008

Date

April 16, 2008

Petition of the Federal Trade Commission for an Order Enforcing Subpoenas Ad Testificandum Issued in Furtherance of a Law Enforcement Investigation (1.51 MB)

Memorandum in Support of Petition of the Federal Trade Commission for an Order Enforcing Subpoenas Ad Testificandum (590.13 KB)

Order to Show Cause (76.21 KB)

Order (35.38 KB)

April 15, 2008

Press Release

Commission Approves Final Consent Order in Matter of Connecticut Chiropractic Association

Date

April 15, 2008

Commission approval of final consent orders: – Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved the issuance of a final consent order in the matter concerning the Connecticut...

Press Release

Business Opportunity Marketers Settle with FTC; Tempted Consumers with Sweet-Sounding Claims for Candy Machine Venture

Date

April 15, 2008

Lifestyle Vending, Inc., and its owners, Michael Eisenberg and Maryann McCulloh, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they misled consumers into paying thousands of dollars for...

Press Release

FTC, Tennessee Attorney General to Sponsor Advertising Event in Nashville Green Lights & Red Flags: Rules of the Road for Advertisers and Businesses

Date

April 15, 2008

A one-day “back to basics” workshop on complying with truth-in-advertising laws will take place in Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday, May 13, 2008, by the Federal Trade Commission and the Tennessee...

Case Timeline Item

Connecticut Chiropractic Association, The; Connecticut Chiropractic Council, The; and Robert L. Hirtle, Esq., In the Matter of (timeline item) - April 15, 2008

Date

April 15, 2008

Complaint (53.69 KB)

Decision and Order (50.79 KB)

Appendix A (11.15 KB)

Case Timeline Item

Goal Financial, LLC, In the Matter of (timeline item) - April 15, 2008

Date

April 15, 2008

Complaint (39.96 KB)

Exhibit A (61.11 KB)

Decision and Order (47.93 KB)

Case Timeline Item

Lifestyle Vending, Inc., a New York corporation; Michael Eisenberg, individually and as an officer of the corporation; and Mary Ann McCulloh, individually and as an officer of the corporation, Defendants, United States of America (for the Federal Trade (t

Date

April 15, 2008

Stipulated Judgment and Order For Permanent Injunction as to Defendants Michael Eisenberg, Mary Ann McCulloh and Lifestyle Vending Inc. (1.51 MB)

Advisory Opinions

Opinion 08-1

Date

April 15, 2008

Discusses the interplay between the recordkeeping requirements of the Telemarketing Sales Rule and the Do Not Call and Call Abandonment "safe harbor" provisions.

Opinion 08-1 (77.17 KB)

April 14, 2008

Public Statement

Panel: Obesity and Marketing to Kids: A Moving Target

Date

April 14, 2008

Panel: Obesity and Marketing to Kids: A Moving Target (58.5 KB)

Press Release

Federal Court Prohibits Three Defendants from Cramming Unauthorized Charges on Consumers Telephone Bills

Date

April 14, 2008

Three individuals have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges for their role in a massive scam that billed more than $34 million in unauthorized collect call charges to millions of...

Case Timeline Item

Nationwide Connections, Inc., Access One Communications, Inc., Network One Services, Inc. et al. (timeline item) - April 14, 2008

Date

April 14, 2008

Stipulated Final Judgment and Order For Permanent Injunction and Consumer Redress as to Defendant Yaret Garcia (1.26 MB)

Stipulated Final Judgment and Order For Permanent Injunction and Consumer Redress as to Defendant Erika Riaboukha (740.29 KB)

Stipulated Final Judgment and Order For Permanent Injunction and Consumer Redress as to Defendant Qaadir Kaid (633.98 KB)

April 10, 2008

Press Release

FTC Chairman William E. Kovacic to Participate in Seventh Annual International Competition Network Conference in Kyoto, Japan

Date

April 10, 2008

Federal Trade Commission Chairman William E. Kovacic will participate in the seventh annual International Competition Network (ICN) Conference in Kyoto, Japan, April 14-16, 2008, when senior...

Press Release

Defendant Settles with FTC in Cross-Border Telemarketing Fraud Case

Date

April 10, 2008

Charles P. Farrugia, a defendant in a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit against a fraudulent telemarketing scheme based in Canada, has agreed to settle FTC charges for his role in allegedly scamming...

Press Release

Do Not Call Registrations Permanent and Fees Telemarketers Pay to Access Registry Set

Date

April 10, 2008

Telephone numbers placed on the National Do Not Call Registry will remain on it permanently due to the Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007, which became law in February 2008. More than 157 million...

Case Timeline Item

Seasilver USA, Inc., et al. (timeline item) - April 10, 2008

Date

April 10, 2008

Memorandum Affirming the District Court Grant of the Commission's Motion to Enforce A Stipulated Judgment, and the District Court Denial of Defendants' Motion for Reconsideration (23.26 KB)

Case Timeline Item

Datacom Marketing Inc., et al. (timeline item) - April 10, 2008

Date

April 10, 2008

Stipulated Order For Permanent Injunction and Final Judgment Against Defendant Charles P. Farrugia (69.44 KB)

April 8, 2008

Testimony

FTC Testimony on Reauthorization

Date

April 8, 2008

For Fiscal Year 2007, the Commission was appropriated $211,290,755. Congress passed H.J. Res 20-PL110-5 the "Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007", the measure appropriated funding...

FTC Testimony on Reauthorization (111.31 KB)

Testimony

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On The Commission's Work To Protect Consumers and To Promote Competition, and On A Bill To Reauthorize the Commission

Date

April 8, 2008

William Kovacic, Former Chairman

Testimony (111.31 KB)

Public Statement

Oral Statement of Commissioner Jon Leibowitz on the Federal Trade Commission Reauthorization Act of 2008

Date

April 8, 2008

Oral Statement of Commissioner Jon Leibowitz on the Federal Trade Commission Reauthorization Act of 2008 (56.78 KB)

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