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November 15, 2006
November 14, 2006
Chairman announces appointments for policy development, and other personnel matters in the Bureau of Competition
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Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today announced several recent appointments and promotions that reinforce the agency’s commitment to maintaining a leadership role in competition enforcement and policy...
FTC, Better Business Bureaus to Sponsor Advertising Workshops in Ohio
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The Federal Trade Commission is presenting half-day “back to basics” workshops on complying with truth-in-advertising laws, Green Lights & Red Flags: FTC-BBB Rules of the Road for Advertisers &...
Statement of Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras on the Council of Better Business Bureaus' Children's Food and Advertising Initiative
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“I am highly encouraged by the Council of Better Business Bureaus’ initiative on children’s food and beverage advertising, and I commend the Council for taking these important steps. The Federal Trade...
Commission Authorizes Filing of Joint Amicus Brief in Matters of SAFECO Insurance Company of America v. Burr and GEICO General Insurance Company v. Edo
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Commission authorization of staff amicus brief filing: The Commission has voted to join in an amicus brief filed in the Supreme Court by the United States in the consolidated cases of Safeco Insurance...
Mary Beth Richards Appointed Deputy Director of the FTCs Bureau of Consumer Protection
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today announced that Mary Beth Richards will join the agency as Deputy Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection. Richards comes to the FTC...
November 13, 2006
Court Shuts Down Media Motor Spyware Operation
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A U.S. district court has shut down an operation that secretly downloaded multiple malevolent software programs, including spyware, onto millions of computers without consumers’ consent, degrading...
Case Timeline Item
QT, Inc.; Q-Ray Company, et al. (timeline item) - November 13, 2006
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Final Judgment Order
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Safeco Ins. Co. v. Burr; GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. v. Edo
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06-84, 06-100
Joint brief of the United States and the Federal Trade Commission, as amici curiae in these consolidated cases, urging vacatur and remand in Safeco, and reversal in GEICO. The brief argues that, under...
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November 9, 2006
Newport Group Owners Settle FTC Charges
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Two Canadian brothers and their companies, charged by the Federal Trade Commission in 2003 with deceptively telling elderly U.S. consumers they had won the Australian or other foreign lotteries, have...
Federal Register Notice
Thermo Electron Corporation; Analysis of Agreement Containing Consent Orders to Aid Public Comment
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Federal Register Notice
Zango, Inc., Formerly Known as 180solutions, Inc.; Analysis of Proposed Consent Order to Aid Public Comment
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Case Timeline Item
627867 B.C. LTD. d/b/a Newport Group, et al. (timeline item) - November 9, 2006
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November 8, 2006
FTC Stops Scheme That Did Not Deliver on Post Office Job Promises
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An operation that sold worthless prep materials for post office jobs that didn’t exist will give up almost all of their assets to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the scam violated federal...
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Simmons, Wayne, a/k/a Wayne Simmons, a/k/a Wayne Stevens, Career Success, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company, Information Resources of Nashville, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company, Defendants (timeline item) - November 8, 2006
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Final Judgment and Permanent Injunction
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