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October 10, 2007
FTC Stops International Spamming Enterprise that Sold Bogus Hoodia and Human Growth Hormone Pills
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Spammers must stop sending unwanted and illegal e-mail messages about hoodia weight-loss products and human growth hormone anti-aging products that the Federal Trade Commission alleges don’t work. At...
Providers of Locations for Business Opportunities Ordered to Stop Misrepresentations
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Four members of a South Carolina family have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they operated “location services” companies that falsely promised to find locations for their customers’...
Alleged Swindlers Agree to Settle FTC Charges of Deceptive Business Opportunity Sales
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Two persons who operated a business opportunity scam have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they tricked more than 1,300 consumers into paying between $5,000 and $25,000 for a...
Federal Register Notice
Mylan Laboratories and E. Merck oHG; Analysis of Agreement Containing Consent Orders to Aid Public Comment
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Federal Register Notice
Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules
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Collecting Consumer Debts: The Challenges of Change
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The FTC hosted a workshop to explore changes in the debt collection industry and examine their impact on consumers and businesses. The event brought together consumer advocates, industry...
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Business Card Experts, Inc., d/b/a BCE Media, Inc., et al. (timeline item) - October 10, 2007
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Appendix A (attached to both Orders)
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Appendix B (attached to both Orders)
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October 9, 2007
FTC Advisory Opinion: Debt Collectors May Inform Consumers That Collection Efforts Have Ceased
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The Federal Trade Commission has issued an advisory opinion clarifying when the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act allows a debt collector to notify a consumer that it has ceased trying to collect a...
Remarks by FTC Chairman to Open Debt Collection Workshop October 10-11
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras will provide opening remarks to begin the FTC’s two-day public workshop to explore changes in the debt collection industry and examine their...
Federal Enforcers Target List Brokers
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The Federal Trade Commission has joined forces with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois to halt an illegal operation that sold lists of...
FTC Challenges Kyphons Acquisition of Disc-O-Tech
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced a complaint challenging Kyphon, Inc.’s (Kyphon) proposed acquisition of the spinal assets of Disc-O-Tech Medical Technologies, Ltd. and Discotech...
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Kyphon, Inc., Disc-O-Tech Medical Technologies Ltd. et al., In the Matter of (timeline item) - October 9, 2007
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Agreement Containing Consent Orders
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Decision and Order
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Order to Hold Separate and Maintain Assets
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Complaint
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Herbs Nutrition Corporation and Syed M. Jafry, In the Matter of (timeline item) - October 9, 2007
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Order Designating Administrative Law Judge
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October 5, 2007
FTC Charges Marketers of Weight-Loss Cure Book with Misrepresenting Books Contents
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged the marketers of Kevin Trudeau’s book, “The Weight Loss Cure ‘They’ Don’t Want You to Know About,” with misrepresenting the book’s contents in their...
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