Commission Actions

Commission approval of amicus brief filing: The Commission has approved the filing of an amicus brief jointly with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in the matter...

Press Release

New Mexico PHO, Physician Group, and Their Agent Settle FTC Price-Fixing Charges

Date

September 28, 2004

A physician-hospital organization (PHO) in New Mexico has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it drove up the cost of health care for consumers in the Alamogordo, NM area by jointly...

Press Release

Public, Private Sectors Must Act Aggressively to Deter Identity Theft FTC Says

Date

September 28, 2004

The Federal Trade Commission today said that newly implemented provisions of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act and cooperative efforts of the FTC, other law enforcement agencies, and the...

Federal Register Notice

Mortgage Disclosure Study - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension

Date

September 28, 2004

Federal Register Notice

FACTA Surveys - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Date

September 28, 2004

Federal Register Notice

Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules

Date

September 28, 2004

Case Timeline Item

Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Corporation and ENH Medical Group, Inc. (timeline item) - September 28, 2004

Date

September 28, 2004

Order on Abbott And Towers Motion To Quash And Respondents' Motion For A Limited Extension Of The Discovery Deadline (270.13 KB)

Order on Respondents' Motion to Compel Production of Documents by First Health (51.93 KB)

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Union Oil Company of California, In the Matter of (timeline item) - September 28, 2004

Date

September 28, 2004

Order on in Camera Motion Filed by Non-Party Tesoro (69.58 KB)

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North Texas Specialty Physicians, In the Matter of (timeline item) - September 28, 2004

Date

September 28, 2004

Order on Transcripts Changes (90.83 KB)

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White Sands Health Care System, L.L.C.; et al., In the Matter of (timeline item) - September 28, 2004

Date

September 28, 2004

Agreement Containing Consent Order to Cease and Desist (12.58 KB)

Decision and Order (26.74 KB)

Appendix A (20.39 KB)

Complaint (24.47 KB)

Analysis of Proposed Agreement Containing Consent Order to Aid Public Comment (18.38 KB)

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Basic Research, In the Matter of (timeline item) - September 28, 2004

Date

September 28, 2004

Complaint Counsel's Reply to Respondents' Opposition to Motion to Strike Respondents' "Additional Defenses" (1.92 MB)

September 27, 2004

Press Release

Court Releases $1.6 Million to FTC in Adult Videotext Case

Date

September 27, 2004

In a decision holding that it is unfair and unlawful to bill charges to consumers’ telephone numbers for such things as so-called “videotext” services – Internet-based visual entertainment – when the...

Press Release

FTC Clears Buckeye Partners $517 Million Purchase of Shell Pipelines and Terminals

Date

September 27, 2004

Under the terms of a consent agreement with the Federal Trade Commission announced today, Buckeye Partners, L.P. (Buckeye) will be permitted to complete its proposed $517 million acquisition of...

Press Release

FTC Seeks Comments on Proposed Regulation Improving Prescreen Opt-Out Notices

Date

September 27, 2004

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on a proposed regulation to improve notices of consumers’ right to opt out of prescreened solicitations for credit or insurance. Comments on the...

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