Commission Actions

Restrictions on attorney advertising should be tailored to prevent unfair or deceptive acts or practices, according to comments submitted to the Alabama Supreme Court by the Federal Trade Commission's...

Press Release

Statement of Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris on the Resignation of U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Charles James

Date

October 3, 2002

Charles James has been a good friend for 20 years and an outstanding Assistant Attorney General. It has been a pleasure and an honor to work with him. Thanks to his leadership, cooperation between the...

Case Timeline Item

Schering-Plough Corporation, Upsher-Smith Laboratories, and American Home Products Corporation, In the Matter of (timeline item) - October 3, 2002

Date

October 3, 2002

Answering Brief of Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc. (589.65 KB)

Case Timeline Item

Polygram Holding, Inc.; Decca Music Group Limited, et al., In the Matter of (timeline item) - October 3, 2002

Date

October 3, 2002

Respondents' Corrected Reply Brief on Appeal From Initial Decision and Order (132.7 KB)

October 2, 2002

Press Release

California Defendants to Pay Redress for Charging Consumers "Restocking Fee" for Delayed or Unshipped Merchandise

Date

October 2, 2002

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a proposed consent decree with Dynamic Wheels and Tires, Inc., a California-based seller of fancy automobile wheels, rims, and tires, and Gary Jerjerian...

Press Release

High School Student Survey Companies Settle FTC Charges

Date

October 2, 2002

Companies that collected extensive personal information from millions of high school students claiming that they would share the information only with colleges, universities, and others providing...

Case Timeline Item

National Research Center for College and University Admissions, The, Inc.; American Student List, LLC; and Don M. Munce (timeline item) - October 2, 2002

Date

October 2, 2002

Agreement Containing Consent Order As To NRCCUA and Munce (17.01 KB)

Exhibits A-G (609.32 KB)

Complaint (13.12 KB)

Analysis of Proposed Consent Order to Aid Public Comment (8.54 KB)

Agreement Containing Consent Order As To American Student List, LLC (31.79 KB)

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Rambus Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - October 2, 2002

Date

October 2, 2002

Complaint Counsels Supplemental Preliminary Witness List (11.03 KB)

Case Timeline Item

Dynamic Wheels & Tires, Inc., et al., U.S. (timeline item) - October 2, 2002

Date

October 2, 2002

Complaint for Civil Penalties, Injunctive and Other Relief (15.24 KB)

Consent Decree and Order for Injunctive and Other Relief (19.9 KB)

October 1, 2002

Report

Does Size Really Matter? Empirical Evidence on Group Incentives

Date

October 1, 2002

The paper empirically analyzes the economic theory and intuition that the "free rider" problem will overwhelm firm-wide incentives in large firms. Kandel and Lazear (1992) claim that in a simple model...

Does Size Really Matter? Empirical Evidence on Group Incentives (187.89 KB)

Testimony

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Marketing Violent Entertainment to Children

Date

October 1, 2002

Testimony (94.91 KB)

Press Release

Consumers Duped by Telemarketers Claiming To Provide Identity Theft Protection

Date

October 1, 2002

Two Canadian citizens and the five corporations they operated will pay $436,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they tricked consumers into paying as much as $299 for one of two...

Case Timeline Item

Andrews, Anthony W.; et al. (timeline item) - October 1, 2002

Date

October 1, 2002

(Proposed) Stipulated Judgment and Final Order for Permanent Injunction Against Defendants Anthony W. Andrews, Tracy A. Andrews, Tnt Talks, Inc., and Least Cost Utilities, Inc. (39.53 KB)

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Farpoint Services Int'l, Ltd., Garrison Corporation, Inc., American Card Services, et al. (timeline item) - October 1, 2002

Date

October 1, 2002

Stipulated Permanent Injunction and Final Judgment (41.08 KB)

Advocacy Filings

FTC Staff Comment to the Honorable Dennis Stapleton Concerning Ohio H.B. 325 to Permit Competing Health Care Providers to Engage in Collective Bargaining With Health Plans

Date

October 1, 2002

Matter Number

V020017

FTC Staff Comment to the Honorable Dennis Stapleton Concerning Ohio H.B. 325 to Permit Competing Health Care Providers to Engage in Collective Bargaining With Health Plans (95.32 KB)

Advocacy Filings

FTC Staff Comment Before the Department of Housing and Urban Development Concerning the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA)

Date

October 1, 2002

Matter Number

V030001

FTC Staff Comment Before the Department of Housing and Urban Development Concerning the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) (74.75 KB)

September 30, 2002

Press Release

FTC Releases Agenda for Public Workshop on Possible Anticompetitive Efforts to Restrict Competition on the Internet

Date

September 30, 2002

The Federal Trade Commission has released the agenda and a list of panelists for its October 8-10 public workshop on possible anticompetitive efforts to restrict competition on the Internet. The...

Press Release

Chairman Timothy J. Muris Promotes Effective Competition Advocacy at International Competition Network Conference in Naples, Italy

Date

September 30, 2002

Timothy J. Muris, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, and Charles A. James, Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Justice Department's Antitrust Division, worked with antitrust agencies...

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