FTC Targets "Web Site Cramming"
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Consumer complaints about "cramming" - unauthorized charges on telephone bills - are rising dramatically according to Federal Trade Commission testimony delivered to the Senate Committee on Small...
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October 25, 1999
Federal Register Notice
Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules
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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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Federal Register Notice
New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Massachusetts, Inc., et al.; Analysis to Aid Public Comment
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Case Timeline Item
U.S. Republic Communications, Inc., et al. (timeline item) - October 25, 1999
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File
October 22, 1999
Announced Actions for October 22, 1999
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Petition to reopen and modify and order: The Commission has received a petition from the following entity to reopen and modify an existing order: Compaq Computer Corporation, in the matter of Digital...
FTC Clears Merger of El Paso Energy and Sonat
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The Federal Trade Commission has accepted a proposed consent agreement that would allow the $6 billion merger of El Paso Energy Corporation and Sonat Inc., while ensuring that competition is...
FTC Accepts Proposed Agreement Settling Charges that VNU's Acquisition of Nielsen Violates Antitrust Laws
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The Federal Trade Commission has accepted a proposed consent agreement settling charges that VNU N.V.'s acquisition of Nielsen Media Research, Inc. would violate antitrust laws. The agency alleged...
Case Timeline Item
El Paso Energy Corporation (timeline item) - October 22, 1999
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Document
Agreement Containing Consent Order
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Schedule B Attachment to Agreement
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Complaint
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Case Timeline Item
VNU N.V (timeline item) - October 22, 1999
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File
Agreement Containing Consent Order
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Complaint
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File
Order to Hold Separate
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Document
October 21, 1999
Credit Identity Defendants Settle FTC Charges
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Sixteen defendants targeted in a law enforcement crackdown on illegal credit repair services have agreed to settle federal charges that the "file segregation" advice and products violated federal law...
FTC Ends Erickson's Supporting Role
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The Erickson Agency, Inc. and its owner, Patricia Erickson, have settled Federal Trade Commission charges over Erickson's role in Model 1, Inc. and Creative Talent Management, Inc.'s deceptive scheme...
October 20, 1999
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Slotting Allowances
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By
Willard K. Tom, Former General Counsel
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Testimony
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FTC Official Testifies before House Committee on Slotting Allowances
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An official with the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition today testified before a House Committee about competition issues in agriculture and food marketing. Willard K. Tom, the Deputy...
New Rule Will Protect Privacy of Children Online
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The Federal Trade Commission today issued the final rule to implement the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA). The main goal of the COPPA and the rule is to protect the privacy of...
October 19, 1999
Attorneys General, FTC Chairman, and YWCA of the U.S.A. Launch Initiatives to "Tune Out the Violence"
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WASHINGTON, D.C., OCTOBER 19, 1999 -- "Tune Out the Violence," a nationwide effort to reduce the impact of media violence on young people, was launched today in a first-ever partnershi[ between the...
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