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February 3, 1998

Press Release

Defendants in "Project $cholar$cam" Case Agree To Settle Charge

Date

February 3, 1998

The two remaining defendants in a case brought by the Federal Trade Commission under "Project $cholar$cam" have agreed to settle charges they misrepresented their ability to obtain college...

Press Release

Defendants in "Operation False Alarm" Agree To Settle

Date

February 3, 1998

The Dean Thomas Corporation, along with its president, Dean R. Thomas, and other affiliated companies, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges stemming from their role in "OPERATION...

Federal Register Notice

S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.; Analysis to Aid Public Comment

Date

February 3, 1998

Federal Register Notice

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

Date

February 3, 1998

Federal Register Notice

Cablevision Systems Corporation; Analysis to Aid Public Comment

Date

February 3, 1998

Case Timeline Item

Dean Thomas Corporation, Inc., The, and The Game Club, Inc., and Professional Publishers, Inc., and Thomas Publishing Company, Inc., et al. (timeline item) - February 3, 1998

Date

February 3, 1998

Amended Complaint For Injunctive And Other Equitable Relief (18.02 KB)

Stipulated Final Judgment as to Defendants The Dean Thomas Corp., Inc.; The Game Club, Inc.; Professional Publishers, Inc.; Thomas Publishing Company, Inc.; Preferred Publishing Company, Inc.; and Dean R. Thomas, individually and as an Officer of the Defendant Corporations (24.8 KB)

Stipulated Final Judgment as to Defendant Michael Brant (14.48 KB)

February 2, 1998

Public Statement

The Emerging Electronic Marketplace

Date

February 2, 1998

* The views expressed are those of Chairman Pitofsky, and do not necessarily reflect those of the Commission or other Commissioners. Over one hundred years ago, Louis Brandeis and Samuel Warren wrote...

February 1, 1998

Amicus Briefs

Nynex Corporation, et al., Petitioners v. Discon, Incorporated

Date

February 1, 1998

Citation Number

96-1570

Amicus brief for the United States and the Federal Trade Commission, urging denial of Supreme Court review in a case raising issue whether seller can maintain antitrust action based on a conspiracy...

Nynex Corporation, et al., Petitioners v. Discon, Incorporated (54.76 KB)

Advocacy Filings

FTC Staff Comment Before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission In the Matter of New England Power Pool

Date

February 1, 1998

Matter Number

V980002

FTC Staff Comment Before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission In the Matter of New England Power Pool (64.72 KB)

January 30, 1998

Press Release

FTC Charges D.C. Mortgage Lender with Deception and Unfairness Against Borrowers

Date

January 30, 1998

The Federal Trade Commission yesterday filed a 23-page complaint in U.S. District Court against Capital City Mortgage Corporation, a Washington, D.C.-area mortgage lender, and its owner, Thomas K...

Press Release

Announced Action for January 30, 1998

Date

January 30, 1998

Commission action: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the following entity and also approved an application for divestiture required by the order...

Case Timeline Item

Jitney-Jungle Stores of America, Inc.; Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co., L.P.; et al., In the Matter of (timeline item) - January 30, 1998

Date

January 30, 1998

Complaint (33.09 KB)

Decision & Order (70.64 KB)

Case Timeline Item

Insilco Corporation, In the Matter of (timeline item) - January 30, 1998

Date

January 30, 1998

Complaint (10.57 KB)

Decision & Order (29.34 KB)

Case Timeline Item

Capital City Mortgage Corporation, A Maryland Corporation; et. al (timeline item) - January 30, 1998

Date

January 30, 1998

Complaint for Permanent Injunction and Other Equitable Reliefand Monetary Civil Penalties (36.72 KB)

January 28, 1998

Press Release

Tippecanoe Mining Defendants Named in "Project Field of Schemes" Agree to Pay Monetary Judgment to Settle FTC Charges

Date

January 28, 1998

Tippecanoe Mining Inc., a Sherman Oaks, California-based telemarketing company, and its principals, have agreed to pay monetary judgments totalling $2,409,759 to settle Federal Trade Commission...

Press Release

FTC, States Continue Crackdown on Telemarketers and Net 37 Companies and Individuals Offering Loans that Never Arrive

Date

January 28, 1998

In a continuing effort to target corporations and individuals that guarantee loans for an advance fee and never deliver, the Federal Trade Commission, the state Attorneys General of Illinois and...

Press Release

Illinois Telemarketers Subject to Preliminary Order Obtained by FTC and Illinois Attorney General Ryan Following Crack Down on South Suburban Credit Card Scam

Date

January 28, 1998

A federal district court judge has ordered four individuals who allegedly engaged in a nationwide advance fee loan scam to stop misrepresenting that they could get credit cards for consumers in...

Press Release

Bogus Business Opportunity Scams Targeted by FTC

Date

January 28, 1998

Advertisers who promised fabulous earnings to consumers who invested in home-based medical billing businesses are the target of a federal/state crackdown on this new trend in business opportunity...

Case Timeline Item

Walton, Gary; d/b/a Pinnacle Financial Services (timeline item) - January 28, 1998

Date

January 28, 1998

Stipulated Preliminary Injunction (16.32 KB)

Memorandum Of Points And Authorities In Support Of Plaintiff's Ex Parte Motion For Temporary Restraining Order, Asset Freeze, And Order To Show Cause Why A Preliminary Injunction Should Not Issue (46.64 KB)

Temporary Restraining Order, Asset Freeze, And Order To Show Cause Why A Preliminary Injunction Should Not Issue (20.66 KB)

Complaint (14.98 KB)

Case Timeline Item

Tippecanoe Mining, Inc., d/b/a Global Mining Consulting, et al. (timeline item) - January 28, 1998

Date

January 28, 1998

Stipulated Final Judgment and Permanent Injunction as to Defendants Tippecanoe Mining, Inc., Global Mining Consulting, Hope Mining, Inc., Stephen P. Noell and Mark Ford (29.31 KB)

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