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November 17, 1997

Press Release

FTC Settlement with Jewelway International Defendants Nets $5 Million in Consumer Redress

Date

November 17, 1997

The Federal Trade Commission has settled charges against JewelWay International, Inc., and its corporate officers in an agreement requiring a $5 million payment, which will be distributed to harmed...

Press Release

November 17, 1997

Date

November 17, 1997

The Federal Trade Commission has eliminated its Dry Cell Battery Rule, concluding that because the industry is voluntarily complying with the requirements of the American National Standards Institute...

Press Release

FTC Settlement with Pennsylvania Invention Promotion Firm Requires $80,000 Payment, Disclosures & Cooling Off Period

Date

November 17, 1997

Two senior corporate officers of National Idea Network, Inc., a firm based in Wexford and Indiana, Pennsylvania, that does business under the name The Concept Network, have agreed to pay $40,000 each...

Press Release

Get Rich Quick Schemes, Illegal Pyramid Schemes Caught in an International Law Enforcement Web; Nearly 200 On-Line Business Put on Notice

Date

November 17, 1997

Hundreds of get-rich-quick business opportunities and pyramid schemes operating on the Internet have been warned by law enforcement authorities across the country and around the world that their...

Federal Register Notice

Deceptive Use of "Leakproof," "Guaranteed Leakproof," Etc., As Descriptive of Dry Cell Batteries - 16 CFR Part 403

Date

November 17, 1997

Case Timeline Item

Jewelway International, Inc., et al. (timeline item) - November 17, 1997

Date

November 17, 1997

Stipulated Final Judgment And Order For Permanet Injunction As To Defendants Jewelway International, Inc., Bruce A. Caruth, Robert J. Charette, Jr., Angela D. Charette, Donilyn A. Walden, Greg G. Stewart, And Beverly Stewart (49.09 KB)

November 14, 1997

Public Statement

Health Care Mergers: Will We Get Efficiencies Claims Right?

Date

November 14, 1997

Introduction The changing nature of health care delivery, the related surge of hospital mergers, and the growth of innovative provider networks have made antitrust's role critical for the health care...

Press Release

Announced Actions for November 14, 1997

Date

November 14, 1997

Commission action regarding applications for approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has ruled on an application for approval of a transaction from the following: The FTC has...

Case Timeline Item

Loewen Group, The, Inc., and Loewen Group International, Inc. (timeline item) - November 14, 1997

Date

November 14, 1997

Letter Approving Proposed Divestiture of Two Funeral Homes to Border Funerals, Inc. (1.91 KB)

November 13, 1997

Public Statement

The FTC and Dietary Supplements

Date

November 13, 1997

Good morning. I'd like to thank FDLI for organizing this conference today. I hope that, with the help of our staff, FDA staff and representatives of the state Attorneys General, we will reach a better...

November 12, 1997

Press Release

FTC Staff Stands by Its Analysis: Agency Says Tobacco Industry Critique of its Report on the Proposed Tobacco Settlement Is Unfounded

Date

November 12, 1997

The staff of the Federal Trade Commission today said that tobacco industry criticism of its report on the proposed tobacco settlement is unfounded. According to the FTC staff, the industry critique of...

Press Release

Announced Actions for November 12, 1997

Date

November 12, 1997

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the following entity. The Commission action makes the consent order...

Case Timeline Item

Mid-South PCM Group, P.C.; and J. Mason Hurt, et al., In the Matter of (timeline item) - November 12, 1997

Date

November 12, 1997

Complaint (40.54 KB)

Decision & Order (29.63 KB)

November 10, 1997

Report

Staff Evaluation of the Tobacco Industry Analysis Submitted to Congress on October 8, 1997

Date

November 10, 1997

By staff of the Federal Trade Commission (1) I. Introduction This evaluation has been prepared by the staff of the Federal Trade Commission in response to several congressional requests. (2) In...

November 7, 1997

Press Release

FTC Continues Crackdown on Scholarship Search Service Con Artists

Date

November 7, 1997

A federal district court judge has issued an order temporarily halting the businesses of two Florida firms which, law enforcement officials alleged, falsely promised college-bound students and their...

Case Timeline Item

National Grant Foundation, Inc., Grant Research & Publishing, Inc., et al. (timeline item) - November 7, 1997

Date

November 7, 1997

Temporary Restraining Order With Asset Freeze, Espedited Discovery, Immediate Access To Defendant's Business Premises, Appointment Of A Temporary Receiver, And Other Equitable Relief, And Order To Show Cause Why A Preliminary Injunction Should Not Issue (Proposed) (47.45 KB)

Complaint For Injunction And Other Equitable Relief (19.71 KB)

Case Timeline Item

National Scholarship Foundation, Inc., et al. (timeline item) - November 7, 1997

Date

November 7, 1997

Complaint For Injunction And Other Equitable Relief (19.72 KB)

November 5, 1997

Testimony

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission, "An Overview of FTC Antitrust Enforcement"

Date

November 5, 1997

Robert Pitofsky, Former Chairman

Testimony (99.58 KB)

Press Release

FTC Halts Internet Pyramid Scheme; Promises of High Income, Pre-Approved Credit Cards Were False

Date

November 5, 1997

In its latest law enforcement action aimed at stemming fraud on the Internet, the Federal Trade Commission has obtained a federal court order temporarily halting a pyramid scheme advertised on the...

Press Release

Antitrust Enforcement Strategies Benefit Consumers and Ease Regulatory Burden on Business, Pitofsky Says

Date

November 5, 1997

Robert Pitofsky, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, today told the House Judiciary Committee that antitrust enforcement strategies at the agency have benefitted consumers and eased regulatory...

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