Opinion 96-4
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Apparent applicability of the Franchise Rule to a joint venture and license agreement. Discusses the ineffectiveness of transfers to affiliated companies of ownership of the mark and of franchisee...
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November 15, 1996
November 14, 1996
Claims that Cigarette Device Makes Smoking Safer and Quitting Easier are Unsubstantiated, FTC Says
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Advertising claims for PhaseOut, a device marketed as helping smokers to stop smoking and making cigarettes less harmful are unsubstantiated, the FTC said today. The two companies that promoted this...
FTC Challenges ADP/Autoinfo Merger:
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The Federal Trade Commission today charged that Automatic Data Processing, Inc.'s 1995 acquisition of AutoInfo, Inc. assets created a monopoly that has raised prices and reduced the quality of service...
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Phaseout of America Inc. and Products & Patents, Ltd., In the Matter of (timeline item) - November 14, 1996
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Consent Agreement Package
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Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (timeline item) - November 14, 1996
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Administrative Complaint
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Administrative Complaint
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Automatic Data Processing, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - November 14, 1996
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Administrative Complaint
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November 13, 1996
Opening Statement Operation Missed Fortune (Jodie Bernstein)
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I am pleased that you could be with us today to announce a joint federal/state law enforcement initiative targeting get-rich-quick business opportunity schemes. We are also joined this morning by Mark...
Operation Missed Fortune: FTC, State Enforcers Target Get-Rich-Quick Self-Employment Schemes
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In a massive crackdown that is the broadest federal-state coordinated effort of its type, the Federal Trade Commission and enforcement officials from 25 states today announced that they have taken...
Announced Actions for November 13, 1996
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received an application for approval for a transaction from the following...
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Boehlke., Ed (timeline item) - November 13, 1996
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Boehlke., Ed
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Majors Medical Supply, Inc., et al. (timeline item) - November 13, 1996
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Majors Medical Supply, Inc., et al.
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Neiswonger, Richard C., individually, d/b/a "Marketing Systems," et al. (timeline item) - November 13, 1996
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Complaint for Injunctive and Other Relief
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November 8, 1996
Announced Actions for November 8, 1996
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Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received an application for approval for a transaction from the following. The FTC is seeking public comments on the application for 30 days...
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