Announced Actions for July 12, 1996
Date
The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. The FTC staff contact is Dan Ducore, 202-326-2526. Applications for prior approval of transactions: The FTC has received an...
Displaying 34301 - 34320 of 36958
July 12, 1996
Federal Register Notice
Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules
Date
Case Timeline Item
May Department Stores Company, The, In the Matter of (timeline item) - July 12, 1996
Date
File
Complaint PDF
(8.33 KB)
File
Decision and Order PDF
(9.81 KB)
July 11, 1996
FTC Positions Itself for the 21st Century
Date
The five members of the Federal Trade Commission appeared today before a U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee to testify on behalf of the FTC’s proposed reauthorization. Chairman Robert Pitofsky...
Home Shopping Network Settles FTC Charges that Advertising Claims Lacked Scientific Support
Date
Home Shopping Network, Inc. (HSN) and two of its subsidiaries have agreed to secure scientific evidence to back up claims that any food, supplement or drug can treat a disease or affect a function of...
July 10, 1996
Victoria Streitfeld Named FTC's Public Affairs Director
Date
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky has named Victoria Streitfeld the new Director of Public Affairs for the agency, putting her in charge of the office that directs the FTC’s relations...
Computer Software Manufacturer Agrees to Settle Charges of Software Misrepresentation
Date
Syncronys Softcorp, of Culver City, California, and three of the company’s officers have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they misrepresented and/or failed to substantiate the...
Case Timeline Item
Syncronys Softcorp, Rainer Poertner, et al., In the Matter of (timeline item) - July 10, 1996
Date
File
Consent Agreement Package PDF
(41.14 KB)
July 9, 1996
Small Businesses, Churches, Nursing Homes Are Targets of Bogus Business Supply Companies
Date
Dozens of apparent con artists who targeted small businesses and not-for-profits ranging from churches to charities have been closed down in “Operation CopyCat, ” a federal, state and local government...
Announced Actions for July 9, 1996
Date
The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following action. The FTC staff contact is Dan Ducore, 202-326-2526. Applications for prior approval of transactions: The FTC has received an...
Federal Register Notice
Jordan, McGrath, Case & Taylor; Proposed Consent Agreement with Analysis to Aid Public Comment
Date
Federal Register Notice
Rules and Regulations Under the Textile Fiber Products Identification - 16 CFR Part 303
Date
Federal Register Notice
RustEvader Corporation; David F. McCready; Proposed Consent Agreement With Analysis To Aid Public Comment - D 9274
Date
July 8, 1996
Consumers may soon see a new name on the fiber content labels
Date
Consumers may soon see a new name on the fiber content labels of certain items of clothing, such as swim suits, cycling pants and ski pants. The Federal Trade Commission has proposed to allow U.S...
July 3, 1996
Rust Evader Inventor Settles FTC Charges
Date
The inventor of the “Rust Evader,” a device costing up to $600 that purportedly reduced corrosion in motor vehicle bodies, would have to pay $200,000 in consumer redress and abide by a ban on use of...
$200,000 Bond is the Price of Offering Future Business Ventures for Defendant in FTC Popcorn Vending Machine Case
Date
Dale Merritt, who was charged by the Federal Trade Commission along with his firm, Showcase Distributing, Inc., of Phoenix, Arizona, as part of a nationwide crackdown on business opportunity fraud...
July 2, 1996
FTC Extends Public Comment Period on "Lemon Buyback" Practices
Date
The Federal Trade Commission has extended the public comment period on issues related to the resale of "lemon buybacks" -- cars previously repurchased from consumers by manufacturers under state...
Displaying 34301 - 34320 of 36958