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May 28, 1998
May 27, 1998
FTC Charges New York Drycleaner with Violating Federal Law Complaint Alleges Company Provides Deceptive Care Labels to Wedding Gown Manufacturers
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged a New York-based drycleaning operation with providing wedding gown manufacturers with care labels that violate the Care Labeling Rule, and with falsely...
Announced Actions for May 27, 1998
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Commission action regarding petitions to reopen and modify FTC orders: Following a public comment period, the FTC has ruled on a petition from the following: The Commission has granted a petition from...
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Eye Research Associates, Inc. d/b/a/ Eye Care Associates; ICKRS, Inc. d/b/a International Controlled Kerato Reformation Society (timeline item) - May 27, 1998
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Complaint
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Decision & Order
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Rite Aid Corporation (timeline item) - May 27, 1998
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Order Reopening and Modifying Order
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Roche Holding Ltd, In the Matter of (timeline item) - May 27, 1998
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Complaint
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Decision and Order
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LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc. (timeline item) - May 27, 1998
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Complaint
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Decision and Order
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Continental Gown Cleaning Service, Inc.; Nationwide Gown Cleaning Service, Inc.; et al., In the Matter of (timeline item) - May 27, 1998
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Administrative Complaint
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May 25, 1998
Opinion 98-1
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Discusses applicability of Louisiana law to the Funeral Rule, and the retail sale of caskets.
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Opinion 98-1
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May 24, 1998
Public Statement
Industry Self-Regulation and Antitrust Enforcement: An Evolving Relationship
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* The views expressed here are those of the author, and not necessarily of the Federal Trade Commission or any Commissioner I. Introduction Today, I'd like to talk about the relationship between...
May 21, 1998
Oregon Group of Institutional Pharmacies To Settle FTC Charges that It Fixed Prices
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Five institutional pharmacies have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they unlawfully fixed prices, leading to higher reimbursement levels for serving Medicaid patients in Oregon...
Case-by-case Enforcement Actions Against Travel Agent "Card Mills" Will Benefit Consumers, FTC Says in Denying ASTA's Petition for Rulemaking
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The Federal Trade Commission has denied a petition from the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) proposing the Commission initiate a rulemaking proceeding to prohibit the issuance of travel agent...
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Institutional Pharmacy Network, Evergreen Pharmaceutical, Inc., et al., In the Matter of (timeline item) - May 21, 1998
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May 20, 1998
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Identity Theft
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David Medine, Former Associate Director
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Testimony
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Legislation Could Help Protect Consumers From Credit Identity Fraud: FTC
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The Federal Trade Commission today told a Senate subcommittee that legislation to combat credit identity theft could help consumers by defining identity theft as a crime and providing for consumer...
FTC Education Effort Focuses on Home Equity Loan Fraud
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A home is often a consumer's greatest, single asset and home equity fraud can rob consumers of their homes and the equity they have spent years building. Because of an increasing number of consumer...
Medical Billing Business Opportunity Operator Settles FTC Charges
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A company that claimed consumers could earn big money by investing in its home-based medical "billing center" business opportunity has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its...
FTC Isssues Staff Advisory to Phoenix Medical Network, Inc.
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Staff of the Federal Trade Commission have advised Phoenix Medical Network, Inc., a proposed physician network in Erie, Pennsylvania, that they have no present intention to recommend a challenge to...
May 19, 1998
FTC Halts Bogus Credit Card Business
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A business that claimed it could obtain unsecured credit cards -- even for consumers with past credit problems -- for up-front "processing fees" of up to $129 has agreed to settle Federal Trade...
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