Commission Actions

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its 1995 acquisition of AutoInfo, Inc. assets resulted in a monopoly and substantially lessened competition...

Federal Register Notice

Request for Comments Concerning Guides for the Watch Industry - 16 CFR Part 245

Date

June 18, 1997

Case Timeline Item

Automatic Data Processing, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - June 18, 1997

Date

June 18, 1997

Consent Agreement Package (61.9 KB)

Case Timeline Item

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (timeline item) - June 18, 1997

Date

June 18, 1997

Consent Agreement Package (61.9 KB)

June 17, 1997

Press Release

FTC Puts Exercise Device Weight-Loss Claims on a Diet

Date

June 17, 1997

Marketers of some of the most popular exercise equipment on the market today have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that they made exaggerated weight-loss claims in their...

Press Release

FTC Workshop To Explore Expansion of 900 Number Rule To Cover International Pay-Per-Call Services

Date

June 17, 1997

Consumer groups and telecommunications industry participants in a two-day workshop at the Federal Trade Commission beginning Thursday, June 19, at 9 a.m. will examine increased consumer complaints...

Case Timeline Item

Abflex, U.S.A., Inc., and Martin Van Der Hoeven., In the Matter of, (timeline item) - June 17, 1997

Date

June 17, 1997

Consent Agreement Package (58.51 KB)

Case Timeline Item

Kent & Spiegel Direct, Inc., Marsha Kent, and Peter Spiegel., In the Matter of (timeline item) - June 17, 1997

Date

June 17, 1997

Consent Agreement Package (58.51 KB)

Case Timeline Item

Life Fitness, A General Partnership., In the Matter of (timeline item) - June 17, 1997

Date

June 17, 1997

Consent Agreement Package (21.06 KB)

Case Timeline Item

Icon Health and Fitness, Inc.; IHF Holdings, Inc.; and IHF Capital, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - June 17, 1997

Date

June 17, 1997

Consent Agreement Package (82.02 KB)

Complaint (67.21 KB)

Order (15.63 KB)

June 16, 1997

Press Release

FTC's Guides for Advertising and Marketing Watches Up for Review

Date

June 16, 1997

Guidelines for how companies advertise and market the metal content, movement and performance of watches are to be updated to reflect modern manufacturing processes and, wherever reasonable, to...

Press Release

FTC Settlement in $cholar$cam Case Nets $340,000 in Victim Redress...

Date

June 16, 1997

The Federal Trade Commission has negotiated a settlement agreement with Student Assistance Services, Inc. and other defendants who ran an alleged scholarship search service scam. The settlement would...

Case Timeline Item

Student Assistance Services, Inc., Student Financial Services, Inc., et al. (timeline item) - June 16, 1997

Date

June 16, 1997

Stipulated Final Judgment And Order For Permanent Injunction And Other Equitable Relief. (46.82 KB)

June 13, 1997

Press Release

Announced Action(s) for June 13, 1997

Date

June 13, 1997

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following action. Commission action regarding applications for approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has ruled on an application...

Press Release

Defendants Named in FTC'S "Project Jackpot" Agree To Settle

Date

June 13, 1997

Oasis Southwest, Inc., a Las Vegas, Nevada-based prize promotion telemarketer and its two principals have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the company was running a phony prize...

Federal Register Notice

Notice of 60-Day Extension in Comment Period on Its Rule Governing Informal Dispute Settlement Mechanisms ("Rule 703") - 16 CFR Part 703

Date

June 13, 1997

June 10, 1997

Press Release

Connecticut Mail Order Company Violates 1987 FTC Order

Date

June 10, 1997

International Masters Publishers Inc. (IMP), a Stamford, Connecticut-based company that sells informational cards on a variety of topics -- recipe cards, home repairs, gardening, sewing, sports...

Jun10

Event

Public Workshop on Consumer Privacy

June 10, 1997 | 12:00AM - June 13, 1997 | 12:00AM

The Workshop addressed four major topics: computerized databases containing identifying information about consumers; unsolicited commercial e-mail; consumers' online privacy; and children's privacy in...

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