Opinion 96-5
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Inapplicability of the Franchise Rule retroactively where the parties anticipated at the time of the purchase that the Rule would not apply because the only required payments were deferred until at...
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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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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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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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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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