Announced Actions for May 25, 2004
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Commission authorization of the staff to file amicus brief: The Commission has authorized the filing of a joint amicus brief with the Department of Justice in McMahon v. Advanced Title Services...
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Announced Action for May 21, 2004
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Application for approval of proposed divestiture: The Commission has received an application for approval of a proposed divestiture from GenCorp, Inc., related to the FTC’s consent order conditionally...
Announced Action for May 20, 2004
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Comment period for RFID Workshop extended: The FTC has extended until July 9, 2004 the deadline for filing comments on “Radio Frequency Identification: Applications and Implications for Consumers.” On...
Announced Action for May 20, 2004
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Commission approval of Federal Register notice: The Federal Trade Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice concerning several revisions to certain provisions of the Fair...
FTC Testifies on Law Enforcement Targeting Spam
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The Federal Trade Commission today told the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation that it has established a special Task Force of federal and state law enforcers to target illegal...
FTC Rule Requires Warning on Sexually Explicit Spam
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Effective today, spam that contains sexually-oriented material must include the warning “SEXUALLY-EXPLICIT: ” in the subject line or face fines for violations of federal law. The CAN-SPAM Act, passed...
FTC Challenges Claims That the "Balance Bracelet" Relieves Pain
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged California-based marketers of the “Balance Bracelet,” a purported pain relief product, with making false and unsubstantiated claims. In its complaint filed in...
Capital City Mortgage Corp. Defendant Settles with FTC
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The former general counsel of Capital City Mortgage Corporation, a Washington, DC-area mortgage lender and servicer whose deceptive lending practices the Federal Trade Commission is challenging in...
Qualified Consumers to Share $20 Million in Redress
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Tens of thousands of consumers who were victims of SkyBiz.com, an Internet pyramid scam disguised as a legitimate business opportunity, may qualify to share in a $20 million court-ordered redress fund...
NCO Group to Pay Largest FCRA Civil Penalty to Date
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One of the nation’s largest debt-collection firms will pay $1.5 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by reporting inaccurate...
Florida-Based Company Settles FTC Charges
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Greeting Cards of America, Inc. (GCA), and its owners, Gerald Towbin and Susan Towbin, are banned from marketing any franchise, business venture, or business opportunity as part of a settlement with...
FTC Wins Permanent Injunction Against Defendants In Bogus Credit Card Offer Case
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A federal district court in Illinois has granted the Federal Trade Commission’s motion for summary judgment in its case against Peter J. Porcelli, II and several of his Largo, Florida-based companies...
FTC Staff Provides Comments to FDA on Direct-to-Consumer Drug and Device Ads
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The Federal Trade Commission’s Bureaus of Consumer Protection and Economics, and the Office of Policy Planning staff provided comments this week to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on three...
Court Order Closes the Book on Canadian Registry Scheme
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A set of defendants based in Calgary, Canada, has been permanently barred from selling business directories and listings to U.S. residents, thus resolving a federal district court complaint the...
Announced Action for May 11, 2004
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Commission approval of final consent order: By a vote of 5-0, the Commission has approved a final consent order and authorized the staff to send letters to the commentors of record in the matter...
Statement of Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris
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I plan to leave the Federal Trade Commission this summer. Serving as Chairman of the Commission has been the greatest honor of my professional career. I deeply appreciate the trust that President Bush...
FTC Testifies on Peer to Peer File Sharing and Online Pornography
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The Federal Trade Commission today told the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce that P2P software can expose consumers, to unwanted...
FTC Settles with Deceptive Spammers
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The Federal Trade Commission has settled charges that Brian Westby and Martijn P. Bevelander employed spam that used deceptively bland subject lines, false return addresses, and empty “reply-to” links...
FTC: Bogus "Nonprofit" Debt Negotiation Companies Misled Consumers in Financial Trouble and Violated Do Not Call Registry
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The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint against a group of defendants masquerading as a nonprofit debt negotiation organization that has made millions of dollars deceiving consumers into...
Stewart Finance Defendant Charged with Contempt of Court
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A U.S. District Court judge has ordered John Ben Stewart, Jr. and his son, William Joseph Stewart, to pay $200,000, or face jail time, for violating the court's asset freeze order. In a complaint...
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