Health care business
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Health care business and policy experts will meet to discuss the quality of consumer protection in the health care industry, restrictions that may drive up consumer costs, and potential barriers to...
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Statement of FTC Chairman Timothy J. Muris On the Creation of the National Cyber Security Division Of the Department of Homeland Security
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I commend Secretary Ridge and the Department of Homeland Security for creating the National Cyber Security Division to help protect our critical infrastructure. The National Cyber Security Division...
Texas Physicians' Group Agrees To Settle FTC Charges of Collective Bargaining
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A nonprofit corporation representing approximately 1,000 participating physicians in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas metropolitan area has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that...
Announced Actions for June 6, 2003
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Commission authorization of the staff to file Amicus Brief: The Commission has authorized the staff to file a motion for leave to file an amicus brief in the case Haese v. H&R Block, Inc. , No. CV-96...
Collection and Use of Consumer Information Focus of Upcoming FTC Workshop
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The Federal Trade Commission will host a workshop on June 18, 2003, to address the issue of the costs and benefits to consumers and businesses of consumer information collection and use. It will...
FTC/DOJ Hearings on Health Care And Competition Law and Policy
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The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice today released an agenda for a session of their joint hearings on health care and competition law and policy to be held June 25-26, 2003. These...
FTC Testifies on the Fair Credit Reporting Act
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The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) promotes fairness, privacy, and accuracy in the consumer credit marketplace, the Federal Trade Commission testified today. "Overall, developments in the consumer...
FTC/DOJ Hearings on Health Care and Competition Law and Policy
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The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice (DOJ) today released a detailed schedule for the sessions of their joint hearings on health care and competition law and policy to be held June...
FTC Testifies at Hearing on Potential Reduced Risk Tobacco Products
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The Federal Trade Commission "is committed to reviewing advertising for reduced risk tobacco products on a case-by-case basis to try to ensure that the information consumers receive about reduced risk...
Marketers of Q-Ray Ionized Bracelet Charged by FTC
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged Illinois-based marketers of a purported pain- relief product called the Q-Ray Ionized Bracelet (Q-Ray Bracelet) with making false and unsubstantiated claims...
Technologies for Protecting Personal Information Focus of FTC Workshop
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The role of technology in helping consumers and businesses to protect consumer information is the focus of a Federal Trade Commission workshop titled “Technologies for Protecting Personal Information...
FTC Debunks Credit File Privacy E-Mail
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The Federal Trade Commission is warning consumers about an anonymous e-mail that’s full of false and misleading information about the use of their personal information. The e-mail has been widely...
Fraudulent Canadian Credit Card Operation Permanently Halted
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A Toronto-based company is permanently barred from selling advance-fee credit cards and required to pay $1.3 million for consumer redress, as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission...
Federal Trade Commission Announces Accelerated Roll-out Schedule for National Do Not Call Registry Set for July
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced that telephone registration for the National “Do Not Call” Registry will be accelerated, and will be available to consumers coast-to-coast during July 2003...
Announced Actions for May 30, 2003
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The Commission has filed an amicus brief jointly with the U.S. Department of Justice in the case Verizon Communications, Inc. v. Law Offices of Curtis V. Trinko, No. 02-682 (U.S. S. Ct.) . The brief...
Two San Diego County Anesthesiology Groups Agree to Settle FTC Charges of Fixing Prices
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Two San Diego County, California, anesthesiologists groups have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they jointly agreed on certain fees and other competitively significant terms...
Business Opportunity Lender Settles FTC Charges
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A finance company that allegedly used shady agents, deceptive contracts, and false claims to target thousands of would-be entrepreneurs will cancel $24 million in judgments allegedly obtained through...
Resolving Anticompetitive Concerns, FTC Clears Southern Union's $1.8 Billion Acquisition of Panhandle Pipeline
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced a proposed consent order that would preserve competition in the market for the delivery of natural gas to the Kansas City area, while conditionally...
FTC Releases Spanish-Language Public Service Announcements
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As part of its ongoing Spanish-language outreach program, the Federal Trade Commission has begun disseminating two audio public service announcements to more than 700 radio stations in the United...
Announced Actions for May 23, 2003
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The Commission has received an application for approval of proposed divestiture from Shell Oil Company (Shell Oil) and Pennzoil-Quaker State Company (Pennzoil). The application was submitted pursuant...
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