Opening Remarks
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Good Morning and welcome to the Federal Trade Commission’s workshop on Protecting Consumer Interests in Class Actions. I would like to extend a special welcome to our fellow enforcers in the states...
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Auction Scammers Settle FTC Charges
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Internet auctioneers who promised laptop computers to the highest bidders, took consumers’ money, but didn’t deliver the products will pay $35,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their...
Sprint, AT&T to Pay Nearly $1.5 Million in Combined Penalties for Violations of Federal Credit Laws
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Sprint Corporation and AT&T Corp. will pay $1.125 million and $365,000, respectively, to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they failed to notify certain applicants for telephone service of...
FTC Staff: California Bill May Raise Prices for Pharmaceuticals
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In response to a request from California Assembly Member Greg Aghazarian, FTC staff have commented on a bill (AB 1960) that requires pharmacy benefit managers ("PBMs") to disclose certain information...
Announced Actions for September 10, 2004
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Commission authorization of the staff to file amicus brief: The Commission has authorized the staff of the FTC’s Office of the General Counsel to file an amicus brief in the matter of Ashby, et al. v...
Protecting Consumers Interests in Class Actions
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Who: Distinguished judges, academics, practitioners, corporate and government attorneys, economists, consumer advocates and claims facilitators. What: Two day workshop “Protecting Consumers Interests...
Statement of FTC General Counsel William E. Kovacic
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Following consultation with the Commissioners and counsel for the plaintiff States, the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition and Office of the General Counsel today informed the U.S. Court...
FTC Launches Consumer Fraud Awareness Campaign Targeted to Spanish Speakers
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The Federal Trade Commission is launching a Spanish language consumer fraud awareness campaign, Mantente alerta contra el fraude. Infórmate con la FTC (“Be on the alert against fraud. Stay informed...
Bogus California Operation Targets Hispanic Consumers with Work at Home Opportunity Scam
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A Los Angeles-based operation has been cited by the Federal Trade Commission with perpetrating a classic work-at-home scam. USS Elder Enterprises, Inc., America Vespucia Corporation, Ricardo Elder...
Announced Actions for September 7, 2004
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Release of Commission report: The Commission, with the concurrence of the U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, has authorized the release of the Twenty-Sixth Annual Report to Congress...
Kevin Trudeau Banned from Infomercials
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A Federal Trade Commission settlement with Kevin Trudeau – a prolific marketer who has either appeared in or produced hundreds of infomercials – broadly bans him from appearing in, producing, or...
Jon Leibowitz Sworn in as FTC Commissioner
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced that Jon Leibowitz, most recently vice president of congressional affairs for the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), has been sworn in as a...
Announced Actions for September 3, 2004
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Petition to reopen and modify final order: The Commission has received an application from Liberty Media Corporation (Liberty) requesting that the FTC reopen and modify the final order in the matter...
FTC Charges Software Companys Protection Promises Fall Short
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Bonzi Software, Inc., a California company, and its owners have agreed to settle FTC charges that they falsely claimed that their InternetALERT software significantly reduces the risk of Internet...
Bodyflex Marketers Settle FTC Charges of False and Unsubstantiated Inch and Fat Loss Claims
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Marketers of the BodyFlex+ System (BodyFlex) have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that they deceptively advertised that BodyFlex causes users to lose from four to 14 inches in...
Announced Actions for August 31, 2004
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FTC issuance of revised horizontal merger investigation data: The FTC has updated data collected through a staff analysis of FTC horizontal merger investigations conducted between 1996 and 2003. The...
Statement of Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras on Commissioner Mozelle W. Thompson
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During his six-and-a-half year term at the Federal Trade Commission, Mozelle Thompson has worked to benefit consumers across the United States and around the world. From the beginning of his tenure...
FTC Seeks First Civil Penalties for Do Not Call Violations
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A Nevada-based telemarketing group has made more than 300,000 calls to consumers who registered their phone numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry, according to the Federal Trade Commission. The...
FTC Obtains Consent Order Against Marketer of Triad Buying Club
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Under the terms of a consent order announced today, Special Data Processing Corporation (SDP) of Clearwater, Florida, agreed to pay the Federal Trade Commission $535,000 for redress to consumers to...
Announced Actions for August 30, 2004
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FTC Reminds Telemarketers to Renew Subscriptions to National Do Not Call Registry: The new fee structure for purchasing the National Do Not Call Registry takes effect September 1, 2004. Subscription...
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