Announced Action for July 2, 2002
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The Commission has authorized the publication of a Federal Register notice regarding the transfer of delegations of authority to disclose certain nonpublic information to foreign law enforcement...
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Administrative Law Judge Dismisses FTC Allegations of Anticompetitive Conduct by Schering-plough and Upsher-Smith
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In an initial decision filed on June 27, 2002 and announced today, Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) D. Michael Chappell dismissed all allegations of anticompetitive conduct in a March 2001 Federal Trade...
California-based Debt Collector Agrees to Pay $300,000 Civil Penalty to Settle FTC Charges of Violating Debt Collection and Credit Reporting Laws
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Canoga Park, California-based D.C. Credit Services, Inc. and company co-owner, David Cohen, have agreed to pay a $300,000 civil penalty as part of a settlement of Federal Trade Commission charges that...
FTC Issues Third Follow-Up Report on the Marketing of Violent Entertainment to Children
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The Federal Trade Commission today issued the third follow-up review of its September 2000 Report to Congress, Marketing Violent Entertainment to Children: A Review of Self-Regulation and Industry...
Administrative Law Judge Bars Distributors of Three Tenors Media from Agreeing to "Fix, Raise, or Stabilize" Prices
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In an initial decision filed on June 20, 2002, and announced today, Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) James P. Timony ordered a series of companies, all of which are subsidiaries of French corporation...
Announced Actions for June 28, 2002
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The FTC has approved the extension of a time period in the matter concerning Baxter International, Inc. Under the order in Docket No. C-3726, which concerned Baxter's acquisition of Immuno...
Consent Order Resolves Charges That Biovail and Elan Agreement Unreasonably Restrained Competition In Market for Generic Anti-hypertension Drug
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The Federal Trade Commission today voted to accept for public comment a proposed consent order with two generic drug manufacturers to resolve charges that they entered into an agreement that...
FTC Warns Consumers about Online Gambling and Children
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris today announced the results of an informal survey of websites to determine the access and exposure teens have to online gambling. The FTC visited...
Statement by FTC Chairman Muris Regarding Proposed RESPA Rule Revisions by Housing and Urban Development
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Speaking at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. today, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Mel Martinez announced a proposal that would reform the regulatory...
Scam Artists Use Do Not Call Registry to Commit Fraud
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Scam artists capitalizing on the popularity of existing state "Do Not Call" lists and the proposed FTC "Do Not Call" registry have devised yet another method to trick consumers into giving up personal...
Announced Actions for June 25, 2002
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The Commission has received an application from America Online/Time Warner, Inc. (AOLTW) requesting approval of a non-affiliated Internet Service Provider (ISP) and alternative cable broadband service...
FTC's Beales Testifies on the Commission's Enforcement of the Franchise Rule
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"Based upon the Commission's two decades of experience in enforcing the Franchise Rule, it is clear to us that deceptive business opportunity sales, rather than business-format franchise sales...
FTC Chairman Muris, Congressman Wolf and Industry Experts to Discuss Online Gambling Directed Toward Children
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What: An Open Forum/Roundtable discussion on the potential dangers of online gambling directed toward children. Chairman Muris will highlight results of the FTC's informal survey of online gambling...
FTC Seeks to Block Cytyc Corp.'s Acquisition of Digene Corp.
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The Federal Trade Commission today authorized staff to seek a preliminary injunction to block Cytyc Corporation's (Cytyc) proposed $420 million acquisition of Digene Corporation (Digene). According to...
Internet Wholesale Operator Settles FTC Charges
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An Internet operator who advertised designer-name bargains but delivered cut rate products, or no products at all, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that his practices violated...
Announced Actions for June 21, 2002
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The Commission has authorized the staff to file a motion for leave to file an amicus brief opposing a proposed class action settlement that preliminarily has been approved in Erikson v. Ameritech Corp...
State, Federal Law Enforcers Launch Sting on Business Opportunity, Work-at-Home Scams
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In a coordinated attack on business opportunity and work-at-home fraud, the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and 17 state law enforcement agencies have launched a law...
FTC Issues Complaint Against Rambus, Inc.
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged Rambus, Inc., based in Los Altos, California, with violating federal antitrust laws by deliberately engaging in a pattern of anticompetitive acts and practices...
Announced Action for June 18, 2002
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Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved a final consent order in the matter concerning Kryton Coatings International, Inc. The vote to approve the final order was 5-0, with a...
State, Federal Law Enforcers Tackle Business Opportunity, Work-at-Home Scams
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What: Press conference to announce more than 50 law enforcement actions targeting business opportunity and work-at-home scams. Many of the defendants used deceptive earnings claims and paid shills to...
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