FTC Cracks down on Spam Scammers
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What: Press Availability Who: J. Howard Beales, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection will announce a law enforcement initiative targeting deceptive spam that appealed to post 9-11...
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FTC Negotiates Settlement That Preserves Competition in U.S. Market for Pigskin and Beef Hide Gelatin
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The Federal Trade Commission has negotiated a settlement designed to remedy the alleged anticompetitive effects resulting from the proposed $170 million acquisition of Leiner Davis Gelatin Corporation...
FTC Closes Hewlett-Packard/Compaq Investigation
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it has closed its investigation into whether the proposed merger of Hewlett-Packard, Inc., (HP) and Compaq Computer Corporation (Compaq) may...
Wonder Bread Marketers Settle FTC Charges
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The marketers of Wonder Bread have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that ads claiming that Wonder Bread containing added calcium could improve children's brain function and memory...
Palm, Inc. Settles FTC Charges That it Failed to Disclose Limitations of its Personal Digital Assistants
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced a proposed settlement agreement with Palm, Inc. (Palm), the leading manufacturer of Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). The settlement concerns Palm's...
Health Benefit Claims Challenged by the FTC
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On Wednesday, March 6, 2002, the Federal Trade Commission's settlements with a national advertiser and its advertising agency with respect to unsubstantiated claims made for a food product will be...
FTC and DOJ Announce New Clearance Procedures for Antitrust Matters
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The nation's two federal antitrust enforcement agencies, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ), today announced that they have entered into a...
Publication of Federal Register notices:
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The Commission has approved publication of a Federal Register notice on how the FTC would implement a national do-not-call registry under the FTC's recently proposed amendments to the Telemarketing...
FTC Releases Wireless Workshop Summary
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Staff of The Federal Trade Commission released a summary and update of the proceedings of its December 2000 workshop titled, "The Mobile Wireless Web, Data Services and Beyond: Emerging Technologies...
FTC Extends Public Comment Period on "Use of Disgorgement Authority"
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The Federal Trade Commission has extended the public comment period on the agency's use of its disgorgement authority as a remedy for violations of the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act, the FTC Act, and...
FTC Releases Antitrust Clearance Process Documents
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris today released documents that provide information regarding the problems with the existing FTC-Department of Justice clearance procedures and the...
FTC Announces First Two Enforcement Actions Against Purveyors of Bioterrorism Defense Products
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The marketers of a home test kit for anthrax, and an on-line seller of a colloidal silver product purported to treat anthrax, have both settled Federal Trade Commission charges of false and...
Announced Actions for February 26, 2002
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The Commission has approved five applications from America Online/Time Warner, Inc. (AOLTW) requesting approval of a non-affiliated Internet Service Provider (ISP) and alternative cable broadband...
FTC Seeks to Halt Cross-Border Lottery Fraud
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The Federal Trade Commission has asked a United States District Court to halt a cross-border telemarketing operation that targets elderly U.S. consumers in an illegal foreign lottery scheme. The...
Defendants in New York City Vending Machine Business Opportunity Settle FTC Charges
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Evan Blumstein, principal of Pathway Merchandising, Inc., and Four Vend, Inc., doing business as IV Vend, IV Vending, Inc., For Vend and For Vend Incorporate, has been banned from engaging or...
Announced Actions for February 22, 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 Obtains Stipulated Preliminary Injunction Against Promoters of "Miss Cleo"
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A federal judge has entered a stipulated preliminary injunction in the Federal Trade Commission case filed last week against Access Resource Services, Inc. (ARS), and Psychic Readers Network (PRN)...
Staff Advisory Opinion:
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Staff of the Federal Trade Commission has advised MedSouth, Inc., a multi-specialty physician practice association that includes competing primary care and specialist physicians who practice in the...
FTC Seeks Civil Contempt Order Against Wade Cook Financial Corporation, Operator of "Wall Street Workshop"
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Despite collecting millions from consumers over the past five years pitching his "Wall Street Workshop" to investment-minded consumers, financial "guru" Wade Cook and his company, Wade Cook Financial...
FTC Charges Sellers of Cell Phone Radiation Protection Patches with Making False Claims
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged two companies that sold devices that purportedly protect users from electromagnetic radiation emitted by cellular telephones with making false and...
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