Announced Action for July 5, 2005
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Commission approval of final consent order: Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved a final consent order in the matter concerning San Juan IPA, Inc. The Commission vote...
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Announced Actions for July 1, 2005
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Issuance of final default judgments and orders of permanent injunction: The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida has issued two default final judgments and orders for permanent...
Announced Actions for June 29, 2005
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Commission authorization of the staff to file amended complaint: The Commission has authorized the staff to file an amended complaint in the matter currently pending against Medical Billers Network...
Statement of Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras on Commissioner Orson Swindle
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During his tenure at the Federal Trade Commission, Orson Swindle has been a staunch advocate for consumer welfare in the United States and abroad. Committed to providing a voice to those consumers...
FTC Chairman Appoints Schneider Executive Director
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras has appointed Charles H. Schneider, currently Deputy Administrator at the National Gallery of Art, to serve as the Commission’s Executive...
FTC Issues Report on Peer-to-Peer File Sharing
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Peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing technology offers significant benefits but also poses risks to consumers who use it, according to a Federal Trade Commission staff report issued today. The staff report...
FTC Halts Operations Bogus Anti-Spyware Claims, Freezes Assets
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An operation that used bogus “scans” and illegal spam to market an anti-spyware program that didn’t work as claimed has had its assets frozen and been barred from making deceptive claims by a...
New FTC Publication Helps New Grads Become Wise Consumers
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Graduation from high school or college is an exciting time when students focus on the future and the new responsibilities and opportunities it brings. The Federal Trade Commission has issued a new...
Announced Action for June 22, 2005
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Authentication Web site: As part of its continuing efforts to assist the private market in the creation, testing, evaluation, and deployment of the anti-spam and anti-phishing technology known as...
Cross Border Con Artist Ordered to Pay $2.9 Million
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The operator of a Canadian business directory scam who previously was ordered jailed by a U.S. district judge for violating a court-imposed asset freeze now has been ordered to pay $2.9 million to the...
FTC Upholds Initial Decision Against Kentucky Movers
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In a unanimous opinion issued today, the Federal Trade Commission upheld a July 2004 initial decision by Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) D. Michael Chappell, ruling that Kentucky Households Goods...
Announced Action for June 21, 2005
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Application for approval of proposed divestiture: The Commission has received an application for approval of a proposed divestiture from Cytec Industries, Inc., related to Cytec’s recent acquisition...
Children's Book Publisher to Pay $710,000 to Settle Charges it Violated Commission's Negative Option and Telemarketing Sales Rule
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New York-based Scholastic Inc. (Scholastic) and two of its subsidiaries, Scholastic-at-Home (SAH) and Grolier Incorporated (Grolier), have agreed to settle allegations that they violated laws enforced...
FTC Settles Claims with Marketers of FiberThin and Propolene
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The marketers of the dietary supplements FiberThin and Propolene have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that their misleading weight-loss claims violated federal laws. The principal defendants...
Defendants Who Deceptively Marketed the Himalayan Diet Breakthrough Settle FTC Charges:
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AVS Marketing, Inc., and its president, William R. Heid, have agreed to pay $400,000 in consumer redress to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceptively marketed a purported weight...
FTC Issues Report to Congress
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In a report to Congress required by the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (“CAN-SPAM Act”), the Federal Trade Commission says it does not recommend...
Announced Actions for June 17, 2005
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Commission authorization of the staff to file amended complaint: The Commission has authorized the staff to file an amended complaint in the matter currently pending against Cleverlink Trading Limited...
FTC Closes its Investigation of Omnicares Tender Offer for Neighborcare
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The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it has closed its investigation of the proposed tender offer by Omnicare, Inc. for NeighborCare, Inc., the largest and likely second-largest...
BJ's Wholesale Club Settles FTC Charges
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BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its failure to take appropriate security measures to protect the sensitive information of thousands of its...
FTC Testifies on Data Security and Identity Theft
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The FTC today told Congress it should consider extending security protections for sensitive consumer data and requiring that companies that possess such data notify consumers when they are victims of...
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