FTC Holiday Shopping Tips
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"The holiday season is a hectic time for many consumers. As shoppers make their lists and select their gifts, the Federal Trade Commission has prepared a few tips to remind consumers of their rights...
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Defendants in FTC's "Project Jackpot" Enforcement Sweep Targeting Phony Prize Promotions Agree To Settle Charges
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Multinet Marketing, LLC, related companies and their principals, have agreed to settle charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission and the Attorneys General of Vermont, Texas and Wisconsin in July...
Announced Actions for October 31, 1997
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Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the following entity. The Commission action makes the consent order...
Marketer of Dietary Suppliement Advertised through Spanish-Language Media Agrees to Settle FTC Charges of Unsubstantiated Benefits Claims for Product
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A Brooklyn, New York-based seller of a dietary supplement has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it made unsubstantiated health benefits claims for "Alen," a powdered nutritional...
FTC Extends Comment Period for Proposed New Method for Determining Cigarettes' Tar, Nicotine, and Carbon Monoxide Yields
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The Federal Trade Commission has extended until Jan. 20, 1998, the public comment period on proposed revisions to the method currently used to determine the tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide ratings...
FTC Chairman Testifies Before Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust Exemption in Proposed Tobacco Settlement
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The antitrust exemption contained in the proposed tobacco settlement is unacceptably broad, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky said today as he presented Commission testimony before the...
Announced Actions for October 24, 1997
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Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received an application for approval of a transaction from the following. The FTC is seeking public comments on the application for 30 days...
Magazine, Prize Telemarketer Settles FTC Charges; Lifetime Ban on Magazine Sales and Prize Promotions
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The owner of a telemarketing company whose employees conned consumers by telling them they had won a valuable prize, and then convinced them to "redeem" their prize by sending money, has agreed to...
Atlanta Telemarketers Offering "Guaranteed" Credit Cards for a Fee Deceived Consumers, FTC Said
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A federal district court in Atlanta has temporarily halted what the Federal Trade Commission has alleged to be a deceptive telemarketing scheme offering "guaranteed" unsecured credit cards for an...
Chicago Finance Company Agrees To Pay $40,000 Civil Penalty to Settle Charges That it Violated Equal Credit Opportunity And Fair Credit Reporting Acts
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Bonlar Loan Co., Inc., a Chicago-based finance company that makes small loans to low income consumers who often have poor credit histories, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that...
Announced Actions for October 17, 1997
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Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the following entities. The Commission action makes the consent order...
Veronica Kayne Appointed Deputy Assistant Director of FTC's Competition Bureau
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William J. Baer, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition has appointed Veronica Kayne, Deputy Assistant Director of the Bureau's NonMerger II Division. NonMergers II is one of two divisions at the...
Mandatory "Do Not Call" Lists for Direct Marketing Association Members Would Not Violate Antitrust Laws, FTC Staff Says
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The Direct Marketing Association's new policy of requiring its members to honor consumers' requests to be taken off mail and phone solicitation lists would not violate federal antitrust laws, staff of...
FTC Conference Explores How Government, Industry and Consumer Groups can Work Together to Provide Consumers the Information They Need to Evaluate Weight Loss Products and Programs
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The Federal Trade Commission, the American Society of Clinical Nutrition, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will...
Valvoline Settles Charges
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Ashland, Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that ads for the Valvoline Company's Teflon-containing TM8 Engine Treatment product were false and unsubstantiated. Valvoline is an...
FTC Launches Next Round in Battle To End Deceptive Automobile Lease Advertising
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Two major automobile manufacturers and five St. Louis, Missouri-area dealerships have signed agreements with the Federal Trade Commission to end alleged practices of omitting or burying key cost...
Florida-Based Defendants Settle FTC Charges Over Toy Display Rack Franchises
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Lake Park, Florida-based Carousel of Toys USA, Inc. is out of business and company director Kelie Brodzinski has agreed not to front for any fraudulent franchisor in the future, following resolution...
Puerto Rican Physicians Agree To Settle FTC Charges that they Conspired To Fix Prices and Engaged in an Illegal Boycott Denying Healthcare to Residents of Puerto Rico
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The College of Physician-Surgeons of Puerto Rico ("College") and three physician groups have agreed to settle charges that they engaged in illegal conduct when they collectively demanded price-related...
Federal, State Law Enforcers, 1,500 Private Sector Volunteers Launch "Project MailBox"
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More than 1,500 private sector volunteers have joined a coalition of federal, state and local law enforcers to target direct mail con artists who prey on senior citizens. The Federal Trade Commission...
Statement of Jodie Bernstein, Director Bureau of Consumer Protection Announcing "Project Mailbox"
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I'm pleased this morning, to be in this distinguished company, to announce "Project Mailbox," a federal/state, public/private initiative targeted at con artists who use mass mail to defraud consumers...
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