Announced Actions for July 12, 1996
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. The FTC staff contact is Dan Ducore, 202-326-2526. Applications for prior approval of transactions: The FTC has received an...
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Home Shopping Network Settles FTC Charges that Advertising Claims Lacked Scientific Support
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Home Shopping Network, Inc. (HSN) and two of its subsidiaries have agreed to secure scientific evidence to back up claims that any food, supplement or drug can treat a disease or affect a function of...
FTC Positions Itself for the 21st Century
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The five members of the Federal Trade Commission appeared today before a U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee to testify on behalf of the FTC’s proposed reauthorization. Chairman Robert Pitofsky...
Computer Software Manufacturer Agrees to Settle Charges of Software Misrepresentation
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Syncronys Softcorp, of Culver City, California, and three of the company’s officers have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they misrepresented and/or failed to substantiate the...
Victoria Streitfeld Named FTC's Public Affairs Director
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky has named Victoria Streitfeld the new Director of Public Affairs for the agency, putting her in charge of the office that directs the FTC’s relations...
Announced Actions for July 9, 1996
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following action. The FTC staff contact is Dan Ducore, 202-326-2526. Applications for prior approval of transactions: The FTC has received an...
Small Businesses, Churches, Nursing Homes Are Targets of Bogus Business Supply Companies
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Dozens of apparent con artists who targeted small businesses and not-for-profits ranging from churches to charities have been closed down in “Operation CopyCat,” a federal, state and local government...
Consumers may soon see a new name on the fiber content labels
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Consumers may soon see a new name on the fiber content labels of certain items of clothing, such as swim suits, cycling pants and ski pants. The Federal Trade Commission has proposed to allow U.S...
$200,000 Bond is the Price of Offering Future Business Ventures for Defendant in FTC Popcorn Vending Machine Case
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Dale Merritt, who was charged by the Federal Trade Commission along with his firm, Showcase Distributing, Inc., of Phoenix, Arizona, as part of a nationwide crackdown on business opportunity fraud...
Rust Evader Inventor Settles FTC Charges
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The inventor of the “Rust Evader,” a device costing up to $600 that purportedly reduced corrosion in motor vehicle bodies, would have to pay $200,000 in consumer redress and abide by a ban on use of...
FTC Extends Public Comment Period on "Lemon Buyback" Practices
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The Federal Trade Commission has extended the public comment period on issues related to the resale of "lemon buybacks" -- cars previously repurchased from consumers by manufacturers under state...
FTC Turns Out the Lights on 1970 Light Bulb Rule
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The Federal Trade Commission has repealed its Trade Regulation Rule Concerning the Incandescent Lamp (Light Bulb) Industry, the eighth Trade Regulation Rule the Commission has repealed in the last...
Announced Actions for June 28, 1996
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. The FTC staff contact is Dan Ducore, 202-326-2526. Commission action regarding applications for prior approval: Following a public...
Individual Named in the FTC's "Project Roadblock" Investment Fraud Case Agrees To Settle
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Richard Basile, one of the defendants named by the Federal Trade Commission as part of "Project Roadblock," a nationwide, multi-agency sweep of high-tech investment frauds involving the emerging...
The FTC has amended its Appliance Labeling Rule
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The Federal Trade Commission has amended its Appliance Labeling Rule to allow appliance manufacturers to place energy use labels required by the Canadian and Mexican governments "directly adjoining"...
Judge Upholds FTC Charges Against Atlanta Telemarketers
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A federal district court judge has upheld Federal Trade Commission charges against an Atlanta, Georgia, company and two individuals who operated a deceptive "recovery room" telemarketing scam. The FTC...
FTC Wins Court Order To Shut Down Marketers of Software Display-Rack Distributorships
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The Federal Trade Commission has won a court order temporarily halting the sale of pre-packaged small businesses consisting of display racks of computer software products by firms that the FTC alleges...
Repeal of Massachusetts Liquor Price Posting Would Encourage Competition in the Sale of Alcoholic Beverages, Says FTC Staff
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Federal Trade Commission staff member submitted a statement today to the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission (MABCC) on the repeal of a Massachusetts rule that requires liquor...
FTC, DOJ Form Joint Task Force To Reexamine Treatment of Cost Savings in Merger Analysis
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced that they have established a joint task force that will examine whether and, if so, how...
FTC Charges Marketers of Doan's Pills with Making Deceptive Back-Pain Relief Claims
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Contrary to its advertising claims, there is no evidence that Doan’s pills are better than competing over-the-counter analgesics in relieving back pain, according to Federal Trade Commission charges...
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