FTC Sues Credit Repair Companies
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Two companies targeting Spanish-speaking consumers with claims that they could improve consumers’ credit ratings have violated federal laws, according to the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC has...
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Straight Retires as FTC Executive Director
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras announced today that Executive Director Rosemarie Straight will retire after 22 years of service to the agency. Majoras has designated Judith...
Remaining Jubilee Financial Services Defendants Banned from Providing Debt Negotiation Services
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emuel Apelar and John Mitchell, the remaining defendants in the case against Jubilee Financial Services and its related debt negotiation companies, are banned from advertising, marketing, or providing...
Dallas Consumer Agencies Host Consumer Outreach Forum to Address Fraud Directed at Hispanics
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The Federal Trade Commission’s Southwest Region - Dallas and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service will host a press conference on THURSDAY, January 27, 2005, at 12:30 p.m. CST to highlight a one-day...
Announced Actions for January 25, 2005
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Publication of Federal Register notices: The Commission, by a vote of 5-0, has authorized publication of a Federal Register notice announcing the revised thresholds for the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR)...
FTC Issues Final Rule on Prescreen Notices
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has issued its final regulation to improve required notices in prescreened offers for credit or insurance. The notices, among other...
International Telemarketing Network Defendants Banned from Telemarketing
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Officers of a company that directed an international telemarketing network that defrauded hundreds of thousands of consumers through the deceptive telemarketing of bogus advance-fee credit cards are...
Announced Actions for January 21, 2005
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Commission approval of proposed license-back agreement: The Commission has approved a petition from BayerCropScience AG (BCS) , requesting that the FTC amend the Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA)...
FTC Obtains Preliminary Injunction Against Sellers of Real Estate Investment Training Program
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A U.S. District Court Judge has found that the Federal Trade Commission has “demonstrated a likelihood of success on the merits” against two of the defendants named in the FTC’s action against two...
Body Wise International to Pay over $3.5 Million to Settle Federal and State Deceptive Advertising Charges for AG-Immune Dietary Supplement
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The Federal Trade Commission, the Orange County (California) District Attorney, and the California State Attorney General announced today that they have reached settlements with Body Wise...
Sellers of Fat Trapper Plus and Exercise in a Bottle Banned from Advertising Weight-Loss Products
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Enforma Natural Products, Inc.; Andrew Grey; Twenty-Four Seven, LLC; Michael Ehrman; and Donna DiFerdinando are banned from advertising or marketing weight-loss products, except exercise programs or...
Announced Actions for January 14, 2005
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The Commission has approved a petition for proposed divestiture received from General Electric Company (GE) and related to the FTC decision and order regarding GE’s acquisition of InVision...
FTC Seeks Comment on Proposed COPPA Rule Amendment
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The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on a proposal to amend the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule to make permanent a temporary provision in the Rule allowing operators...
FTC Postpones Effective Date of Can-Spam Rule Establishing Criteria for Determining Primary Purpose of E-Mail Messages
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The Federal Trade Commission has postponed the effective date of rule provisions it adopted December 16, 2004, establishing criteria for determining whether the primary purpose of an e-mail message is...
Defendants Operating a College Financial Aid Scam to Pay $1,433,000 in Consumer Redress to Settle FTC Charges
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Four defendants operating a college financial aid scam have agreed to a multimillion dollar judgment with the Federal Trade Commission. The Commission filed its action as part of the Southwest...
California Company Settles FTC Charges of Deceptive Fundraising
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To settle Federal Trade Commission charges, West Coast Advertising & Marketing and its principals have agreed to pay $90,000 and verify the accuracy of claims they make on behalf of nonprofits for...
FTC to Host Conference on Oil Industry Merger Effects
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The Federal Trade Commission will host a public conference in Washington, DC, on January 14, 2005, to examine two recent studies focusing on the price effects of mergers and concentration in the...
Announced Action for January 11, 2005
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Commission appointment of interim monitor: The Commission has approved the appointment of Quantic Regulatory Services, LLC (Quantic) as interim monitor in the matter concerning Cephalon, Inc.’s...
Court Stops Spammers from Circulating Unwanted Sexually-Explicit E-mails
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged a network of corporations and individuals with using spam to sell access to online pornography. The FTC alleges that the defendants, acting as a single...
FTC Seeks to Shut Down Bogus “Automotive Fuel Saver” Operation
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What: Media Availability to detail the FTC’s first law enforcement actions targeting companies that spam consumers with sexually-explicit e-mails in violation of the Adult Labeling Rule, the CAN-SPAM...
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