Call Me Classified!
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The Federal Trade Commission will host a press conference on Monday, April 15, at 2:00 p.m. EST to announce federal district court complaints targeting several companies for alleged "in-bound"...
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FTC/DOJ Hearings to Highlight the Intersection of Antitrust and Intellectual Property Law and Policy
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The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division today announced topics, times and locations, and participants for upcoming April and May sessions of their joint...
FTC Testimony Portends Increase in Privacy Protection Efforts And Aggressive Antitrust Law Enforcement
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The Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, Timothy J. Muris, today testified on behalf of the Commission before the House Appropriation Committee's Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the...
"Triad" Defendant Settles Federal Charges
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Richard Kaylor, an officer of Triad Discount Buying Service, Inc. and numerous related companies, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that he misled consumers into accepting discount...
Canadian Companies Charged by the FTC with Marketing Worthless Credit Card Protection and Advance Fee Loan Programs
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged Consumer Alliance, an operation based in Ontario, Canada, with deceptively marketing worthless credit-card protection programs to U.S. consumers. In addition...
Napa Valley OB/GYN Group Settles FTC Antitrust Charges
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A doctors' group consisting of virtually every obstetrician and gynecologist (OB/GYN) with active medical staff privileges at the two general acute care hospitals in Napa County, California, and its...
Announced Action for April 5, 2002
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Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved a final consent order in the matter concerning Schering-Plough Corp., et al. (Schering) that settles the Commission's charges against...
Dealers of Multi-Gard "Liquid Siding" Settle FTC Charges
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Dealers of Multi-Gard "liquid siding" have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that ads claiming their product provided consumers with an insulation value of R-20 were unsubstantiated...
FTC/DOJ Hearings to Highlight Additional Business and Economic Perspectives on Competition and Intellectual Property Policy
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The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division today announced topics, updated times and locations, and participants for sessions in their joint hearings on...
International Netforce Launches Law Enforcement Effort
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The Federal Trade Commission has joined eight state law enforcers in the United States and four Canadian agencies in an initiative targeting deceptive spam and Internet fraud. The agencies have...
In Response to District Court Order, FTC Issues Statement in Re: FTC v. Libbey Inc., et al.
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The Federal Trade Commission today voted unanimously to issue a statement, affirming that its December 18, 2001 vote authorizing - and subsequent January 14, 2002 filing of a complaint in the U.S...
Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice Urge Rhode Island Legislature to Allow Non-lawyers To Perform Real Estate Closings
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The Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice issued a letter on Friday, March 29, 2002, urging the Rhode Island House of Representatives to reject a proposed bill that would prevent non...
Jones Apparel Group Agrees to Pay $300,000 Civil Penalty to Settle FTC Charges of Violating the Care Labeling Rule
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced it has reached a settlement with Jones Apparel Group, Inc. (Jones), one of the largest clothing marketers in the world, resolving allegations that the...
FTC Staff Provides Connecticut with Comments on the Sale of Contact Lenses by Out-of-State Sources
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In comments provided yesterday to the Connecticut Board of Examiners for Opticians, staff of the Bureau of Consumer Protection and the Office of Policy Planning of the Federal Trade Commission said...
International Netforce Targets Deceptive Spam and Internet Fraud
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SEATTLE, WASHINGTON WHAT: A press conference in Seattle, Washington to announce an international law enforcement initiative targeting deceptive spam and Internet fraud. Agencies involved in the law...
FTC Extends Comment Period on Proposed National "Do Not Call" Registry and Other Proposed Changes to Telemarketing Sales Rule
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The Federal Trade Commission has extended the public comment period for proposed changes to its Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR). A Federal Register notice announcing the extension of the public comment...
FTC Staff Opposes Alaska Physicians' Health Plan Legislation:
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The staff of the Federal Trade Commission recently told the Alaska House of Representatives' Committee on Labor and Commerce that legislation authorizing collective bargaining among the state's...
Announced Actions for March 22, 2002
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The Commission has received an application from Liberty Media Corporation (Liberty) requesting that the FTC reopen and set aside the final order in the matter of Time Warner, Inc., et al. (Docket No...
Home Mortgage Lender Settles "Predatory Lending" Charges
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Nearly 18,000 borrowers could receive as much as $60 million dollars in compensation under the terms of a settlement of a lawsuit involving a California-based home mortgage lender and its chief...
FTC Testimony on Identity Theft
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The FTC today told the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information that while there is good reason for consumers to be concerned about falling victim...
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