Announced Actions for June 11, 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...
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FTC Charges Talent Broker: Ability To Place Models and Actors
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged a New Jersey talent broker and its president with misrepresenting their ability to place children in high paying modeling and acting jobs and with violating a...
FTC Staff Recommends Repeal of Trade Regulation Rule on Games of Chance in the Food Retailing and Gasoline Industries
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The staff of the Federal Trade Commission has recommended that the Commission repeal its trade regulation rule on Games of Chance in the Food Retailing and Gasoline Industries, basing its conclusion...
Announced Actions for June 7, 1996
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Applications for prior approval of transactions: The FTC has received applications for prior approval of transactions from the following. The FTC is seeking public comments on the applications for 30...
FTC Law Judge Upholds Charges AGainst "Rust Evader;" Prohibits Use of Brand Name
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A Federal Trade Commission administrative law judge has prohibited RustEvader Corporation from using the names “Rust Evader” or “Rust Buster” for a purported electronic corrosion control device for...
Debra A. Valentine To Head International Shop at FTC Competition Bureau
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Debra A. Valentine has been named to head the international division within the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition, Bureau Director William J. Baer announced today. As Assistant Director...
Four More "Project Telesweep" Defendants Settle FTC Charges
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The Federal Trade Commission announced settlements with four more of the 34 cases it brought as part of "Project Telesweep," a nationwide federal-state crackdown on business opportunity fraud. The...
Seller of Distributorship Programs for Snack Foods Violated Franchise Rule
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James L. Roche has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that he misrepresented earnings claims, success rates, and the amount of training and support he would provide to prospective...
Announced Actions for June 4, 1996
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. Commission action regarding applications for prior approval: Following a public comment period, the FTC has ruled on an application...
Commissioner Mary L. Azcuenaga Issues Separate Statement Concerning the FTCs Staff Report on Hearings on Global and Innovation-Based Competition
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Federal Trade Commissioner Mary L. Azcuenaga has issued the following separate statement concerning the FTC’s Staff Report on Hearings on Global and Innovation-Based Competition: “Yesterday, the...
Utah Seller of Home Based Business "Starter Kits" Charged with Misrepresenting Earnings, Profits
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The Federal Trade Commission filed suit today against FreeCom Communications, Inc.; Financial Freedom Report, Inc.; Elevã, Inc.; Silent Salesforce, Inc.; American Home Business Association, Inc.; and...
FTC Closes Investigation of Rite Aid Acquisition of Maxi Drug in Maine
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The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it has closed its investigation of a possible violation of federal antitrust laws by Rite Aid Corporation when it acquired certain Brooks Retail...
Rapidly Changing Marketplace Demands New Practices for Government, Businesses, and Consumers, Says FTC Staff
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“Increasing globalization and rapid innovation are profoundly altering the marketplace, creating new possibilities and raising new problems for consumers, businesses and government agencies,”...
Announced Actions for May 31, 1996
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. The FTC staff contact is Dan Ducore, 202-326-2526 or Elizabeth Piotrowski, 202-326-2623. Applications for prior approval of...
Delaware Funeral Home Agrees To Pay $20,000 Civil Penalty
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Beeson Funeral Home, Inc. and owner James E. Beeson, Jr., have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that they failed to provide consumers with price lists for caskets and other...
FTC Halts Internet Pyramid Scheme
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In its 12th and largest law enforcement action against fraud on the Internet, the Federal Trade Commission has obtained a federal court order temporarily halting a pyramid scheme advertised on the...
Announced Action for May 29, 1996
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following action. The FTC staff contact is Dan Ducore, 202-326-2526. Commission action regarding petitions to reopen and modify FTC orders: Following a...
Announced Action for May 24, 1996
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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 orders binding...
Defendant in FTC Case Charging Deceptive Telemarketing of Medical Equipment Agrees To Settle
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Motion Medical, Inc., based in Blacklick, Ohio, and company president Anton Albert Wood have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges stemming from their role in an allegedly deceptive scheme...
FTC Targets Invention Promotion Firm
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The Federal Trade Commission has won a federal district court order temporarily halting a deceptive invention promotion telemarketing scheme run by Global Patent Research Services, Inc. The president...
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