For Release: July 31, 1997 FTC Outlines Steps for Commission Action on Consumer Privacy Issues in Letter to Congress
In a letter to Senator John McCain, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and Congressman Thomas Bliley, Chairman of the House Commerce Committee, the Federal Trade Commission summarized preliminary findings from the Commission's Public Workshop on Consumer Privacy held in June, and outlined several steps the Commission will undertake in the next year to address consumer privacy issues.
July 30, 1997
For Release: July 30, 1997 Schnucks to Pay $3 Million, Divest Two Additional Stores to Settle FTC Charges of Running Down Supermarkets Before Divesting
The Federal Trade Commission today announced the settlement it has reached with Schnuck Markets, Inc., of St. Louis, Missouri, under which Schnucks has agreed to pay a $3 million civil penalty -- one of the largest ever obtained for violation of an FTC order -- and to divest to supermarket operators two currently closed supermarket properties.
July 29, 1997
For Release: July 29, 1997 FTC Will Move to Block Merger of Hospital Equipment Rental Firms
The Federal Trade Commission today voted to ask a federal district court to block a merger that would join the nation's two largest firms that rent movable medical equipment -- such as respiratory, infusion, and monitoring devices -- to hospitals.
For Your Information: July 29, 1997 FYI: Announced Actions for July 29, 1997 Novartis AG, of Basel, Switzerland has applied for FTC approval of the agreement between Novartis subsidiary, Genetic Therapy, Inc., of Gaithersburg, Maryland, and Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Pharmaceuticals, Inc., of Collegeville, Pennsylvania, to license Genetic Therapy's "B-domain deleted Factor VIII" gene therapy products, which are being developed for the treatment of hemophilia.
July 25, 1997
For Release: July 25, 1997 FYI: Announced Action for July 25, 1997
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky testified today before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights and Competition on the topic of defense industry mergers and acquisitions.
July 24, 1997
For Release: July 24, 1997 FTC Chairman Robert Pitofsky Testifies before Senate Subcommittee on Mergers and Acquisitions in the Defense Industry
Two Seattle, Washington-based companies and their principal officers have agreed to pay an estimated $288,000 into a redress pool from which partial refunds may be made to students who paid $39.95 to $69.95 for either high-paying summer jobs in the Alaskan fishing industry or on cruise ships, or for scholarships or other college financial aid, the Federal Trade Commission announced today.
For Release: July 24, 1997 Seattle-Based Defendants To Pay $288,000 To Settle FTC Charges over Phony Alaskan Fishing Jobs, Scholarship Claims
Two Seattle, Washington-based companies and their principal officers have agreed to pay an estimated $288,000 into a redress pool from which partial refunds may be made to students who paid $39.95 to $69.95 for either high-paying summer jobs in the Alaskan fishing industry or on cruise ships, or for scholarships or other college financial aid, the Federal Trade Commission announced today.
July 23, 1997
For Release: July 23, 1997 FTC/State "Project Mousetrap" Snares Invention Promotion Industry A significant number of firms in the invention promotion industry are perpetrating a massive fraud on middle American consumers by claiming they have the resources and corporate connections to successfully develop and market individuals' inventions, according to federal and state officials who gathered at Federal Trade Commission headquarters in Washington, D.C. today.
For Release: July 23, 1997 Quaker State Subsidiaries Settle FTC Charges Against Slick 50
Three subsidiaries of Quaker State Corp. have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that ads for Quaker State's Slick 50 Engine Treatment were false and unsubstantiated.
For Release: July 23, 1997 Camera Vending Machine Business Scheme Defendants Banned from Selling Franchises under FTC Settlements
The defendants in a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit which alleged that they deceptively sold business opportunities for vending machines that dispensed single-use disposable cameras, have agreed to settle the FTC charges under orders that would bar them permanently from selling franchises and business opportunities.
For Your Information: July 18, 1997 Announced Actions For July 18, 1997
The Commission has granted the petition of Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation of Nashville, Tennessee to modify an October 1995 consent order to end Columbia/HCA's obligation to divest a commercial lease for office space (the Infusamed Lease) in a building next to Pioneer Valley Hospital in West Valley City, Utah. Divestiture of the lease agreement was required under a 1995 consent order that settled charges that Columbia/HCA's acquisition of Healthtrust, Inc. would violate federal antitrust laws by substantially reducing hospital competition in several areas, including Utah.
For Release: July 16, 1997 FTC Staff Sets Forth Principles For Online Information Collection From Children
In response to a petition from the Center for Media Education, the staff of the Federal Trade Commission today released a letter that outlines several principles that it believes should generally apply to the collection of personally identifiable information from children online.
July 15, 1997
For Your Information: July 15, 1997 Tar & Nicotine Report - 1994
The Federal Trade Commission made public today the results of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide testing for 1,206 varieties of domestic cigarettes sold in 1994.
"Peach Sweep" -- Statement by Anthony Di Resta, Director, Atlanta Regional Office, FTC
Good Morning. I'm grateful to all of you who are here this morning as we announce the results of "Peach Sweep," a joint federal-state-local law enforcement initiative targeting fraudulent telemarketers and direct mail schemes that originate in Georgia and scam consumers in all parts of the country.
For Your Information: July 31, 1997 Announced Actions for July 15, 1997 Novartis AG, a Swiss firm, and Chiron Corporation, of Emeryville, California, have applied for FTC approval to license specified gene therapy technology and patent rights to Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Pharmaceuticals, Inc., of Collegeville, Pennsylvania.
July 10, 1997
For Release: July 10, 1997 Statement of FTC Consumer Protection Director on R.J. Reynold's Decision To Replace the Joe Camel Advertising Campagin
In response to the decision of R.J. Reynolds to replace the Joe Camel advertising campaign, Jodie Bernstein, Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection said, "We are gratified that RJR has finally terminated an advertising campaign that we believe has caused substantial injury to children and adolescents.
July 2, 1997
For Release: July 2, 1997 Investment Schemes Sprouting New Hybrids
U.S. and Canadian Enforcement Authorities Announce "Field of Schemes" Campaign Targeting Upsurge in Number & Variety of Investment-Related Telemarketing Fraud
Prepared Statement of Theresa Schwartz, Deputy Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection
July 1, 1997
For Release: July 1, 1997 FTC Issues a Laundry List of Care Label Symbol Partnerships
It’s laundry day at the Federal Trade Commission and by mid-morning, clothing and laundry appliance manufacturers, retailers, detergent and bleach companies and other industry members will be unfolding a basket full of new educational materials for consumers.
