News Releases for October 1999
October 29, 1999
- For Your Information: October 29, 1999
Announced Actions for October 29, 1999
The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions:
October 26, 1999
- For Release: October 26, 1999
United States and Brazil Sign Bilateral Antitrust Agreement
The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice announced today that representatives of the United States and Brazil have signed a bilateral antitrust cooperation agreement.
October 25, 1999
- For Release: October 25, 1999
FTC Targets "Web Site Cramming"
Bogus Charges On Telephone Bills On The Rise, Agency Testifies
- For Release: October 25, 1999
Small Business Owners Who Got "Crammed" to Get Refunds
124,000 Victims of Unauthorized Phone Billing May Qualify for Redress
October 22, 1999
- For Release: October 22, 1999
FTC Accepts Proposed Agreement Settling Charges that VNU's Acquisition of Nielsen Violates Antitrust Laws
The Federal Trade Commission has accepted a proposed consent agreement settling charges that VNU N.V.'s acquisition of Nielsen Media Research, Inc. would violate antitrust laws.
- For Release: October 22, 1999
FTC Clears Merger of El Paso Energy and Sonat
Major Divestitures Required to Ensure Competition in Natural Gas Transportation
- For Your Information: October 22, 1999
Announced Actions for October 22, 1999
The Federal Trade Commission has accepted a proposed consent agreement that would allow the $6 billion merger of El Paso Energy Corporation and Sonat Inc., while ensuring that competition is maintained in markets for natural gas transportation out of the Gulf of Mexico and into the southeastern United States.
October 21,1999
- For Release: October 21, 1999
FTC Ends Erickson's Supporting Role
Defendants Banned from Assisting Others
- For Release: October 21, 1999
Credit Identity Defendants Settle FTC Charges
Promoting False Identification Numbers To Create A "New Credit Identity" Is Illegal: FTC
October 20, 1999
- For Release: October 20, 1999
New Rule Will Protect Privacy of Children Online
Effective April 2000 Certain Web Sites Must Obtain Parental Consent before Collecting Personal Information from Children
- For Release: October 20, 1999
FTC Official Testifies before House Committee on Slotting Allowances
An official with the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition today testified before a House Committee about competition issues in agriculture and food marketing.
October 19, 1999
- For Release: October 19, 1999
Attorneys General, FTC Chairman, and YWCA of the U.S.A. Launch Initiatives to "Tune Out the Violence"
WASHINGTON, D.C., OCTOBER 19, 1999 -- "Tune Out the Violence," a nationwide effort to reduce the impact of media violence on young people, was launched today in a first-ever partnershi[ between the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and the YWCA of the U.S.A., with two new initiatives aimed at helping parents and their children "tune out" violence from their lives.
October 18, 1999
- For Release: October 18, 1999
FTC Files Suit Against Bogus Medical Billing Opportunity
A federal district court has issued a Temporary Restraining Order with Asset Freeze against an Orange County, California company that purportedly sold work-at-home medical billing opportunities.
- For Your Information: October 18, 1999
Announced Actions for October 18, 1999
The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions:
October 15, 1999
- For Release: October 15, 1999
FTC Chairman Delivers Remarks on The Effect of Global Trade on U.S. Competition Law and Enforcement Policies
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky outlined his views on the effect of global trade on U.S. competition law and enforcement policies today in a speech before Fordham University's 26th Annual Conference on International Antitrust & Policy.
- Regulatory Reform: October 15, 1999
FTC to Publish Proposed Revised Franchise Rule
The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on proposed revisions to its Trade Regulation Rule titled "Disclosure Requirements and Prohibitions Concerning Franchising and Business Opportunity Ventures" -- (Franchise Rule).
- For Your Information: October 15, 1999
FTC Announces Public Workshop Conference on Funeral Rule Review Comments
The Federal Trade Commission will hold a public workshop on November 18, 1999, to discuss issues relevant to the recently-initiated review of the Funeral Rule.
October 14, 1999
- For Release: October 14, 1999
Marketer of Federally Insured Home Improvement Loans Agrees to Pay Civil Penalty for Violations of Federal Law
Unicor Funding, Inc., a California-based marketer of federally insured home improvement loans ("Title 1" loans), has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $100,000 for allegedly violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).
October 12, 1999
- For Your Information: October 12, 1999
Announced Actions for October 12, 1999
The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions:
October 8, 1999
- For Release: October 8, 1999
Remaining VFS Defendants Banned from Business Opportunity Industry
Samuel and Jay Levine, President and Vice President respectively for Vendors Financial Services (VFS), have agreed to a permanent ban from marketing any business opportunity, franchise or business venture as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission.
- For Your Information: October 8, 1999
Announced Actions for October 8, 1999
The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions.
October 7, 1999
- For Release: October 7, 1999
United States and Japan Sign Bilateral Antitrust Agreement
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky and U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno today signed an antitrust cooperation agreement between the United States and Japan.
October 6, 1999
- For Release: October 6, 1999
FTC Testimony Addresses Scholarship Services Scams
"The College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act of 1999 provides some useful tools to help combat scholarship fraud," said Federal Trade Commissioner Sheila F. Anthony in delivering FTC testimony today before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on bill S. 1455.
- For Release: October 6, 1999
Crammers Settle FTC Charges
$ 1.6 Million In Consumer Redress For Unauthorized Charges On Phone Bills
October 5, 1999
- For Your Information: October 5, 1999
Announced Action(s) for October 5, 1999
The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions:
- For Release: October 5, 1999
"Catch the Bandit in Your Mailbox"
Federal, State, And Private Sector Join in National Campaign Highlighting Efforts to Stop Mail Fraud
October 1, 1999
- For Release: October 1, 1999
FTC and DOJ Propose Antitrust Guidelines for Collaborations among Competitors
The Federal Trade Commission, in consultation with the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, has drafted "Antitrust Guidelines for Collaborations Among Competitors."
- Media Advisory: October 1, 1999
"Catch the Bandit in the Mailbox"
Feds, State, Private Sector to Announce New Initiatives To Combat Direct Mail Fraud and Spam
- For Release: October 1, 1999
Tractor Trailer Training School Agrees to Settle FTC Charges of Misrepresenting Job Success Rates of Graduates
A New England-based vocational school offering courses in truck driving has agreed to disclose its job placement and licensing-test pass rates to prospective students as part of a settlement of Federal Trade Commission charges.