November 29, 2000

• For Release: November 29, 2000
  FTC Reaches Record Financial Settlement To Settle Charges of Price-fixing in Generic Drug Market
  The Federal Trade Commission today approved a $100 million settlement with Mylan Laboratories, Inc., the largest monetary settlement in Commission history.
  

November 28, 2000

• For Release: November 28, 2000
  FTC Staff Submits Comments on FERC's Proposed Order Addressing California's Electric Markets
  The staff of the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Bureau of Economics and of Policy Planning has submitted comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on its Order Proposing Remedies for California Wholesale Electric Markets (Proposed Order).
  
  
• For Your Information: November 28, 2000
  Announced Actions for November 28, 2000
  Commission votes to issue a Part 3 administrative complaint in FTC v. H.J. Heinz Co.; authorizes publishing of Federal Register notice regarding Fair Credit Reporting Act; releases report on joint FTC/DOC Workshop on Alternative Dispute Resolution for Online Consumer Transactions.
  
  
• For Release: November 28, 2000
  FTC and Connecticut Agencies Announce Results of Test Shopping Sweep of Funeral Homes in New York City and Hartford Areas
  The Federal Trade Commission staff and the Connecticut Departments of Health and Consumer Protection today announced the results of a sweep of 30 funeral homes in the greater metropolitan New York City and Hartford areas to test for compliance with the FTC's Funeral Rule.
  
  
• For Release: November 28, 2000
  Internet Pyramid Artists Settle FTC Charges
  Elaborate Scheme Posed As Work-At-Home Opportunity

November 21, 2000

• For Release: November 21, 2000
  FTC Calls for Continued Congressional Oversight of Self-Regulatory Efforts By Entertainment Industry;
  Cites Significant Legal Obstacles to Law Enforcement Action

November 17, 2000

• For Your Information: November 17, 2000
  Announced Actions for November 17, 2000
  The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions:
  
  
• For Your Information: November 17, 2000
  FTC Follows up on "Project Toolate.com" With "Surf" of E-tailers, Educational Campaign On Holiday Shipping Promises
  The staff of the Federal Trade Commission's Division of Enforcement and the Western and Northwestern Regional Offices announced that they conducted a "surf" of more than 200 Internet retailer sites searching for shipment promises made to entice consumers to their sites this holiday season.
  

November 14, 2000

• For Your Information: November 14, 2000
  Announced Action for November 14, 2000
  The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following action:
  
  
• For Your Information: November 14, 2000
  FTC to Host a Two-Day, Public Workshop on December 11-12, to Examine Emerging Wireless Internet and Data Technologies and the Privacy, Security, and Consumer Protection Issues They Raise
  The Federal Trade Commission will host a two-day, public workshop on December 11-12, to examine emerging wireless Internet and data technologies and the privacy, security, and consumer protection issues they raise.
  

November 13, 2000

• For Release: November 13, 2000
  Internet Casino Developers Settle FTC Charges
  More Than $550,000 for Investor Redress; $2 Million Bond Required

November 9, 2000

• For Release: November 9, 2000
  Commission Statement on Time Warner/AOL Merger
  "The Federal Trade Commission met today to consider an enforcement action against the proposed merger of AOL and Time Warner.
  

November 8, 2000

• For Release: November 8, 2000
  Statement of Richard Parker, Director, FTC Bureau of Competition Regarding Today's Order in the Matter of FTC v. Heinz
  The Commission is extremely pleased by the circuit court's order granting its request for an injunction pending appeal in FTC v. Heinz.
  
  
• For Release: November 8, 2000
  FTC Wins $28 Million Judgment Against Postal Jobs Scam Artists
  Court Permanently Bans Principals From Marketing Career Services

November 7, 2000

• For Your Information: November 7, 2000
  Announced Actions for November 7, 2000
  Consent Agreement made final in SmartScience Laboratories, Inc.; Federal Register Notice published Amending the FTC's Rules of Practice Regarding Requests from Law Enforcement Agencies for Records and for the Commission to Open Investigations

November 3, 2000

• For Your Information: November 3, 2000
  Announced Actions for November 3, 2000
  Authorized filing of amended complaint in the following matter: Consumer Repair Services, Inc.; Approved publication of a Federal Register notice regarding the following: Request for a New Textile Fiber Name and Definition.

November 2, 2000

• For Release: November 2, 2000
  Court Imprisons Three Advance Fee Loan Defendants for Contempt
  A federal district court judge has jailed three individuals who allegedly engaged in a nationwide advance fee loan scam, the Federal Trade Commission announced today.
  

November 1, 2000

• For Release: November 1, 2000
  Federal Trade Commission Clears Combination of Novartis Ag's And Astrazeneca's Agricultural Chemical Businesses
  Divestitures to Bayer AG and Dow Agrosciences Will Ensure Continued Competition
  
  
• For Release: November 1, 2000
  U.S. District Judge Finds North Carolina Man in Violation of 1996 FTC Order
  A U.S. District Judge held Barry Taylor, of Franklin, North Carolina, in civil contempt for resuming fraudulent sales of business opportunities in violation of a 1996 stipulated settlement with the Federal Trade Commission.