May 31, 2001

• For Release: May 31, 2001
  FTC Seeks Civil Penalties, Consumer Redress from Aftermarket Brake Guard Products;
  Agency Cites FTC Order Violations

May 30, 2001

• For Release: May 30, 2001
  "How-to" Publisher Settles Deceptive Book Club Marketing Allegations
  Publisher offered books on a "free trial" basis, then automatically enrolled unknowing consumers in book clubs

May 29, 2001

• For Release: May 29, 2001
  FTC Chairman Robert Pitofsky to Resign Effective May 31, 2001
  Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky announced his resignation from the Commission, effective close of business Thursday, May 31, 2001, in a letter dated May 25, 2001 to President George W. Bush.

• For Your Information: May 29, 2001
  Announced Actions for May 29, 2001
  Consent agreement given final approval in Voice Media Incorporated, et al.

• For Release: May 29, 2001
  Court Order Resolves FTC Complaint Against Holiday Plus Travel
  Case was Filed as Part of Commission's August 2000 "Travel Unravel" Sweep

May 24, 2001

• For Release: May 24, 2001
  FTC Testifies on Competition in the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry
  Activities Involving Brand and Generic Patent Settlement Cases Detailed

May 23, 2001

• For Release: May 23, 2001
  TRUSTe Earns "Safe Harbor" Status
  Program Will Promote Children's Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
• For Release: May 23, 2001
  Boom in E-Commerce Has Created Fertile Ground for Fraud: FTC
  The Federal Trade Commission today told Congress that the boom in e-commerce has created a fertile ground for fraud. Testifying before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, Eileen Harrington of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection said, "Internet technology is the latest draw for opportunistic predators who specialize in fraud.

May 18, 2001

• For Your Information: May 18, 2001
  Announced Actions for May 18, 2001
  Consent agreements given final approval in DTE Energy Co. and MCN Energy; Hewlett-Packard Company; Microsoft Corporation; and Siemens AG and Vodafone Group PLC.

May 15, 2001

• For Release: May 15, 2001
  Juno Online Services Settles FTC Charges Over Internet Service Advertisements
  Agrees To Change Advertising Practices and Reimburse Customers

• For Release: May 15, 2001
  Gateway Settles FTC Charges over Free Internet Service Claims
  Agrees To Change Advertising Practices and Reimburse Customers

• For Release: May 15, 2001
  Defendant Banned from Marketing Fraudulent Credit Card "Protection" Programs
  Action Follows FTC Filing of Similar Complaints Against Six Other Companies
• Dor Your Information: May 15, 2001
  May 15, 2001 Comments to the Energy Information Administration
  The staff of the Bureau of Economics and of Policy Planning of the Federal Trade Commission has submitted comments to the Energy Information Administration (EIA) concerning EIA's proposal to expand confidential treatment of data that it collects pursuant to its statutory mandate to manage a centralized, comprehensive, and unified energy information program.

• For Your Information: May 15, 2001
  Announced Actions for May 15, 2001
  Denied petition for rulemaking in the Advertising and Marketing of Basmati and Jasmine Rice.

May 11, 2001

• For Release: May 11, 2001
  FTC to Host Joint "Disclosure Exposure" Workshop on Truth-in-Advertising Law Requirements
  The Federal Trade Commission and the National Advertising Division ("NAD") of the Council of Better Business Bureaus will hold a free one-day public workshop on May 22, 2001.

• For Your Information: May 11, 2001
  Announced Actions for May 11, 2001
  Final consent given in Hoechst Marioun Roussel, Inc., et al.; published notice of changes to the Premerger Notificaion Interim Rules with Request for Comment.

May 10, 2001

• For Release: May 10, 2001
  College Scholarship Services Marketers Settle FTC Charges of Misrepresenting Ability to Obtain Financial Aid For Students
  As part of its ongoing "Project ScholarScam," a law enforcement and consumer education effort to combat fraudulent scholarship promotion schemes, the Federal Trade Commission announced that College Resource Management, Inc. (CRM), and its principals, Scott Traynor and Steven Daughenbaugh, have agreed to settle FTC charges of misrepresenting their ability to obtain college financial aid for students.

May 7, 2001

• For Release: May 7, 2001
  FTC Closes Western States Gasoline Investigation
  Investigation Finds No Illegal Activity By Oil Refiners

• For Release: May 7, 2001
  Court Settlement Bans Company from Marketing Fraudulent Credit Card "Protection" Services to Unwary Consumers
  Continuing to caution consumers about the dangers of "credit card protection" fraud, the Federal Trade Commission today announced a court settlement with Liberty Direct, Inc. ("Liberty Direct") and individual defendants Paul L. Wiggs and David C. Furnia, the company's two principals, for a variety of alleged activities related to the telemarketing sale of such "services."

May 4, 2001

• For Your Information: May 4, 2001
  Announced Actions for May 4, 2001
  Approval of five divestiture requests in El Paso Energy Corp.

May 3, 2001

• For Your Information: May 3, 2001
  FTC Warns Manufacturers and Retailers of Ultrasonic Pest-control Devices
  Staff of the Federal Trade Commission's Division of Enforcement today announced that they have sent warning letters to more than 60 manufacturers and retailers of ultrasonic pest-control devices, stating that efficacy claims about those products must be supported by scientific evidence.
• For Release: May 3, 2001
  Deceptive Toner-phoner Defendants to Pay $2 Million in Consumer Redress to Settle FTC Charges;
  Defendants Must Also Post $1 Million Performance Bond

May 2, 2001

• For Release: May 2, 2001
  FTC Charges Against a Fraudulent Payphone Business Opportunity Result in Injunctions Against All Defendants
  Defendants Were Part of FTC'S "Project Biz-illion$" Sweep
• For Your Information: May 2, 2001
  Announced Actions for May 2, 2001
  Court Approves Record Financial Settlement To Settle Charges of Price-fixing in Generic Drug Market

• For Release: May 2, 2001
  Order Bars Student Tour Operator from Future Travel Fraud
  Settlement Resolves Final FTC Case from 1999's "Operation Trip Trap" Enforcement Sweep