November 29, 2001

• Media Advisory : November 29, 2001
  Agenda Announced for December 4 Workshop on Effective Financial Privacy Notices
  GET NOTICED, an inter-agency public workshop co-sponsored by the eight federal agencies responsible for implementing and enforcing the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, has announced its agenda, including panel topics, moderators, and panelists.

November 27, 2001

• Release Date: November 27, 2001
  Statement of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection On the National Cancer Institute's Report on Cigarette Testing Method
  We are pleased that the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has released its new monograph, Risks Associated with Smoking Cigarettes with Low Tar Machine-Measured Yields of Tar and Nicotine.
• For Your Information: November 27, 2001
  Announced Actions for November 27, 2001
  Petition to reopen and modify Commission order regarding the following:  Aventis S.A. (formerly Hoechst AG and Rhone-Poulenc S.A.); Consent agreement given final approval regarding FanBuzz, Inc.
• Media Advisory/Availability: November 27, 2001
  TC Commissioner Swindle to Discuss The Impact of The Patriot Act on Consumers' Privacy And Corporate Privacy Policies
  Commisioner Orson Swindle of the Federal Trade Commission will be available on Thursday, November 29th after 3 p.m. to discuss the impact of the recently enacted Patriot Act on consumers, corporations and Internet commerce.

November 26, 2001

• Release Date: November 26, 2001
  FTC and Illinois Attorney General Charge Illinois-based Companies with Fraudulent Telemarketing And Placing Unwanted Calls
  A federal court has temporarily ordered a halt to the allegedly fraudulent business practices of three companies and one individual that allegedly operated a massive scheme in Schaumburg, Illinois in which the defendants would charge consumers up to $219.95 for a credit card, but then never provide it.

November 23, 2001

• Media Advisory : November 23, 2001
  FTC and Illinois Attorney General To Announce Complaint in Locally-Based Telemarketing and Credit Card Offer Scam
  Consumers Nationwide Allegedly Defrauded of Millions of Dollars

November 20, 2001

• Release Date : November 20, 2001
  Statement of Susan A. Creighton, Deputy Director, Bureau of Competition Regarding FTC Settlement with Hearst CorporationThe staff of the Federal Trade Commission has negotiated an agreement with The Hearst Corporation (Hearst), which staff will propose to the Commission as a way to settle a permanent injunction action filed by the FTC.
• For Your Information: November 20, 2001
  Announced Actions for November 20, 2001
  Application from America Online/Time Warner, Inc. requesting approval of a non-affiliated Internet Service Provider (ISP) and alternative cable broadband service agreement; Commission has approved the dismissal of a defendant named in Pathway/Four Vend, Inc.
• For Your Information: November 20, 2001
  Deceptive Internet Access Fee Operator Settles FTC Charges
  Personal Information Collected from Consumers Will be Destroyed

November 19, 2001

• For Your Information: November 19, 2001
  FTC Cracks down on Marketers of Bogus Bioterrorism Defense Products
  Agency Tells Web Site Operators Get Off the Net or Face Prosecution
• Release Date: November 19, 2001
  FTC 'Surf' of 110 Internet Retailers Designed To Bolster Consumer Confidence During Holiday Season
  Letters Sent to 72 E-tailers to Help them Better Comply with Commission Requirements

November 15, 2001

• Release Date: November 15, 2001
  Muris Announces Plans for Intellectual Property Hearings
  "Competition and Intellectual Property Law and Policy in the Knowledge-Based Economy"

November 14, 2001

• Release Date : November 14, 2001
  FTC Chairman Muris Stresses Commitment to Cooperation with European Commission
  Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris told a gathering of corporate general counsel today that although there are some significant differences between the substantive approaches of the United States and the European Union (EU) in the enforcement of their antitrust laws, it is important to keep the impact of these differences in perspective.  
• Release Date : November 14, 2001
  Marketer of Computer Systems Settles FTC Charges
  Among Other Charges, Commission Alleged Seller Misrepresented the Availability of Rebates

November 13, 2001

• Media Advisory: November 13, 2001
  FTC Hosts Forum To Help Small Businesses Recover In Wake of Terrorists Attacks
  Small Business Recovery Forum - Government Agencies, Trade Associations and Business Organizations Announce Public Forum to Provide Information to Affected Small Businesses.  
• For Your Information : November 13, 2001
  Announced Actions for November 13, 2001
  Application for approval of a non-affiliated ISP and alternative cable broadband ISP service agreement in America Online/Time Warner, Inc.
   
• Release Date: November 13, 2001
  Two Nevada Automobile Transport Brokers to Pay Consumer Redress to Settle FTC Charges That They Engaged In False and Misleading Practice
  The Federal Trade Commission has charged two Las Vegas companies that arrange for consumers' private automobiles to be transported by truck, rail, or ship to various destinations throughout the United States with misrepresenting their ability to have consumers' cars picked up or delivered in a timely manner.

November 9, 2001

• Release Date: November 9, 2001
  FTC Workshop Educates Public on Risk of Office Supply Fraud
  Cost to Businesses Estimated at $200 Million a Year

November 8, 2001

• For Release: November 8, 2001
  Super FuelMAX Marketers Settle FTC Charges
  Fuel Savings, Environmental Claims Were Unsubstantiated; Testing Claims Were False

November 7, 2001

• Release Date: November 7, 2001
  Aggressive Law Enforcement, Consumer and Business Education Will Characterize FTC Efforts
  Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris said that aggressive law enforcement, coupled with consumer and business education campaigns, will characterize the coming year at the FTC.

November 6, 2001

• Release Date: November 6, 2001
  Five Manufacturers of Over-the-counter Analgesic Products Agree to Settle Charges of Mislabeling Certain Products as "Made in USA"
  The five companies that account for nearly all of the private brand manufacturing of analgesic products in the United States have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they falsely represented that certain of their over-the-counter (OTC) analgesics were made in the United States. 
• Release Date: November 6, 2001
  FTC Consumer Protection Director Howard Beales Testifies on Increased Efforts to Monitor September 11 Charity Fraud
  Directly following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the Federal Trade Commission stepped up its efforts to detect and deter fraudulent charitable fund-raising schemes related to the tragedy
• Release Date: November 6, 2001
  FTC Halts Bogus "Gold Card" Scheme
  Consumers With Poor Credit Histories Thought They Would Get Visas, MasterCards 
• Release Date: November 6, 2001
  New Jersey Defendants Settle FTC Charges of Operating Advance Fee Loan Scam;
  Agree to Pay $239,793 in Consumer Redress

November 5, 2001

• Release Date: November 5, 2001
  Travel Club Marketer Settles Charges of Misrepresentation
  Action Resolves Final Matter Brought Through 2000's "Operation Travel Unravel"  
• CORRECTED For Release: November 5, 2001
  Playgirl.com Operators to Pay $30 Million to Settle FTC Charges
  Agency Alleged Adult Web Sites Illegally Billed Consumers for Web Access Advertised as Free

November 2, 2001

• Media Advisory: November 2, 2001
  FTC Commissioner Mozelle W. Thompson to Host Two Separate Panels in Northern California Next Week
  Federal Trade Commission Commissioner Mozelle W. Thompson is slated to host two separate panels next week

November 1, 2001

• Release Date: November 5, 2001
  Indiana Company Agrees to Settle Charges of Misrepresenting Availability of U.S. Postal Service and Government Jobs
  Career Network, Inc. (CNI), based in Crown Point, Indiana, and its principals, Walter Turulis and Kathleen Key, are permanently banned from promoting or selling any employment good or service as part of settlements with the Federal Trade Commission.
• Release Date: November 5, 2001
  FTC Testimony Details Deceptive Negative Option Marketing and the Deceptive Sale of Credit and Credit Card-Related Services
  The Federal Trade Commission's recent enforcement action against deceptive negative option marketing programs as well as Commission actions involving credit card sales and credit card loss protection services were detailed today in testimony before the House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.  
• For Release: November 5, 2001
  Agencies Offer Tips for Consumers Eyeing Online Anthrax Cures
  FTC Says Fraudsters Prey on Consumers' Fears