June 28, 2002

• For Release: June 28, 2002
  Administrative Law Judge Bars Distributors of Three Tenors Media from Agreeing to "Fix, Raise, or Stabilize" Prices
  Respondents also Prohibited from Agreements to Limit Ads for Audio or Video Products
• For Release: June 28, 2002
  FTC Issues Third Follow-Up Report on the Marketing of Violent Entertainment to Children
  Report Shows Progress in Ad Disclosures by Marketers of Movies, Music, and Electronic Games; Compliance with Movie and Game Industry Restrictions on Ad Placements; but Continued Placement of Ads in Some Media with Large Teen Audiences
• For Your Information: June 28, 2002
  Announced Actions for June 28, 2002
  Approved the extension of a time period in the matter concerning Baxter International, Inc.; approved the dismissal of a defendant named in its case against The Woodway Group.

June 27, 2002

• For Release: June 28, 2002
  Consent Order Resolves Charges That Biovail and Elan Agreement Unreasonably Restrained Competition In Market for Generic Anti-hypertension Drug
  Companies Are Only Firms With FDA Approval to Market Generic Adalat CC

June 26, 2002

• For Release: June 26, 2002
  Statement by FTC Chairman Muris Regarding Proposed RESPA Rule Revisions by Housing and Urban Development
  Speaking at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. today, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Mel Martinez announced a proposal that would reform the regulatory requirements under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) that govern settlement fees paid by home buyers.
• Release Date: June 26, 2002
  FTC Warns Consumers about Online Gambling and Children
  Exposure to Ads and Easy Access to Age Restricted Sites Among Dangers Cited

June 25, 2002

• For Release: June 25, 2002
  Scam Artists Use Do Not Call Registry to Commit Fraud
  Phony FTC "Officials" Trick Consumers into "Verifying" Personal Information
• For Your Information: June 25, 2002
  Announced Actions for June 25, 2002
  Received an application from America Online/Time Warner, Inc. requesting approval of a non-affiliated Internet Service Provider (ISP) and alternative cable broadband service agreement; approved a final consent order in the matter concerning Solvay S.A.'s acquisition of Ausimont S.p.A, and has responded to the public comment received.
• Release Date: June 25, 2002
  FTC's Beales Testifies on the Commission's Enforcement of the Franchise Rule
  "Based upon the Commission's two decades of experience in enforcing the Franchise Rule, it is clear to us that deceptive business opportunity sales, rather than business-format franchise sales, remains a persistent cause of significant injury to American consumers," a Federal Trade Commission official told a Congressional panel today.

June 24, 2002

• Release Date: June 24, 2002
  FTC Seeks to Block Cytyc Corp.'s Acquisition of Digene Corp.
  Transaction as Proposed Would Lead to Decreased Competition in Market for Cervical Cancer Screening Tests, Both Now and in the Future
• Media Advisory: June 21, 2002
  FTC Chairman Muris, Congressman Wolf and Industry Experts to Discuss Online Gambling Directed Toward Children
  An Open Forum/Roundtable discussion on the potential dangers of online gambling directed toward children.

June 21, 2002

• Media Advisory: June 21, 2002
  Internet Wholesale Operator Settles FTC Charges
  An Internet operator who advertised designer-name bargains but delivered cut rate products, or no products at all, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that his practices violated federal laws.
• Media Advisory: June 21, 2002
  Announced Actions for June 21, 2002
  Authorized the staff to file a motion for leave to file an amicus brief opposing a proposed class action settlement that preliminarily has been approved in Erikson v. Ameritech Corp.; denied a petition, filed on April 14, 2000 by the Independent Bakers Association, the Tortilla Industry Association, and the National Association of Chewing Gum Manufacturers; approved a final consent order in the matter concerning FMC Corporation and Asahi Chemical Industry Company, Ltd.

June 20, 2002

• Release Date: June 20, 2002
  State, Federal Law Enforcers Launch Sting on Business Opportunity, Work-at-Home Scams
  77 Operations Charged With Law Violations
• Communicado de Prensa: June 20, 2002
  Agencias Estatales y Federales a Cargo del Cumplimiento de la ley Lanzan un Ataque Sobre las Estafas de Oportunidades de Negocios y Fraudes de Trabajo en Casa
  n un ataque coordinado contra los fraudes de oportunidades de negocio y fraudes de trabajo en casa, la Comisión Federal de Comercio (FTC), el Departamento de Justicia (DOJ) y 17 agencias estatales de cumplimiento de ley han lanzado un ataque dirigido a los falsos vendedores que utilizan afirmaciones engañosas de ganancias y que pagan a "impostores" para la promoción de sus estafas o que de alguna otra manera violan las leyes de protección del consumidor, junto con una campaña de educación para prevenir a los consumidores sobre este fraude.

June 19, 2002

• Release Date: June 19, 2002
  FTC Issues Complaint Against Rambus, Inc.
  Deception of Standard-Setting Organization Violated Federal Law

June 18, 2002

• For Your Information: June 18, 2002
  Announced Action for June 18, 2002
  Approved a final consent order in the matter concerning Kryton Coatings International, Inc.

June 17, 2002

• Media Advisory: June 17, 2002
  State, Federal Law Enforcers Tackle Business Opportunity, Work-at-Home Scams
  Press conference to announce more than 50 law enforcement actions targeting business opportunity and work-at-home scams.

June  14, 2002

• For Your Information: June 14, 2002
  Announced Action for June 14, 2002
  Approved a hold separate trustee agreement in the matter concerning Solvay S.A.'s acquisition of Ausimont S.p.A.; authorized the staff filing of an amended complaint in the matter currently pending against Certified Merchant Services, LTD, et al.

June 12, 2002

• Release Date: June 12, 2002
  FTC Staff Testifies Before Connecticut Board of Examiners for Opticians
  Explains How Additional Regulation of Replacement Contact Lenses Will Likely Increase Consumer Costs, Decrease Consumer Convenience, and Suppress E-Commerce
• For Your Information: June 12, 2002
  Announced Action for June 12, 2002
  Release of The 24th Annual Report to Congress on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

June 11, 2002

• For Release: June 11, 2002
  FTC Chairman: 1982 Merger Guidelines "Fundamentally Changed" The Way U.S. Thinks about Mergers and Competition Policy
  Comments Presented at Special 20th Anniversary Celebration at Department of Justice
• For Release: June 11, 2002
  Chairman Details Progress Made in Implementing The Federal Trade Commission's New Privacy Agenda
  Remarks Presented Today at the Networked Economy Summit in Reston, Virginia

June 10, 2002

• Embargoed for 2P.M. EDT Release: June 10, 2002
  U.S., Canadian Law Enforcers Target Cross-border Telemarketers
  Scam Operations Caught in the Cross-Hairs June 7, 2002
• Release Date: June 10, 2002
  FTC Staff Testify Today in Support of Low-Cost Real Estate Closings in North Carolina
  Requiring Lawyers at all Closings Would Decrease Competition and Increase Costs for North Carolina Consumers
June 5, 2002
• Media Advisory: June 5, 2002
  U.S., Canadian Law Enforcers Target Cross-border Telemarketers
  Press Conference to announce a sweep by 19 U.S. and Canadian law enforcement and consumer protection agencies that have targeted cross-border telemarketing fraud.
• Release Date: June 28, 2002
  Federal Trade Commission Testifies on Proposed Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Act
  Howard Beales, Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection, presented FTC testimony today before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection on the proposed Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Act (H.S. 4701).
• For Your Information: June 4, 2002
  Announced Action for June 4, 2002
  Order on filing of initial decision: Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell has issued an order extending until June 26, 2002, the deadline for filing the initial decision in the matter of Schering-Plough Corporation, Upsher-Smith Laboratories, and American Home Products Corporation.