News Releases for June 2005
June 29, 2005
- For Your Information: June 29, 2005
Announced Actions for June 29, 2005
The Commission has authorized the staff to file an amended complaint in the matter currently pending against Medical Billers Network, Inc. The Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice concerning the FTC’s Guides for the Jewelry, Precious Metals, and Pewter Industries, 16 C.F.R. Part 23.
- For Release: June 29, 2005
Statement of Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras on Commissioner Orson Swindle
During his tenure at the Federal Trade Commission, Orson Swindle has been a staunch advocate for consumer welfare in the United States and abroad.
June 24, 2005
- For Release: June 24, 2005
FTC Chairman Appoints Schneider Executive Director
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras has appointed Charles H. Schneider, currently Deputy Administrator at the National Gallery of Art, to serve as the Commission's Executive Director effective June 27.
June 23, 2005
- For Release: June 23, 2005
New FTC Publication Helps New Grads Become Wise Consumers
Graduation from high school or college is an exciting time when students focus on the future and the new responsibilities and opportunities it brings.
- For Release: June 23, 2005
FTC Issues Report on Peer-to-Peer File Sharing
Peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing technology offers significant benefits but also poses risks to consumers who use it, according to a Federal Trade Commission staff report issued today.
- For Release: June 23, 2005
FTC Halts Operation’s Bogus “Anti-Spyware” Claims, Freezes Assets
“Scans” Detected Spyware That Wasn’t There; Spyware Removal Software Claims Were False.
June 22, 2005
- For Release: June 22, 2005
FTC Upholds Initial Decision Against Kentucky Movers
Association’s Anticompetitive Conduct Is Not Exempt from Federal Antitrust Laws
- For Your Information: June 22, 2005
Announced Action for June 22, 2005
As part of its continuing efforts to assist the private market in the creation, testing, evaluation, and deployment of the anti-spam and anti-phishing technology known as “domain-level authentication,” the Federal Trade Commission has established a Web site where technologists can share the results of tests on various domain-level authentication standards.
- For Release: June 22, 2005
Cross Border Con Artist Ordered to Pay $2.9 Million
Business Directory Scam Targeted Small Businesses, Not For Profits
June 21, 2005
- For Release: June 21, 2005
Children’s Book Publisher to Pay $710,000 to Settle Charges it Violated Commission’s Negative Option and Telemarketing Sales Rule
Complaint Alleges Scholastic, Grolier, and Scholastic-at-Home Failed to Adequately Disclose the Terms of Their Direct-to-Home Book Clubs
- For Your Information: June 21, 2005
Announced Action for June 21, 2005
The Commission has received an application for approval of a proposed divestiture from Cytec Industries, Inc., related to Cytec’s recent acquisition of the Surface Specialties Division of UCB S.A.
June 20, 2005
- For Release: June 20, 2005
FTC Settles Claims with Marketers of FiberThin and Propolene
The marketers of the dietary supplements FiberThin and Propolene have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that their misleading weight-loss claims violated federal laws.
- For Release: June 20, 2005
Defendants Who Deceptively Marketed the “Himalayan Diet Breakthrough” Settle FTC Charges:
Agree To Pay $400,000 In Consumer Redress
June 17, 2005
- For Your Information: June 17, 2005
Announced Actions for June 17, 2005
The Commission has authorized the staff to file an amended complaint in the matter currently pending against Cleverlink Trading Limited, Real World Media, Brian D. Muir, Jesse Goldberg, and Caleb Wolf Wickman.; Commission approval of final consent order: Following a public comment period, the Commission approved the issuance of a final consent order in the matter concerning New Millennium Orthopedics, LLC, et al.
- For Release: June 17, 2005
FTC Issues Report to Congress
Requiring “ADV” Labeling for Commercial E-Mail Won’t Reduce Spam
June 16, 2005
- For Release: June 16, 2005
FTC Closes its Investigation of Omnicare’s Tender Offer for Neighborcare
Transaction Analyzed in Light of Changing Market Conditions
- For Release: June 16, 2005
BJ's Wholesale Club Settles FTC Charges
Agency Says Lax Security Compromised Thousands of Credit and Debit Cards
- For Release: June 16, 2005
FTC Testifies on Data Security and Identity Theft
The FTC today told Congress it should consider extending security protections for sensitive consumer data and requiring that companies that possess such data notify consumers when they are victims of security breaches that could result in identity theft.
June 15, 2005
- For Release: June 15, 2005
FTC Chairman Appoints Michael Salinger Director of the Bureau of Economics
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras has named Michael Salinger to be Director of the agency’s Bureau of Economics.
- For Release: June 15, 2005
FTC Orders Significant Divestitures in Clearing Valero’s Acquisition of Kaneb Services and Pipe Line Partners
Parties Required to Sell Assets in Northern California, Pennsylvania, and Colorado; Preserve California Ethanol Terminal Competition
- For Release: June 15, 2005
Florida Man Settles FTC Charges of Sending Illegal Spam and Making False "Human Growth Hormone" Product Claims
Settlement Provides $485,000 For Consumer Redress
June 14, 2005
- For Your Information: June 14, 2005
Announced Action for June 14, 2005
Extension of Public Comment Period on Marketing, Self-regulation, and Childhood Obesity Workshop
The deadline for public comments regarding the upcoming two-day Marketing, Self-Regulation, and Childhood Obesity Workshop has been extended.
June 13, 2005
- For Release: June 13, 2005
FTC Closes Its Investigation of Arch Coal’s Acquisition of Triton Coal Company’s North Rochelle Mine
Commission Ends Administrative Litigation Challenging the Deal
June 10, 2005
- For Release: June 10, 2005
Dual Consent Orders Resolve Competitive Concerns About Chevron’s $18 Billion Purchase of Unocal, FTC’s 2003 Complaint Against Unocal
In Major Victory for Consumers, Unocal to Halt Enforcement of Reformulated Gasoline Patents; Will Release Relevant Patents to the Public
- For Your Information: June 10, 2005
Announced Action for June 10, 2005
The Commission received an application for approval of proposed divestiture from Cemex, S.A. de C.V. (Cemex) related to its recent acquisition of RMC Group PLC (RMC).
June 9, 2005
- For Release: June 9, 2005
Treat Dad to “Phish & Tips” for Father’s Day
FTC Offers a Free Father’s Day E-Card
- For Release: June 9, 2005
FTC Closes its Investigation of Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc.’s Acquisition of Caesars Entertainment, Inc.
The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it has closed its investigation of the proposed acquisition of Caesars Entertainment, Inc. by Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. Commission staff analyzed the likely competitive effects of this transaction in several geographic markets.
- For Release: June 9, 2005 - CORRECTED
FTC Targets Bogus Anti-Aging Claims for Pills and Sprays Promising Human Growth Hormone Benefits
Settlement Provides Up To $20 Million In Consumer Redress
June 8, 2005
- For Release: June 8, 2005
International Competition Network Conference Promotes Convergence Among World’s Antitrust Enforcers
The International Competition Network (ICN) held its fourth annual conference in Bonn, Germany.
- For Release: June 8, 2005
Supplement Marketers Settle FTC Charges
Gero Vita International and six related defendants have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they violated federal law by claiming that their products could cure or treat numerous illnesses and conditions, including asthma, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, overweight, and sexual dysfunction.
June 6, 2005
- For Release: June 6, 2005
FTC to Co-Sponsor June 9 Conference on Patent Reform
On June 9, 2005, the Federal Trade Commission, the National Academies’ Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP), and the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) will co-sponsor a conference on patent reform in Washington, DC. FTC Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras will join Yale University President Richard Levin in offering opening remarks.
June 3, 2005
- For Your Information: June 3, 2005
Announced Actions for June 3, 2005
The Commission has received a petition to reopen and modify a final order in the matter concerning White Sands Health Care System, L.L.C., Alamogordo Physician Cooperative, Inc., Dacite, Inc., and James R. Laurenza.; The Commission has authorized the staff to dismiss defendants David Sharp and Drsharp, Inc. from an action currently pending against those defendants and Conversion Marketing, Inc. and Adam MacDonald dba Fast White.; The Commission has approved the issuance of a final consent order and authorized the staff to send letters to the commenters of record in the matter concerning CompUSA, Inc., et al.
- For Release: June 3, 2005
With Conditions, FTC Clears Occidental Chemical’s Purchase of Vulcan’s Chemical Assets
Consent Order Resolves Competitive Concerns in Highly Concentrated Chemical Markets; Port Edwards, Wisconsin, Facility to be Divested to ERCO Worldwide (USA)
June 2, 2005
- For Release: June 2, 2005
FTC Puts the Squeeze on Tropicana’s Orange Juice Claims
Tropicana Settles FTC Charges It Lacked Evidence to Support Heart and Stroke-Related Claims Made for Its “Healthy Heart” Juice
June 1, 2005
- For Release: June 1, 2005
FACTA Disposal Rule Goes into Effect June 1
Beginning today, a new federal rule will require businesses and individuals to take appropriate measures to dispose of sensitive information derived from consumer reports.
- For Release: June 1, 2005
Defective HIV Test Kit Marketer Settles FTC Charges
Kits Advertised as 99.4% Accurate Had Error Rates of 59.3%
- Media Advisory : June 1, 2005
Majoras, FTC Staff to Participate in Fourth Annual International Competition Network Conference in Bonn, Germany
Largest Ever Gathering of Antitrust Official