Federal Trade Commission
Protecting America's Consumers
Commission Actions: December 2001
December 28, 2001
- FTC v. Western Dietary Products Co. (Skookum), a corporation, d/b/a Western Herb & Dietary Products, Inc., and Marvin Beckwith, and Miguelina Beckwith (Western District of Washington, at Seattle
- Stipulated Final Judgment and Order [PDF 50K]
- News Release
December 27, 2001
- FTC v. Citigroup Inc., Citifinancial Credit Company, Associates First Capital Corporation, and Associates Corporation of North America (Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division).
- Order Denying Motion To Dismiss Complaint [PDF 408K]
- News Release (March 6, 2001)
- Docket No. C-3989
In the Matter of America Online/Time Warner- Letter Approving Motions for Approval of Non-Affiliated ISP and Alternative Cable Broadband ISP Service Agreement in connection with four ISPs: New York Connect.Net, Ltd., (2) Internet Junction Corp., (3) Inter.net US. Ltd., and (4) STIC.NET.
- News Release
December 21, 2001
- File No. 012 3116
Docket No. C-4030
In the Matter of Esrim Ve Sheva Holding Corporation, a corporation, sometimes doing business as Gadget Universe, and Alexander Elnekaveh.
- Complaint [PDF 11K]
- Exhibits A-C [PDF 445K]
- Decision and Order [PDF 14K]
- News Release
- Factors That Affect Prices of Refined Petroleum Products: Second Public Conference
Notice Announcing Conference and Requesting Analytical and Empirical Papers and Public Comment- Text of Federal Register Notice
- News Release
December 20, 2001
- File No. 021 0002
Docket No. C-4033
In the Matter of INA-Holding Schaeffler RG and FAG Kugelfischer Georg Schafer AG.
- Agreement Containing Consent Orders [PDF 11K]
- Decision and Order [PDF 26K]
- Order to Maintain Assets [PDF 17K]
- Complaint
- Analysis of Agreement Containing Consent Orders to Aid Public Comment
- News Release
- The Use of Disgorgement As A Remedy In Competition Cases: Notice and Request for Comments
- Public Comments
- Text of Federal Register Notice
- News Release
- United States (for the Federal Trade Commission) v. Charles Smith, Damien Smith, and Kymberli Smith, individually and Doing Business As Salesco
- Complaint for Civil Penalties, Injunctive and Other Relief [PDF 552K]
- Consent Decree and Order for Injunctive and Other Relief [PDF 1.3M]
- News Release
December 19, 2001
- File No. 011 0057
Docket No. C-4032 - In the Matter of Diageo PLC and Vivendi Universal S.A.
- Agreement Containing Consent Orders [PDF 12KB]
- Decision and Order [PDF 58KB]
- Order to Hold Separate and Maintain Assets [PDF 27KB]
- Complaint [PDF 17KB]
- Analysis to Aid Public Comment on the Provisionally Accepted Consent Order
- News Release
December 18, 2001
- FTC v. 9094-5486 Quebec, Inc., doing business as Consumer Resource Services ("CRS") (Northern District of New York, Albany Division)
- File No. 011 0141
Docket No. C-4031 - In the Matter of Valero Energy Corporation and Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corporation
- Agreement Containing Consent Orders [PDF 10K]
- Decision and Order [PDF 29K]
- Order to Hold Separate and Maintain Assets [PDF 37K]
- Complaint [PDF 13K]
- Analysis of Proposed Consent Order to Aid Public Comment
- News Release
- File No. 001 0040
Docket No. C-4029 - In the Matter of Airgas, Inc.
- Complaint
- Decision and Order (Public Record Version)
- News Release
December 14, 2001
- FTC v. The Hearst Trust, The Hearst Corporation, and First DataBank, Inc. (District Court for the District of Columbia), Civ. No.1:01CV00734
- Stipulation For Entry of Final Order and Stipulated Permanent Injunction [PDF 9K ]
- Final Order and Stipulated Permanent Injunction [PDF 61K]
- Exhibit F: Monitor Agreement Between Defendants And Richard Shermer (Dated November 2, 2001) [PDF 352K]
- Statement of Commissioners Sheila F. Anthony and Mozelle W. Thompson
- Statement of Commissioner Orson Swindle
- Statement of Commissioner Thomas B. Leary Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part
- News Release
December 12, 2001
- FTC v. First Credit Alliance, Inc., et al. (Dist. of Conn.)
- Stipulated Final Judgment and Order For Permanent Injunction [PDF 32KB]
- Stipulated Final Judgment and Order For Permanent Injunction for Allyson Pestrichello [PDF 34KB]
- News Release
December 11, 2001
- Docket No. C-4028
File No. 011 0083
In the Matter of Nestle Holdings, Inc., and Ralston Purina Company- Agreement Containing Consent Orders [PDF 11KB]
- Proposed Decision and Order [PDF 40KB]
- Order to Maintain Assets [PDF 33KB]
- Complaint [PDF10KB]
- Analysis to Aid Public Comment [PDF 14KB]
- Statement of Commissioner Sheila F. Anthony
- Concurring Statement of Commissioner Mozelle W. Thompson
- Concurring Statement of Commissioner Orson Swindle
- News Release
- The Consumer Aspects of The Proposed Hague Convention On Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments: Announcement of Public Roundtable Discussion
- Text of Federal Register Notice
- News Release
December 10, 2001
- United States of America v. Pet Express, Inc. et al. (Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division)
- Complaint for Civil Penalties, Injunctive and other Relief [PDF 1.2MB]
- News Release
- FTC v. Hi Tech Mint Systems, Inc., et al. (So. Dist. of NY)
- Stipulated Final Judgment and Order of Permanent Injunction [PDF 50K]
- News Release
December 7, 2001
- File No. 011 0247
Docket No. C-4027 - In the Matter of Koninklijke Ahold N.V. and Bruno's Supermarkets, Inc.
- Part 3 and Part 4 of the Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure,
16 C.F.R. Parts 3, 4:
Amendments Effecting Technical Clarifications, Corrections, and Changes- Text of Federal Register Notice
- News Release
- Docket No. 9295
In the Matter of H.J. Heinz Company, Milnot Holding Corporation, and Madison Dearborn Capital Partners, L.P- Order Dismissing Complaint [PDF 23KB}
- News Release
December 6, 2001
- FTC v. Christopher Enterprises, Inc., et al. (Dist. of Utah)
- Stipulated Final Order For Permanent Injunction And Settlement Of Claims For Monetary Relief [PDF 33K]
- Appendix A [PDF 10K]
- News Release
December 5, 2001
- Marketing Violent Entertainment to Children: A One-Year Follow-Up Review of Industry Practices in the Motion Picture, Music Recording & Electronic Game Industries: A Report to Congress (December 2001)
- Text of the Report [PDF 5.1MB]
- Concurring Statement of Commissioner Swindle
- News Release
- FTC v. National Crafters Corp., et al. (So. Dist. of Florida)
- Complaint For Permanent Injunction And Other Equitable Relief [PDF 16K]
- News Release