Commission Actions for June 2004

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June 29, 2004

• FTC v. Vector Direct Marketing, LLC, Mike Stafford, and Lisa Miller, defendants., (U. S. District Court for the District of Arizona at Phoenix), File No. 042-3019, Civ. No. CV04 0095 PHX SMM
  

• 16 C.F.R. Part 315: Issuance of Final Contact Lens Rule and Statement of Basis and Purpose Implementing the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act, and of Clerical Amendments to the Ophthalmic Practices Rules
  • Text of the Federal Register Notice
  • News Release

June 25, 2004

• In the Matter of Kentucky Household Goods Carriers Association, Inc., FTC Docket No. 9309

June 24, 2004

• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Smart Inventions, Inc., Jon D. Nokes, and Darrell Stoddard, defendants, United States District Court, Central District of California, FTC File No. 032-3197, Civil No. CV 04-4431 Mm(ex)

June 23 , 2004

• Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Peer-To-Peer ("P2P") File-Sharing Technology and Protecting Consumers Online, Presented by J. Howard Beales, III, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Before the Subcommittee on Competition, Infrastructure, and Foreign Commerce of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate (June 23, 2004).
  • Text of the Commission Testimony
  • News Release

June 22, 2004

• Proposed Merger Between RJ Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc. and British American Tobacco p.l.c., File No. 041 0017

June 21 , 2004

• Prince Lionheart, Inc. and Thomas E. McConnell., File No. 032 3245

June 18, 2004

• Comments of the Staff of the Federal Trade Commission Office of Policy Planning, Bureau of Competition, and Bureau of Economics (March 2004) to Representative Gene DeRossett, Michigan House of Representatives, Concerning Michigian House of Representative Bill No 4757. (V04 0019).

June 17, 2004

• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff v. Zachary Keith Hill, Defendant., United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, (CV No. H-03-5537)
  • Stipulated Final Judgement and Order for Permanent Injunction and Other Equitable Relief
  • News Release
    
    
• Federal Trade Commission Plaintiff v., a minor, by his parents Defendant., United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, (CV 04 2086)
  • Stipulated Final Judgement and Order for Permanent Injunction and Other Equitable Relief
  • News Release
    
    
• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Kamarfu Enterprises, Inc., and Mauritza Fuentes, Defendants (Southern District of Florida)
  
  
• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Esteban Barrios Vega, an individual doing business as EBV Promotions, Paymentech Promotions, and Promotions of Service, defendant.,United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas Houston Division, Civil Action No. H-04-1478
  
  
• FTC v. Jordan Maxwell, also known as Russell Pine, individually and doing business as BBCOA aka BBC of America aka Better Books and Cassettes of America; and Vic Varjabedian aka Victor Varjabedian aka Varouj Varjabedian, individually (Central District of California, Western Division)

June 16, 2004

• Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Information Security -- Challenges for Businesses and Consumers,
  Presented by J. Howard Beales, III, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Before the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations, and The Census of the Committee On Government Reform, United States House of Representatives (June 16, 2004).
  • Text of the Commission Testimony [PDF 50KB]
  • News Release
    
    
• Docket No. 9318
  In the Matter of Basic Research
  
  
• Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Efforts to Ensure the Truthfulness and Accuracy of the Marketing of Dietary Supplements for Children,
  Presented by J. Howard Beales, III, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, United States House of Representatives (June 16, 2004).
  • Text of the Commission Testimony [PDF 40KB]
    • Attachment A: FTC Advertising Cases -- Children's Supplements [PDF 18KB]
  • News Release
    
    
• Docket No. 9317
  In the Matter of Dynamic Health Of Florida, LLC, Chhabra Group, LLC, DBS Laboratories, LLC, limited liability companies; Vineet K. Chhabra, also known as Vincent K. Chhabra individually and as an officer of Dynamic Health of Florida, LLC, and Chhabra Group, LLC; and Jonathan Barash, individually and as an officer of DBS Laboratories, LLC.

June 15, 2004

• The CAN-SPAM Act of 2003: National Do Not Email Registy: A Federal Trade Commission Report to Congress (June 2004)
  • Text of the Commission Report
  • News Release
    
    
• Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003: Methodology and Research Design for Conducting a Study of the Effects of Credit Scores and Credit-Based Insurance Scores on the Availability and Affordability of Financial Products: Notice and Request for Public Comment
  • Text of the Federal Register Notice
  • News Release
    
    
• Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Identity Theft and Social Security Numbers, Presented by J. Howard Beales, III, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Before the Subcommittee On Social Security of the Committee On Ways and Means, United States House of Representatives (June 15, 2004)
  • Text of the Commission Testimony
  • News Release

June 14 , 2004

• In the Matter of Robert Lewis, James Sowder, Gerald Wear, and Joel R. Yoseph, individually., File No. 031 0155

June 10 , 2004

• In the Matter of Nestle Holdings, Inc.; Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream Holdings, Inc.; and Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc., File No. 021 0174, Docket No. C-4082

• The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003: 16 C.F.R. Part 680: The Use of Information By Affiliated Companies for Marketing Solicitations: Proposed Rule and Request for Comment
  • Text of the Federal Register Notice
  • News Release

June 8 , 2004

• The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003: Notice and Request for Public Comment to Aid the FTC Staff in Preparing A Study of the Effects of Requiring That Consumers Who Experience Adverse Actions Receive Copies of the Same Credit Reports On Which Creditors Based Those Adverse Actions
  • Text of the Federal Register Notice
  • News Release
    
    
• Notice of Roundtable to Aid Federal Trade Commission Staff in Conducting a Study of the Accuracy and Completeness of Consumer Reports, pursuant to Section 319 of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003
  • Text of the Federal Register Notice
  • News Release

June 7, 2004

• Southeastern New Mexico Physicians IPA, Inc., a corporation, and Barbara Gomez and Lonnie Ray, individually, File No. 031 0134

June 4 , 2004

• Tennessee Hospital Company, LLC Plaintiff-Appellant, v. West Tennessee Healthcare, Inc.; Jackson-Madison County General Hospital District; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee, Inc. Defendants-appellees., in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Jackson.
  • Brief for the United States and the Federal Trade Commission as Amici Curiae Urging Reversal in Support of Appellant (Corrected)
  • News Release
    
    
• 16 C.F.R. Part 610 and Part 698, R411005
  Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003: Free Annual File Disclosures: Final Rule and Statement of Basis and Purpose
  • Text of the Federal Register Notice (June 24, 2004)
  • News Release

June 3 , 2004

• In the Matter of Itron, Inc., a corporation; and Schlumberger Electricity, Inc., a corporation., File No. 031 0201
  
  
• In the Matter of KFC Corporation., File No. 042 3033
  
• Federal Trade Commission, plaintiff v. Direct Marketing Concepts, Inc., d/b/a Today’s Health and Direct Fulfillment, ITV Direct, Inc., d/b/a Direct Fulfillment, Donald W. Barrett, Healthy Solutions, LLC d/b/a Direct Business Concepts, Health Solutions, Inc., Alejandro Guerrero, a/k/a Alex Guerrero, Michael Howell, Greg Geremesz, Triad ML Marketing, Inc., King Media, Inc., and Allen Stern, defendants., United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, FTC File No. 023 3138, Civil Action No. 04-CV-11136-GAO

June 2 , 2004

• In the Supreme Court of the United States: 3M Company FKA Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company, Petitioner, v. LePage's Incorporated, et al.: Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae, Joined By the Federal Trade Commission
  
  
• In the Matter of MTS, Inc., doing business as Tower Records/Books/Video, a corporation, and Tower Direct, LLC, doing business as TowerRecords.com, a corporation., File No. 032-3209, Docket No. C-4110
  
  
• Federal Trade Commission, plaintiff, v. Chase Financial Funding, Inc., a Nevada Corporation, James F. Berry, individually and as President of Chase Financial Funding, Inc., Suzanne Admire, individually and as an officer and Vice President of Chase Financial Funding, Inc., and Jeremy Alexander, individually and as General Manager of Chase Financial Funding, Inc., defendants., U.S. District Court, Central District of California, (FTC File No. 022-3287), (Civil Action No. SACV04-549-GLT (ANx)

June 1, 2004

• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, V. Seville Marketing, Ltd., a British Columbia, Canada, Corporation, and Gregory Stephen Wong, Individually and as the Owner and Principal of Seville Marketing, Ltd., Defendants., United States District Court, Western District of Washington at Seattle, Civ. No. C04-1181L (W.D. Wa., filed May 14, 2004)
  
  
• Federal Trade Commission, plaintiff, v. Consumer Alliance, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Consumer Alliance, Inc., a/k/a 1421914 Ontario Inc., a Canadian corporation, Biosource Financial, Inc., a Canadian corporation, Steven Winter, individually and as an officer and director of the corporate defendants, Gordon Levoy, individually and as an officer and director of the corporate defendants, Jason C. Williams, individually and as an officer and director of the corporate defendants, and Danny Longo, individually and as an officer and director of the corporate defendants, defendants., United States District, Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Civil Action No. 02-C-2429
  
  
• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, Phillip W. Ranney, individually; Armor Mortgage; Abacus Mortgage; Community Homebanc Mortgage Services, Inc.; Harbor Pacific Funding, Inc.; High Center, Inc.; Lending Strategies of Colorado, Inc.; Lite Realty Corp.; Pwr Processing, Inc., dba First Source America Mortgage Corp. dba Nexloan; Pwr Press, Inc.; and Source Funding Company, Colorado corporations; Kace, LLC, dba Aristocrat Mortgage, a Colorado limited liability company; and Mortgage Watch, a California corporation; Defendants; and Kathleen A. Ranney, individually, Relief Defendant., United States District Court, District of Colorado, Civil Action No. 04-f-1065 (MJW)