Commission Actions for December 2010

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December 30, 2010

• FTC Staff Comment Before the Georgia Board of Dentistry Concerning Proposed Amendments to Board Rule 150.5-0.3 Governing Supervision of Dental Hygienists (December 2010) (V110001)

  • Text of the Comment
  • News Release
• Report of the Federal Trade Commission on Activities in the Oil and Natural Gas Industries (December 2010)
  • Text of the Commission Report

December 29, 2010

• In the Matter of Keystone Holdings, LLC and Compagnie de Saint-Gobain
  FTC File No. 101 0175

December 22, 2010

• Federal Trade Commission v. Jeremy Johnson, individually, as officer of Defendants I Works, Inc., Cloud Nine, Inc., CPA Upsell, Inc., Elite Debit, Inc., Internet Economy, Inc., Market Funding Solutions, Inc., and Success Marketing Inc.; as a member of Defendant Network Agenda, LLC; and as the de facto principal of numerous Defendant Shell Companies identified below; Duane Fielding, individually and as an officer of Anthon Holdings, Inc., and as a member of Defendant Network Agenda LLC; Andy Johnson, individually and as a manager of I Works, Inc., and as titular principal of numerous Defendant Shell Companies identified below; Loyd Johnston; Scott Leavitt; Scott Muir; Bryce Payne; Kevin Pilon; Ryan Riddle; Terrason Spinks; I Works, Inc.; Anthon Holdings Corp.; Cloud Nine Marketing, Inc.; CPA Upsell, Inc.; Elite Debit, Inc.; Employee Plus, Inc.; Market Funding Solutions, Inc.; Network Agenda, LLC; Success Marketing, Inc.; Big Bucks Pro, Inc.; Blue Net Progress, Inc.; Blue Streak Processing, Inc.; Bolt Marketing, Inc.; Bottom Dollar, Inc., d/b/a BadCustomer.com; Bumble Marketing, Inc.; Business First, Inc.; Business Loan Success, Inc.; Cold Bay Media, Inc.; Costnet Discounts, Inc.; CS Processing, Inc.; Cutting Edge Processing, Inc.; Diamond J Media, Inc.; EBusiness First, Inc.; EBusiness Success, Inc.; ECom Success, Inc.; Excess Net Success, Inc.; Fiscal Fidelity, Inc.; Fitness Processing, Inc.; Funding Search Success, Inc.; Funding Success, Inc.; GG Processing, Inc.; GGL Rewards, Inc.; Highlight Marketing, Inc.; Hooper Processing, Inc.; Internet Business Source, Inc.; Internet Fitness, Inc.; Jet Processing, Inc.; JRB Media, Inc.; Lifestyles for Fitness, Inc.; Mist Marketing, Inc.; Money Harvest, Inc.; Monroe Processing, Inc.; Net Business Success, Inc.; Net Commerce, Inc.; Net Discounts, Inc.; Net Fit Trends, Inc.; Optimum Assistance, Inc.; Power Processing, Inc.; Premier Performance, Inc.; Pro Internet Services, Inc.; Razor Processing, Inc.; Rebate Deals, Inc.; Revive Marketing, Inc.; Simcor Marketing, Inc.; Summit Processing, Inc.; The Net Success, Inc.; Tranfirst, Inc.; Tran Voyage, Inc.; Unlimited Processing, Inc.; Xcel Processing, Inc., Defendants.
  (United States District Court for the District of Nevada)
  Case No. 2:10-cv-02203
  FTC File No. 102 3015
• 16 C.F.R. Part 305: Appliance Labeling Rule: Proposed Rule Extending the Effective Date for the New Lamp Labeling Requirements in the Appliance Labeling Rule, and Requesting Public Comment FTC File No. R611004
  • Text of the Federal Register Notice
  • News Release

December 17, 2010

• FTC Comment Before the Federal Reserve Board Concerning the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (“HMDA”), Docket No. OP-1388 (December 2010) (P064806)
  • Text of the Comment
  • News Release
• Charges for Certain Disclosures – Fair Credit Reporting Act
  • News Release

December 16, 2010

• 16 C.F.R. Part 23: Guides for the Jewelry, Precious Metals, and Pewter Industries: Final Guides Amendments Concerning the Platinum Section

  • Text of the Federal Register Notice
  • News Release

December 15, 2010

• In the Matter of The Dannon Company, Inc., a corporation
  FTC File No. 0823158

December 14, 2010

• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff v. National Awards Service Advisory, LLC, a limited liability company, also d/b/a Prize Information Bureau and Award Notification Bureau; Central Processing of Nevada, LLC, a limited liability company, d/b/a Publishers Information Bureau and Consumer Reporting Services; International Award Advisors, Inc., a corporation; Spectrum Caging Service, Inc., a corporation; Prize Registry Bureau, Inc., a corporation; Consolidated Data Bureau, Inc., a corporation, also d/b/a Data Distribution Bureau, Inc., Defendants.
  (United States District Court for the Northern District of California)
  Case No. CV-10-5418 PJH
  FTC File No. 102 3078

December 13, 2010

• In the Matter of Polypore International, Inc., Docket No. 9327
  • Opinion of the Commission, By Commissioner Edith Ramirez For A Unanimous Commission [Provisionally Redacted Public Version]
  • Concurring Opinion of Commissioner Rosch
  • Final Order
  • News Release
• In the Matter of NBTY, Inc., a corporation, Naturesmart LLC, a limited liability company, and Rexall Sundown, Inc., a corporation

December 7, 2010

• 16 C.F.R. Part 310: Telemarketing Sales Rule: Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Request for Public Comments Concerning Caller Identification Services and Disclosure of the Identity of the Seller or Telemarketer Responsible for Telemarketing Calls

  • Text of the Federal Register Notice
  • News Release

December 6, 2010

• Federal Trade Commission v. JPM Accelerated Services Inc., a Florida corporation, IXE Accelerated Financial Centers, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, IXE Accelerated Services Inc., a Florida corporation, IXE Accelerated Service Centers Inc., a Florida corporation, MGA Accelerated Services Inc., a Florida corporation, World Class Savings Inc., a Florida corporation, Accelerated Savings Inc., a Florida corporation, B&C Financial Group Inc., a Florida corporation, Jeanie B. Robertson, Brook Robertson, Ivan X. Estrella, Jamie M. Hawley, Kimberly Nelson, Paige Dent, Alexander J. Dent, Micha S. Romano, and Ashley M. Westbrook.
  (United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida Orlando Division)
  Civil Action No. 09-CV-2021
  FTC File No. 092 3190

• The National Do Not Call Registry:  Data Book For Fiscal Year 2010 (December  2010)

  • Text of the Data Book
  • News Release

• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Debt.com Marketing, LLC, Media Choice, LLC, also doing business as MediaChoice, LLC, 800 Credit Card Debt, LLC, also doing business as 800 Credit Crad [sic] Debt, LLC, 800 CreditCardDebt.com, and 800ccd.com, and Stephen Todd Cook, individually and as an officer of Debt.com Marketing, LLC, Media Choice, LLC and 800 Credit Card Debt, LLC, Defendants
  (United States District Court for the Central District of California)
  FTC File No. 0923040
  Case No. SACV10-01788 DOC (RZx)

December 3, 2010

• 2010 Federal Trade Commission Report To Congress On Ethanol Market Concentration

  • Text of the Commission Report
  • News Release

December 2, 2010

• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff v. Financial Freedom Processing, Inc., formerly known as Financial Freedom of America, Inc., a corporation; Corey Butcher, individually and as an officer of the corporation; and Brent Butcher, individually and as an officer of the corporation, Defendants.
  (United District Court for the Northern District of Texas)
  Case No. 3:10-cv-02446
  FTC File No.  092 3056

• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff v. Debt Consultants of America, Inc.; Debt Professionals of America, Inc.; Robert Creel, individually and as an officer of the corporations; Corey Butcher, individually and as an officer of the corporations; and Nikki Creel, a/k/a Nikki Vrla, individually and as an officer of the corporations, Defendants.
  (United District Court for the Northern District of Texas)
  Case No. 3:10-cv-02447
  FTC File No. 092 3152

• Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission on Do Not Track, Presented by David Vladeck, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the Committee on the Energy and Commerce, United States House of Representatives (December 2, 2010)

  • Text of the Commission Testimony
  • News Release

December 1, 2010

• Federal Trade Commission (Bureau of Consumer Protection) A Preliminary FTC Staff Report on Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change: A Proposed Framework for Businesses and Policymakers (December 1, 2010)
  • Text of the FTC Staff Report, and Concurring Statements of Commissioner Kovacic and Commissioner Rosch
  • News Release
• In the Matter of Laboratory Corporation of America and Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, corporations.
  FTC File No. 1010152
• Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission on Antitrust Enforcement in the Health Care Industry, Presented by Richard A. Feinstein, Director, Bureau of Competition, Before the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States House of Representatives (December 1, 2010)
• Text of the Commission Testimony
• News Release