Commission Actions for September 2011

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September 30, 2011

• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff v. Forensic Case Management Services, Inc. d/b/a Commercial Investigations, Inc., FCMS, Inc., Commercial Recovery Solutions, Inc., and Rumson, Bolling & Associates; Specialized Recovery, Inc. d/b/a Joseph, Steven & Associates and Specialized Debt Recovery; Commercial Receivables Acquisition, Inc. d/b/a Commercial Recovery Authority, Inc. and The Forwarding Company; David M. Hynes II a/k/a David M. Hynes, Jr.; James Hynes; Kevin Medley; Heather True; Frank E. Lindstrom, Jr.; and Lorena Quiroz-Hynes a/k/a Lorena Quiroz and Lorena Hynes, Defendants.
  (United States District Court for the Central District of California)
  Case No. CV-11-7484
  FTC File No. 112 3035
• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Merchant Processing, Inc., Vequity Financial Group, Inc., Direct Merchant Processing, Inc., PPI Services Inc.; Aaron Lee Rian; and Karely McCarthy, a.k.a. Karly Speelman, Defendants.
  (United States District Court District of Oregon)
  Civil Action No.: CV07-0533
  FTC File No. 052-3162

September 29, 2011

• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff v. Phillip A. Flora, also known as "Phil P.," Defendant
  (United States District Court for the Central District of California)
  Case No. SACV11-00299-AG-(JEMx)
  File No. 102-3005

September 28, 2011

• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff v. Reebok International Ltd., doing business as Reebok, Defendant.
  (United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio)
  Case No. 1:11-cv-02046-DCN
  FTC File No. 102 3070

September 27, 2011

• In the Matter of Tops Markets LLC, Morgan Stanley Capital Partners V U.S. Holdco LLC, and The Penn Traffic Company
  Docket No. C-4295
  File No. 101-0074

September 23, 2011

• In the Matter of Alan B. Miller, a natural person; Universal Health Services, Inc., a corporation; and Psychiatric Solutions, Inc., a corporation.
  Docket No. C-4309
  FTC File No. 101 0142

September 22, 2011

• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Christopher Mallett, also doing business as Department of Consumer Services Protection Commission, U.S. Debt Care, World Law Debt, U.S. Mortgage Relief Counsel, gov-usdebtreform.net, Worldlawdebt.org, and fha-homeloan.info, Defendant
  (United States District Court for the District of Columbia)
  FTC File No. 1123105
  Case No.1:11-cv-01664-CKK
• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff v. Jesse Willms; Peter Graver; Adam Sechrist; Brett Callister; Carey L. Milne; 1021018 Alberta Ltd., also d/b/a Just Think Media, Credit Report America, eDirect Software, WuLongsource, and Wuyi Source; 1016363 Alberta Ltd., also d/b/a eDirect Software; 1524948 Alberta Ltd., also d/b/a Terra Marketing Group, SwipeBids.com, and SwipeAuctions.com; Circle Media Bids Limited, also d/b/a SwipeBids.com, SwipeAuctions.com, and Selloffauctions.com; Coastwest Holdings Limited; Farend Services Ltd.; JDW Media, LLC; Net Soft Media, LLC, also d/b/a SwipeBids.com; Sphere Media, LLC, also d/b/a SwipeBids.com and SwipeAuctions.com; and True Net, LLC, also d/b/a Selloffauctions.com, Defendants.
  (United States District Court for the Western District of Washington)
  Case No. 2:11-cv-00828
  FTC File No. 102 3012

September 21, 2011

• Letter From Bureau of Consumer Protection Director David Vladeck To Michael St. Patrick Baxter and Yaron Dori Advocating the Protection of Personal Customer Information Held By Borders Group (Currently In Bankruptcy)
  • Text of the Letter
  • News Release

September 15, 2011

• 16 C.F.R. Part 312: Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule: Proposed Rule; Request for Comment on Proposal to Amend Rule to Respond to Changes in Online Technology

  • Text of the Federal Register Notice
  • News Release

September 13, 2011

• College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act of 2000: Tenth Annual Report to Congress by the United States Department of Education, the United States Department of Justice, and the Federal Trade Commission (September 2011)

  • Text of the Report

  • News Release

September 12, 2011

• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff v. Payday Financial, LLC; Great Sky Finance, LLC; Western Sky Financial, LLC; Red Stone Financial, LLC; Management Systems, LLC; 24-7 Cash Direct, LLC; Red River Ventures, LLC; High Country Ventures, LLC; Financial Solutions, LLC; and Martin A. Webb, individually and as an officer of Payday Financial, LLC; Great Sky Finance, LLC; Western Sky Financial, LLC; Red Stone Financial, LLC; Management Systems, LLC; 24-7 Cash Direct, LLC; Red River Ventures, LLC; High Country Ventures, LLC, and Financial Solutions, LLC, Defendants.
  (United States District Court for the District of South Dakota)
  Case No. 3:11-cv-03017-RAL
  FTC File No. 112 3023

September 8, 2011

• In the Matter of Koby Brown, individually, and doing business as Dermapps, and Gregory W. Pearson, individually, and doing business as Dermapps
  FTC File No. 102-3205

• In the Matter of Andrew N. Finkel, Individually
  FTC File No. 102-3206

September 2, 2011

• In the Matter of DaVita Inc.
  FTC File No. 111 0103,
  Docket No. C-4334
• In the Matter of The Dow Chemical Company, a corporation.
  FTC File No. 081 0214
  Docket No. C-4243
• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff v. U.S. Mortgage Funding, Inc., Debt Remedy Partners, Inc., Lower my Debts.com, LLC, David Mahler, individually and as an officer of Debt Remedy Partners, Inc. and a former officer of U.S. Mortgage Funding, Inc., and John Incandela, Jr., aka Jonathan Incandela, Jr., individually and as a former officer of U.S. Mortgage Funding, Inc. and a manager of Lower My Debts.com, LLC, and Jamen Lachs, individually and as an officer of U.S. Mortgage Funding, Inc., Defendants.
  (United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida)
  Case No. 11-Civ-80155
  FTC File No. 102 3146

September 1, 2011

• Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Child Identity Theft, Presented by Deanya Kueckelhan, Director of the Southwest Regional Office of the Federal Trade Commission, Before the Subcommittee on Social Security of the Committee on Ways and Means, United States House of Representatives (Field Hearing, Plano, Texas, September 1, 2011)
  • Text of the Commission Testimon
  • News Release
• Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Economics: Gasoline Price Changes and the Petroleum Industry: An Update (September 2011)
  • Text of the Staff Report
  • News Release