Valvoline Settles Charges
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Ashland, Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that ads for the Valvoline Company's Teflon-containing TM8 Engine Treatment product were false and unsubstantiated. Valvoline is an...
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FTC Launches Next Round in Battle To End Deceptive Automobile Lease Advertising
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Two major automobile manufacturers and five St. Louis, Missouri-area dealerships have signed agreements with the Federal Trade Commission to end alleged practices of omitting or burying key cost...
Public Statement
Regulatory Enforcement of Your Website: Who Will be Watching?
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Good morning. I'm pleased to be here to open this workshop on online advertising law by answering the question "Who Will Be Watching Your Website?" Well, one of the law enforcers likely to be watching...
Announced Actions for September 12, 1997
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Commission action regarding applications for approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has ruled on an application for approval of a transaction from the following: The FTC has...
Aldi Inc., In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
962 3064
Docket Number
C-3764
Opinion 97-7
Date
Apparent applicability of Franchise Rule to licensing to hospitals of a Travel Health Program, discussing whether the program's assistance is "significant" to the hospital's "entire method of...
Opinion 97-6
Date
Apparent applicability of Franchise Rule to distributorships for the sale of print advertising in regional or national publications.
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Mohave County Attorney and the Federal Trade Commission
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Matter Number
072 3238
X940051
Bruno's, Inc., In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
962 3086
Docket Number
C-3760
Opinion 97-5
Date
Applicability of Rule's earnings claim dicosure requirements to general media claims made in news stories and elsewhere if copies are given to prospective franchesees by the franchisor.
Opinion 97-4
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Inappplicability of the Franchise Rule to possible co-branding relationship in which a licensor's system is to be sub-licensed by a third party franchisor to its franchesees, even though the license...
Jul28
Public Workshop on Franchise Rulemaking
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These conferences were intended to serve several purposes: (1) To allow Commission staff and interested parties the opportunity to discuss openly issues raised in the ANPR and in the comments to the...
FTC Puts Exercise Device Weight-Loss Claims on a Diet
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Marketers of some of the most popular exercise equipment on the market today have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that they made exaggerated weight-loss claims in their...
Examples of Applications: FTC Proposes New Standard for the "Made in USA" Claims
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EXAMPLES OF APPLICATIONS: FTC PROPOSED GUIDES FOR THE USE OF U.S. ORIGIN CLAIMS (1) The standard for unqualified U.S. Origin Claims ( e.g., "Made in USA"): A marketer making an unqualified U.S. origin...
Zale Corporation, In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
962 3118
Splitfire, Inc., In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
952 3029
Docket Number
C-3737
FTC Halts Credit Card Laundering Operation: Millions Lost to Cross Border Lottery Fraud
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In a crack down on cross border fraud, the Federal Trade Commission has obtained a court order temporarily halting a credit card laundering service that allowed Canadian telemarketers to bilk U.S...
Opinion 97-5
Date
Discusses under what circumstances funeral providers may offer discounts for casket purchases.
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Opinion 97-5
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FTC, 50 States Announce "OPERATION FALSE ALARM"
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The Federal Trade Commission and 50 state Attorneys General, Secretaries of State and other state charities regulators today announced, "OPERATION FALSE ALARM," an unprecedented attack against "badge...
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