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January 16, 2001
January 10, 2001
FTC and Electronic Retailing Association To Host Seminar on Internet Marketing
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The Federal Trade Commission and the Electronic Retailing Association (ERA) will present a one-day, case-driven seminar for Internet retailers, marketers and suppliers on applying offline rules and...
January 9, 2001
FTC Reaches Agreement with Winn-Dixie Regarding its Planned Purchase of 68 Stores from Bankrupt Jitney-Jungle Chain
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Through a consent agreement reached with the Federal Trade Commission and announced today, Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. ("Winn-Dixie") would be allowed to acquire 68 supermarkets and other assets from the...
FTC Report to Congress Shows Increases in Smokeless Tobacco Revenues, and Advertising and Promotional Expenditures
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Advertising and promotional expenditures for smokeless tobacco products reached $170.2 million in 1999, according to a biennial Federal Trade Commission Report to Congress. The report shows that...
Announced Actions for January 9, 200l
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The Commission has authorized staff of the Bureau of Economics and of Policy Planning to submit an advocacy comment to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) regarding its proposal to impose mandatory...
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Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. (timeline item) - January 9, 2001
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January 5, 2001
Federal Agencies, State Attorneys General Crack down on Deceptive Mail Offers, Unsolicited Faxes and "Spam"
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced that as part of "Project Mailbox IV," the FTC and its federal and state law enforcement partners brought hundreds of actions in the past year against scam...
Announced Actions for January 5, 200l
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Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a modified consent agreement with the following: Boeing Co./Hughes Electronics. The modified consent agreement expands the definition...
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Boeing Company, The (timeline item) - January 5, 2001
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Complaint
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Decision and Order
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Swedish Match North America Inc., and National Tobacco Company, L.P (timeline item) - January 5, 2001
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January 4, 2001
January 3, 2001
January 2, 2001
Tennessee Telemarketers Banned from Selling Office Supplies As Part of FTC Settlement
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Laser Express of Tennessee, Limited., Inc., based in Nashville, and its owner, Jeff Richfield, have agreed to pay $374,000 in consumer redress to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they...
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Laser Express and Jeff Richfield (timeline item) - January 2, 2001
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Stipulated Final Judgment and Order
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January 1, 2001
Report
Publicity and the Optimal Punitive Damage Multiplier
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When punitive damage awards create publicity, this could affect the behavior of uncompensated victims, which has implications for the optimal punitive damage multiplier. A new adjusted multiplier is...
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Report
Geographic Markets in Hospital Mergers: A Case Study
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In three recent hospital merger cases, the courts concluded that the merged hospital would be unable to increase price profitably because of competition from distant hospitals. In reaching this...
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