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December 13, 1996

Press Release

FTC Settlement in Paging License Application case to Net Nearly $200,000 in Consumer Redress

Date

December 13, 1996

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that Bell Connections, Inc. and four individuals, defendants in a case the FTC filed in federal district court in Los Angeles last January as part of...

Press Release

Announced Actions for December 13, 1996

Date

December 13, 1996

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following action. Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with...

December 12, 1996

Public Statement

Staying Ahead of the Merger Wave

Date

December 12, 1996

It is a pleasure to address the Corporate Counsel Institute here in Atlanta. I have just completed my first year as the Deputy Director of the Bureau of Competition for mergers. I chose a particularly...

Press Release

Additional Defendant Added in Home-Based Computer Business Settlement

Date

December 12, 1996

Jeannette L. Douglass of Sheridan, Indiana, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that potential earnings and profit claims made by the Computer Business Services, Inc. were false and...

Press Release

Federal-State Surfing Catches a Wave of Potential Internet Scams; Over 500 Pyramid Operations Put on Notice

Date

December 12, 1996

Four federal agencies and 70 state and local law enforcement officials from 24 states have notified operators of over 500 websites that they may be promoting illegal pyramid schemes in violation of...

Case Timeline Item

Douglass, Jeanette L (timeline item) - December 12, 1996

Date

December 12, 1996

Consent Agreement Package (46.69 KB)

December 11, 1996

Press Release

Settlement in FTC Job Services Case Would Bar Defendant from Job Placement Field

Date

December 11, 1996

A Franklin, New Hampshire, woman charged by the Federal Trade Commission earlier this year with deceptively marketing employment services as a telemarketer for a “job placement” firm, has agreed to...

December 10, 1996

Press Release

FTC Settlements with Credit Repair Operators Net $5,000 for Redress, Strong Injunctions, Disclosures for Future Customers

Date

December 10, 1996

The Federal Trade Commission has negotiated settlements to end its litigation against two southern California men, Walter D. Channels and James Martin Coose, in connection with the allegedly...

Federal Register Notice

Progressive Mortgage Corporation; Sanford Cramer; Analysis to Aid Public Comment

Date

December 10, 1996

December 9, 1996

Press Release

J.C. Penney To Divest 161 Drug Stores in the Caorlinas To Settle FTC Antitrust Charges over Acqusitions of Eckard and Certain Rite Aid Stores

Date

December 9, 1996

The Federal Trade Commission said today that J.C. Penney Company, Inc., the parent company of Thrift Drug, Inc., has agreed to divest a total of 161 drug stores in North and South Carolina by March...

Press Release

Operators of Telemarketing Recovery Room Agree To Settle FTC Charges Brought in "Project Jackpot" Sweep

Date

December 9, 1996

A telemarketing "recovery room" operation in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and its principals, have agreed to settle federal charges that they falsely claimed that they would recover a substantial portion of...

Press Release

FTC Staff Has Advised the Southwest Florida Oral Surgery Associates (SFOSA) Its Proposal To Form a "Cooperative" Does Not Appear To Violate the Antitrust Laws

Date

December 9, 1996

The Federal Trade Commission staff has advised the Southwest Florida Oral Surgery Associates (SFOSA) that its proposal to form a "Cooperative" for the purpose of jointly marketing their services to...

Press Release

FTC Freezes Ad Claims for Thawing Trays; Pulls the Plug on Ad Claims for Thermo-Electric Coolers

Date

December 9, 1996

Premier Products, Inc., marketers of the "Miracle Thaw" food thawing tray -- an aluminum tray advertised for its ability to thaw food quickly -- and Comtrad Industries, Inc., a marketer of the...

Case Timeline Item

Comtrad Industries, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - December 9, 1996

Date

December 9, 1996

Consent Agreement Package (41.23 KB)

Case Timeline Item

Premier Products, Inc., T.V. Products, Inc., T.V.P. Corporation, Michael Ssander and Issie Kroll., In the Matter of (timeline item) - December 9, 1996

Date

December 9, 1996

Consent Agreement Package (42.86 KB)

Case Timeline Item

J.C. Penney Company, Inc., and Thrift Drug, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - December 9, 1996

Date

December 9, 1996

Consent Agreement Package (74.42 KB)

December 6, 1996

Press Release

California Couple Involved in Credit Repair Scheme Agrees To Post Performance Bond and Pay Consumer Redress To Settle the Charges

Date

December 6, 1996

A California couple sued by the Federal Trade Commission over their role in an allegedly deceptive credit repair scheme has agreed to post a $250,000 performance bond before engaging in, or assisting...

Press Release

Las Vegas Telefunder Charged in Deceptive Recovery-Room Scheme To Solicit Charitable Donations Agrees To Settle FTC Charges

Date

December 6, 1996

Thadow, Inc., and its president, defendants named in a 1995 Federal Trade Commission lawsuit, have agreed to pay $130,000 to be used for consumer redress, as part of a settlement resolving charges...

Press Release

Announced Actions for December 6, 1996

Date

December 6, 1996

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received an application for approval for a transaction from the following...

December 5, 1996

Press Release

Boeing Company To Settle Charges in Rockwell Acquisition

Date

December 5, 1996

The Boeing Company will settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its $3.025 billion acquisition of Rockwell International Corporation's Aerospace and Defense business would violate antitrust laws...

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