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December 16, 1996
December 13, 1996
FTC Settlement in Paging License Application case to Net Nearly $200,000 in Consumer Redress
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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...
Announced Actions for December 13, 1996
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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
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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...
Additional Defendant Added in Home-Based Computer Business Settlement
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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...
Federal-State Surfing Catches a Wave of Potential Internet Scams; Over 500 Pyramid Operations Put on Notice
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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
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December 11, 1996
Settlement in FTC Job Services Case Would Bar Defendant from Job Placement Field
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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
FTC Settlements with Credit Repair Operators Net $5,000 for Redress, Strong Injunctions, Disclosures for Future Customers
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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
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December 9, 1996
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
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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...
Operators of Telemarketing Recovery Room Agree To Settle FTC Charges Brought in "Project Jackpot" Sweep
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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...
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
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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...
FTC Freezes Ad Claims for Thawing Trays; Pulls the Plug on Ad Claims for Thermo-Electric Coolers
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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...
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Comtrad Industries, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - December 9, 1996
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Consent Agreement Package
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J.C. Penney Company, Inc., and Thrift Drug, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - December 9, 1996
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Consent Agreement Package
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December 6, 1996
California Couple Involved in Credit Repair Scheme Agrees To Post Performance Bond and Pay Consumer Redress To Settle the Charges
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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...
Announced Actions for December 6, 1996
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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...
Las Vegas Telefunder Charged in Deceptive Recovery-Room Scheme To Solicit Charitable Donations Agrees To Settle FTC Charges
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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...
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