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Review of Food Marketing to Children and Adolescents -- Follow-Up Report
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December 1, 2012
November 30, 2012
FTC Staff Opinion: The Methodist Hospital System May Sell Discounted Shortage Drugs to Baytown EMS as an Emergency Humanitarian Gesture; FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges that Universal Health Services, Inc.s Acquisition of Ascend Health
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FTC Staff Opinion: The Methodist Hospital System May Sell Discounted Shortage Drugsto Baytown EMS as an Emergency Humanitarian Gesture In a letter issued today, the staff of the Federal Trade...
At FTC's Request, Federal Court Finds Defendants in Contempt for Continuing to Pitch Bogus Credit Repair Services in Violation of Prior Court Order
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Responding to charges by the Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. district court has found a credit repair operation in contempt for violating a previous court order that required the defendants to stop...
FTC Issues Amended Rule on Identity Theft Red Flags
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced publication of an Interim Final Rule on identity theft “red flags” that narrows the circumstances under which creditors are covered by the Rule. Congress...
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Reading Health System, and Surgical Institute of Reading, In the Matter of (timeline item) - November 30, 2012
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Joint Motion to Dismiss Complaint
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Universal Health Services and Alan B. Miller (timeline item) - November 30, 2012
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Decision and Order
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Order To Hold Separate and Maintain Assets
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Complaint
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November 29, 2012
FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges Against Marketer Brain-Pad, Inc. for Allegedly Deceptive Claims that Its Mouthguards Can Reduce Risk of Concussions
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission finalized an order settling charges that mouthguard marketer Brain-Pad, Inc. and its President Joseph Manzo made deceptive claims that...
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Enforceable Codes of Conduct: Protecting Consumers Across Borders
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The Federal Trade Commission will host a forum on using enforceable industry codes of conduct to protect consumers in cross-border commerce. Such systems, where government entities, businesses...
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Brain-Pad, Inc. (timeline item) - November 29, 2012
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Complaint
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Exhibits A Through F
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Decision and Order
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Letter To Commenter Agrio
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Letter To Commenter Gusenbauer
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Letter To Commenter Hoy
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Letter To Commenter Mills
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Letter To Commenter Moser
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Letter To Commenter Moses
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Letter To Commenter Piccininni
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November 28, 2012
FTC Seeks Public Comments as Part of Its Review of Guides Advising Businesses How to Avoid Illegal Discrimination in the Provision of Promotional Allowances and Services
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As part of the Federal Trade Commission’s systematic review of its rules and guides, the agency is seeking public comments on the guidance it gives manufacturers and wholesalers as to how they can...
FTC Warns Hotel Operators that Price Quotes that Exclude 'Resort Fees' and Other Mandatory Surcharges May Be Deceptive
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The Federal Trade Commission has warned 22 hotel operators that their online reservation sites may violate the law by providing a deceptively low estimate of what consumers can expect to pay for their...
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Cuban Exchange, Inc. (timeline item) - November 28, 2012
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Reading Health System, and Surgical Institute of Reading, In the Matter of (timeline item) - November 28, 2012
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November 27, 2012
FTC Action Leads to Court Order: Fake 'Yellow Pages' Scammers Must Pay $10.2 Million
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UPDATE The FTC has learned that certain organizations, including Factoring International AG, Direct Factoring EOOD, Marketing Administration Ltd., and Marketing Services & Business Administration Ltd...
FTC Files Amicus Brief Explaining That Pharmaceutical "Product Hopping" Can Be the Basis for an Antitrust Lawsuit
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The Federal Trade Commission filed an amicus brief before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania explaining that minor, non-therapeutic changes to a branded pharmaceutical...
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POM Wonderful LLC and Roll Global LLC, In the Matter of (timeline item) - November 27, 2012
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North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners, The, In the Matter of (timeline item) - November 27, 2012
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Brief of Respondent Federal Trade Commission
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