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August 19, 2009
August 18, 2009
Commission Announces New Fees for Telemarketers Accessing the National Do Not Call Registry
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The FTC has announced new fees starting on October 1, 2009, for telemarketers accessing phone numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry. All telemarketers making calls to consumers in the United...
Mortgage Lender Agrees to Settle FTC Charges; Prescreened Loan Offers Lacked Proper Opt-Out Notice
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A home mortgage lender that sent prescreened offers of credit to consumers without properly informing them of their right to opt out of receiving such offers in the future has agreed to settle Federal...
August 17, 2009
FTC Issues Final Breach Notification Rule for Electronic Health Information
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The Federal Trade Commission has issued a final rule requiring certain Web-based businesses to notify consumers when the security of their electronic health information is breached. Congress directed...
Extra! Extra! FTC Announces Revised Schedule for Workshop: "From Town Criers to Bloggers: How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?"
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced December 1 and 2, 2009, as the dates on which it will begin a series of workshops titled "From Town Criers to Bloggers: How Will Journalism Survive the...
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Polypore International, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - August 17, 2009
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August 14, 2009
FTC Seeks Comment on The Dow Chemical Company's Petition to Divest Its Acrylic Acid and Latex Polymers Businesses to Arkema Inc.
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The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on a petition from The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) requesting approval to divest its acrylic acid and latex polymers businesses to Arkema Inc...
August 12, 2009
FTC Releases Reports on Cigarette and Smokeless Tobacco Sales and Marketing Expenditures
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The amount spent on cigarette advertising and promotion by the five largest cigarette companies in the United States declined from $13.11 billion in 2005 to $12.49 billion in 2006, according to a...
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Polypore International, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - August 12, 2009
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August 11, 2009
Two Companies Pay Civil Penalties to Settle FTC Charges; Failed to Give Required Notices to Fired Workers and Rejected Job Applicants
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Two companies that fired workers and rejected job applicants based on background checks without informing them of their rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) have agreed to settle Federal...
Judge Upholds FTC Staff Complaint Against Marketers of Bogus Cancer Cures
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An Administrative Law Judge has upheld Federal Trade Commission staff charges against a company and its officer for making deceptive claims that shark cartilage and herbal formulations prevent, treat...
FTC Charges Companies with 'Bamboo-zling' Consumers with False Product Claims
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged four sellers of clothing and other textile products with deceptively labeling and advertising these items as made of bamboo fiber, when they are made of rayon...
Federal Register Notice
Rule Concerning the Use of Prenotification Negative Option Plans - 16 CFR Part 425
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M Group, The, Inc., d/b/a Bamboosa, and Mindy Johnson, Michael Moore, and Morris Saintsing, In the Matter of (timeline item) - August 11, 2009
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Administrative Complaint
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Exhibits A-C
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Order Designating Administrative Law Judge
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Protective Order Governing Discovery Material
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