Commission Actions

Federal Trade Commission Chairman William E. Kovacic announced today that Michael R. Baye, director of the Bureau of Economics for the past year and a half, will leave the FTC on December 31 to return...

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Polypore International, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - December 22, 2008

Date

December 22, 2008

Motion for Additional One-Day Extension of Time to Move to Limit Subpoena Served by Respondent upon Third Party the Moore Company and to Seek Cost Reimbursement (132.16 KB)

December 19, 2008

Cases and Proceedings

Commissioner Statements

Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Rosch, In the Matter of Whole Foods Market, Inc., and Wild Oats Markets, Inc.

Date

December 19, 2008

J. Thomas Rosch, Former Commissioner

Matter Number

071 0114

Docket Number

9324

Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Rosch, In the Matter of Whole Foods Market, Inc., and Wild Oats Markets, Inc. (48.07 KB)

Press Release

Subprime Credit Card Marketer to Provide At Least $114 Million in Consumer Redress to Settle FTC Charges of Deceptive Conduct

Date

December 19, 2008

CompuCredit Corporation, a company marketing Visa and MasterCard credit cards to consumers in the subprime credit market, has agreed to reverse fees charged to eligible consumers’ accounts to settle...

Press Release

FTC Settles Charges with Telemarketers Who Duped Elderly Consumers

Date

December 19, 2008

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal district court has entered orders settling charges against three telemarketers who allegedly duped consumers, most of whom were elderly, into...

Press Release

FTC Intervenes in Teva Pharmaceutical Industries' Proposed $8.9 Billion Acquisition of Barr Pharmaceuticals

Date

December 19, 2008

Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd.’s has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that its proposed $8.9 billion acquisition of rival generic drugmaker Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. would be...

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Whole Foods Market, Inc., and Wild Oats Markets, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - December 19, 2008

Date

December 19, 2008

Whole Foods Market, Inc.'s Response in Opposition to Gelson's Market's Motion for Protective Order or in the Alternative to Quash or Limit Subpoena from Whole Foods Market, Inc. (2.11 MB)

Respondent's Second Status Report (212.03 KB)

Complaint Counsel's Second Status Report (123.05 KB)

Order Amending Scheduling Order and Denying Respondent's Motion To Stay Proceeding (55.97 KB)

Attachment (Rehearing En Banc Order of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit) (40.45 KB)

Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Rosch

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Handicapped & Disabled Workshops, Inc. formally known as Handi-Tech Company, Handi-Hope Industries, Inc., Handi-Ship, LLC, et al. (timeline item) - December 19, 2008

Date

December 19, 2008

Stipulated Final Judgment and Order for Permanent Injunction and Other Equitable Relief Against George Thomas (84.61 KB)

Stipulated Final Judgment and Order for Permanent Injunction and Other Equitable Relief Against Joshua D. Abramson (92.17 KB)

Stipulated Final Judgment and Order for Permanent Injunction and Other Equitable Relief Against Bruce Peeples (88.64 KB)

Order and Default Judgment (41.24 KB)

Order Regarding Winding Down the Corporate Defendants and Dissolving the Receivership (245.66 KB)

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CCC Holdings Inc., and Aurora Equity Partners III L.P., In the Matter of (timeline item) - December 19, 2008

Date

December 19, 2008

Notice of Appearance and Declaration Filed by Counsel for the Respondent (130.48 KB)

Answer of Defendant CCC Holdings Inc. to the Federal Trade Commission's Administrative Complaint (214.18 KB)

Declaration of John A. Herfort, Stacey Anne Mahoney and Richard Falek Counsel for CCC Holdings Inc. (130.69 KB)

Answer of Defendant Aurora Equity Partners III, L.P. to the Federal Trade Commission's Administrative Complaint (184.56 KB)

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Native Essence Herb Company; Mark J. Hershiser, individually, d/b/a Native Essence Herb Company, and as an officer of the corporation; and Marianne Hershiser, individually, d/b/a Native Essence, In the Matter of (timeline item) - December 19, 2008

Date

December 19, 2008

Administrative Law Judge's Order Requiring Supplemental Briefing (135.32 KB)

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CompuCredit Corporation and Jefferson Capital Systems, LLC (timeline item) - December 19, 2008

Date

December 19, 2008

Stipulated Order For Permanent Injunction and Other Equitable Relief Against Defendant CompuCredit Corporation (1.04 MB)

Stipulated Order For Permanent Injunction and Other Equitable Relief Against Defendant Jefferson Capital Systems (784.25 KB)

December 18, 2008

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Daniel Chapter One, and James Feijo individually and as an officer of Daniel Chapter One, In the Matter of (timeline item) - December 18, 2008

Date

December 18, 2008

Respondents' First Request for Admissions - Public (474.1 KB)

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Ziolo Cruz (timeline item) - December 18, 2008

Date

December 18, 2008

Order for Default Judgment and for Permanent Injunction (618.88 KB)

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CCC Holdings Inc., and Aurora Equity Partners III L.P., In the Matter of (timeline item) - December 18, 2008

Date

December 18, 2008

Notice of Appearance Filed by Counsel Supporting the Complaint (114.12 KB)

December 17, 2008

Press Release

FTC Issues Report on Social Security Numbers and Identity Theft

Date

December 17, 2008

The Federal Trade Commission issued a report today recommending five measures to help prevent Social Security numbers from being used for identity theft. Principal among the report’s recommendations...

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Polypore International, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - December 17, 2008

Date

December 17, 2008

Motion for Award of Attorney's Fees and Cost and to Limit Subpoena Served by Respondent on Non-party, Memorandum in Support of Motion for Award of Attorney's Fees and Costs and to Limit Subpoena Served on Non-party and Statement of Counsel (2.63 MB)

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