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January 31, 2008
FTC Asks Court to Hold Internet Pagejacking Defendants in ContemptPrevious FTC Order Barred Phishing, Pagejacking, and Mousetrapping
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The Federal Trade Commission has asked a U.S. district court to hold three Internet pagejackers in contempt and order them to give up their ill-gotten gains for violating a previous order barring...
Minimizing the Effect of Malware on Your Computer: FTC Offers Information on Protecting, Reclaiming Your Computer
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Criminals are hard at work thinking up creative ways to get malware on your computer, warns the Federal Trade Commission. With appealing Web sites, desirable downloads, and compelling stories, these...
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Odysseus Marketing, Inc., and Walter Rines (timeline item) - January 31, 2008
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January 30, 2008
Online Advertiser Settles FTC Charges. "Free" Products Weren't Free; Settlement Calls for $200,000 Civil Penalty
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An online advertiser that drove traffic to its Web sites using spam e-mails with misleading subject lines has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it failed to disclose that...
Imbee.com Settles FTC Charges Social Networking Site for Kids Violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act; Settlement Includes $130,000 Civil Penalty
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The operators of imbee.com, a social networking site specifically targeting kids and “tweens,” have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their data-collection practices violated...
Sellers of Obesity Treatment Program Settle with FTC for False Weight-Loss Claims
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Sellers of the “Centro Natural de Salud Obesity Treatment” have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made false and unsubstantiated claims that their product causes rapid...
January 29, 2008
FTC Settles Charges Against Telemarketer that Made More Than 46 Million Unlawful Prerecorded Calls
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced a complaint and proposed consent decree settling charges that a California-based “voice broadcaster” made over 46 million unlawful telemarketing calls. The...
Commission Approves Amicus Brief Filing in Matter of Arkansas Carpenters Health and Welfare Fund v. Bayer AG; FTC Authorizes Filing of Joint FTC/DOJ Letter with Hawaii Supreme Court Regarding Proposed Rules Regarding the Practice of Law
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Commission approval of amicus brief filing: The FTC’s Office of General Counsel has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in the matter of In re Ciprofloxacin...
Dietary Supplement Marketers Violated Court Order in Some of Their Ads
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Dietary supplement marketers must run more frequent and prominent advertising disclosures after violating a court order entered against them two years ago. The original order settled Federal Trade...
Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice to Host Workshop on International Technical Assistance
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The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division today announced that they will host a joint workshop entitled, “2008 International Technical Assistance Workshop...
Federal Register Notice
Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules
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Voice-Mail Broadcasting Corporation and Jesse Crowe., U.S. (for the FTC) (timeline item) - January 29, 2008
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