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September 6, 2007

Press Release

Invention Promotion Swindlers Ordered to Pay $60 Million in Scheme that Defrauded 17,000 Consumers

Date

September 6, 2007

The operators of an invention promotion business, which a judge called “one grand con game to take money away from consumers,” have been ordered to pay $60 million for violating a 1998 court order....

Case Timeline Item

International Product Design, Inc.; the Innovation Center, Inc.; National Idea Center, Inc.; New Products of America, Inc.; Azure Communications, Inc. dba London Communications, Inc.; International Licensing Corporation, Inc. (timeline item) - September 6

Date

September 6, 2007

Order for Monetary Relief (179.97 KB)

September 5, 2007

Testimony

Supplementary Testimony, Letter to Senator Herb Kohl

Date

September 5, 2007

Pamela Jones Harbour, Former Commissioner

Supplementary Testimony, Letter to Senator Herb Kohl (190.35 KB)

Public Statement

Supplementary Testimony, Letter to Senator Herb Kohl

Date

September 5, 2007

Supplementary Testimony, Letter to Senator Herb Kohl (190.35 KB)

Press Release

Commission Approves Issuance of Federal Register Notice Announcing Review of Mail Order Rule

Date

September 5, 2007

Commission approval of Federal Register notice: The Commission has approved the issuance of a Federal Register notice announcing the start of its decennial review of the FTC’s Mail or Telephone Order...

September 4, 2007

Press Release

Telemarketers Pay $505,000 & Forfeit $1,030,000 in Uncashed Checks and Unpaid Invoices

Date

September 4, 2007

Canadian telemarketers will pay $505,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they scammed United States businesses into paying for business directories and listings that had never been...

Case Timeline Item

Datacom Marketing Inc., et al. (timeline item) - September 4, 2007

Date

September 4, 2007

Stipulated Order for Permanent Injunction And Final Judgment Against Defendants Datacom Marketing Inc., Datacom Direct Inc., Judy Neinstein, and Stanley Fromstein (879.97 KB)

Stipulated Order for Permanent Injunction and Final Judgment Against Defendant Paul Barnard (761.66 KB)

September 1, 2007

Report

Economics at the FTC: Pharmaceutical Patent Dispute Settlements and Behavioral Economics

Date

September 1, 2007

Economics at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) supports both the competition and consumer protection missions of the agency. In this year's essay we discuss two issues, one from each of the agency...

Economics at the FTC: Pharmaceutical Patent Dispute Settlements and Behavioral Economics (325.3 KB)

Report

Vertical Relationships and Competition in Retail Gasoline Markets: Comment

Date

September 1, 2007

In a paper in the March 2004 AER, Justine Hastings concludes that the acquisition of an independent gasoline retailer, Thrifty, by a vertically integrated firm, ARCO, is associated with sizable price...

Vertical Relationships and Competition in Retail Gasoline Markets: Comment (137.04 KB)

Advocacy Filings

FTC Comment Before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Concerning Wholesale Competition in Regions with Organized Electric Markets

Date

September 1, 2007

Matter Number

V070014

FTC Comment Before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Concerning Wholesale Competition in Regions with Organized Electric Markets (639.95 KB)

August 31, 2007

Press Release

FTC Approves Proposed Divestitures by Service Corp. International

Date

August 31, 2007

Commission approval of proposed divestitures: Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved a petition for divestiture of two funeral homes pursuant to the modifying order issued in...

Case Timeline Item

Universal Premium Services, Inc. (also known as Premier Benefits Inc.), et al. (timeline item) - August 31, 2007

Date

August 31, 2007

Stipulated Final Order Against Fraudulent Transfer Defendants Christine MacGregor and Midwest Properties, Inc. (392.85 KB)

Case Timeline Item

Service Corporation International, In the Matter of (timeline item) - August 31, 2007

Date

August 31, 2007

Commission Letter Approving the May 30, 2007 Petition Filed by Trustee Thomas Johnson To Divest Certain Assets to JCAM, L.L.C., and Extending Divestiture Period In Order To Show Cause and Order Modifying Order To August 31, 2007 (30.86 KB)

August 30, 2007

Cases and Proceedings

Commissioner Statements

Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Jon Leibowitz Regarding the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice Antitrust Division Report on Spring/Summer 2006 Nationwide Gasoline Price Increases

Date

August 30, 2007

Jon Leibowitz, Former Chairman

Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Jon Leibowitz Regarding the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice Antitrust Division Report on Spring/Summer 2006 Nationwide Gasoline Price Increases (18.31 KB)

Press Release

FTC, Antitrust Division Send Report to President on Factors Explaining National Average Gasoline Price Increases During Spring and Summer of 2006

Date

August 30, 2007

Market factors explain increases in the national average retail price for gasoline during the spring and summer of 2006, according to a report sent to the President today by the Federal Trade...

Press Release

Advance-Fee Credit Card Purveyors Banned from Telemarketing

Date

August 30, 2007

Miami-based telemarketers, who were charged with deceiving Spanish-speaking consumers through their marketing of pre-approved, advance fee MasterCards, free ATM and phone cards, and a free-trial...

Press Release

Se Inhabilita a Proveedores de Tarjetas de Crédito con Cargo Adelantado Para Operar en el Sistema de Ventas de Telemercadeo

Date

August 30, 2007

La Corte ha expedido una prohibición para un grupo de telemercaderes que operan desde Miami que fueron acusados de defraudar a consumidores hispanohablantes a través de la comercialización de tarjetas...

Case Timeline Item

Remote Response Corporation, et al. (timeline item) - August 30, 2007

Date

August 30, 2007

Stipulated Final Order for Permanent Injunction and Monetary Judgment as to Defendants Remote Response Corporation, Alberto Salama, Samuel Salama, and Elias Salama (283.07 KB)

Stipulated Final Order for Permanent Injunction and Monetary Judgment as to Defendant German Espitia (210.75 KB)

Stipulated Final Order for Permanent Injunction and Monetary Judgment as to Defendant Joseph Bensabat (174.63 KB)

August 29, 2007

Federal Register Notice

Rule Concerning Disclosures Regarding Energy Consumption and Water Use of Certain Home Appliances and Other Products Required Under Energy Policy and Conservation Act ("Appliance Labeling Rule") - 16 CFR Part 305

Date

August 29, 2007

August 28, 2007

Press Release

Commission Approves Final Consent Order in Matter of Motor Oil Importers of Puerto Rico

Date

August 28, 2007

Commission approval of final consent order: The Commission has approved a final consent order in the matter of Motor Oil Importers of Puerto Rico, and authorized the staff to forward a letter to the...

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