Commission Actions

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras has appointed Lydia B. Parnes to be Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection (BCP). Parnes, who was named Acting Bureau Director by then...

Press Release

Diet Patch Sellers Settle Can-Spam Charges

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March 31, 2005

Operators who sent millions of illegal e-mail messages to market their bogus diet patch have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that their operation violated federal laws, including the CAN-SPAM...

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Phoenix Avatar, LLC, d/b/a Avatar Nutrition, DJL, LLC, et al. (timeline item) - March 31, 2005

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March 31, 2005

Stipulated Order for Permanent Injunction and Final Judgment as to Defendants Daniel J. Lin, Mark M. Sadek, James Lin and Christopher M. Chung (673.46 KB)

Default Judgment and Order for Permanent Injunction and Monetary Relief as to Defendants Phoenix Avatar, LLC and DJL, LLC (453.11 KB)

March 30, 2005

Public Statement

A "Check-Up" of Selected Health Care Activity at the Federal Trade Commission

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March 30, 2005

A "Check-Up" of Selected Health Care Activity at the Federal Trade Commission (55.38 KB)

Public Statement

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Trade Associations and Antitrust

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March 30, 2005

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Trade Associations and Antitrust (27.68 KB)

Press Release

Debt Services Operations Settle FTC Charges

Date

March 30, 2005

Three operations that scammed consumers out of more than one hundred million dollars by falsely promising easy debt relief have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that their business practices...

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Better Budget Financial Services, Inc., et al. (timeline item) - March 30, 2005

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March 30, 2005

(Proposed) Stipulated Final Judgment and Order for Permanent Injunction and Other Equitable Relief Against All Defendants (151.61 KB)

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Union Oil Company of California, In the Matter of (timeline item) - March 30, 2005

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March 30, 2005

Complaint Counsel's Additional Errata Sheet (275.22 KB)

Withdrawal of Complaint Counsel's Notice of Appearance (52.6 KB)

Respondent's Supplemental Errata Sheet To, and Corrected Pages Of, Respondent's Public Post-trial Brief and Public Post-trial Findings of Fact (845.01 KB)

Respondent's Motion for Leave to File a Supplemental Errata Sheet To, and Corrected Pages of Respondent's Public Post-trial Brief and Public Post-trial Proposed Findings of Fact (80.92 KB)

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National Consumer Council, Inc., et al. (timeline item) - March 30, 2005

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March 30, 2005

Settlement Agreement and Final Order For Permanent Injunction with Receivership Defendants (867.34 KB)

Settlement Agreement and Final Order with Defendant Harvey Warren (1.06 MB)

Stipulated Final Judgment and Order for Permanent Injunction and Monetary Relief Against Defendant Mary Beth Harper (1.1 MB)

Settlement Agreement and Final Order with Defendant Walter Joseph Ledda (1.14 MB)

Stipulated Final Judgment and Order for Permanent Injunction and Monetary Relief Against Defendant Martha Levitsky (1.11 MB)

Settlement Agreement and Final Order for Permanent Injunction with Defendant Walter Haines (1.08 MB)

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Debt Management Foundation Services, Inc., et al. (timeline item) - March 30, 2005

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March 30, 2005

Stipulated Final Judgment and Order for Permanent Injunction and Other Equitable Relief (202.99 KB)

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Rambus Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - March 30, 2005

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March 30, 2005

Supplemental Memorandum of Complaint Counsel in Support of Motion to Compel Production Of, and to Reopen the Record to Admit, Documents Relating to Respondent Rambus Inc.'s Spoliation of Evidence (58.02 KB)

March 29, 2005

Press Release

Announced Actions for March 29, 2005

Date

March 29, 2005

Petition to reopen proceedings and modify decision and order: The Commission has received a petition to reopen and modify the final decision and order in the 2003 transaction concerning Nestlé...

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