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August 1, 2004

Report

The Petroleum Industry: Mergers, Structural Change, And Antitrust Enforcement: A Report of the Staff of the Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Economics

Date

August 1, 2004

This report updates two earlier FTC studies on mergers and structural change in the U.S. petroleum industry. Reviewing industry developments since the 1980s, this report finds, among other things...

Text of the Bureau of Economics Report (10.85 MB)

Statement of the Commission Appendix: Commission Testimony Concerning Market Forces, Anticompetitive Activity, and Gasoline Prices (July 15, 2004) (15.88 KB)

Statement of Commissioner Thompson (19.32 KB)

Statement of Commissioner Harbour (13.17 KB)

Earlier Reports Mergers In the U.S. Petroleum Industry 1971-1984: An Updated Comparative Analysis (May 1989) Mergers In the Petroleum Industry (September 1982) (2.66 MB)

Appendix: Commission Testimony Concerning Market Forces, Anticompetitive Activity, and Gasoline Prices (July 15, 2004) (681.25 KB)

Mergers In the U.S. Petroleum Industry 1971-1984: An Updated Comparative Analysis (May 1989) (2.66 MB)

Mergers In the Petroleum Industry (September 1982) (18.66 MB)

Report

Staff Report of the Bureau of Consumer Protection to the Federal Trade Commission and Proposed Revised Trade Regulation Rule

Date

August 1, 2004

Disclosure Requirements and Prohibitions Concerning Franchising

Text of the Staff Report [PDF 1.7MB] (1.74 MB)

Report

Annual Report to Congress Regarding the Operation of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Premerger Notification Program: Federal Trade Commission (Bureau of Competition) and Department of Justice (Antitrust Division) Fiscal Year 2003

Date

August 1, 2004

Text of the Twenty-Sixth Annual Report (264.85 KB)

July 30, 2004

Press Release

Sellers of Girls Gone Wild Videos to Pay $1.1 Million To Settle Charges of Unauthorized Shipping and Billing

Date

July 30, 2004

Under the terms of a stipulated court order announced today, the sellers of ‘Girls Gone Wild’ DVDs and videos will pay nearly $1.1 million as combined consumer redress and a civil penalty and will be...

Press Release

FTC Staff Provides FDA with Comment on Permitting Health Claims for More Foods

Date

July 30, 2004

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently sought comment from the public concerning expanding the use of health claims for certain foods. A health claim describes the relationship between a...

Press Release

FTC Denies State Dental Boards Dismissal Motion on State Action Grounds

Date

July 30, 2004

In a decision filed today, the Federal Trade Commission denied the motion of the South Carolina State Board of Dentistry to dismiss this action on the ground that its actions were protected by the...

Press Release

Federal Trade Commission Updates Online Summary of Telemarketing Fraud and Abuse Enforcement Actions

Date

July 30, 2004

The Federal Trade Commission today issued its fifth quarterly announcement summarizing the agency’s continued enforcement against telemarketing fraud and abuse. The quarterly enforcement update lists...

Press Release

Announced Action for July 30, 2004

Date

July 30, 2004

Approval of final consent order: Following the conclusion of a public comment period, the Commission has approved a final consent order in the matter concerning Clark County, Washington, Attorneys...

Federal Register Notice

Telemarketing Sales Rule Fees - 16 CFR Part 310

Date

July 30, 2004

Case Timeline Item

Phoenix Avatar, LLC, d/b/a Avatar Nutrition, DJL, LLC, et al. (timeline item) - July 30, 2004

Date

July 30, 2004

Memorandum Opinion and Order Granting Preliminary Injunction (1.53 MB)

Case Timeline Item

Basic Research, In the Matter of (timeline item) - July 30, 2004

Date

July 30, 2004

Answer of Respondent Dennis Gay (351.87 KB)

Answer and Grounds of Defense of Respondent Basic Research, LLC (441.53 KB)

Answer and Grounds of Defense of Respondent A.G. Waterhouse, LLC (348.48 KB)

Answer and Grounds of Defense of Respondent Sovage Dermalogic Laboratories, LLC (339.69 KB)

Answer and Grounds of Defense of Respondent Nutrasport, LLC (316.99 KB)

Answer and Grounds of Defense of Respondent Klein-Becker USA, LLC (350.14 KB)

Answer and Grounds of Defense of Respondent BAN, LLC (432.54 KB)

Answer of Respondent Mitchell K. Friedlander (372.83 KB)

Answer of Respondent Daniel B. Mowrey (361.47 KB)

Case Timeline Item

Kentucky Household Goods Carriers Association, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - July 30, 2004

Date

July 30, 2004

Appeal Brief of Respondent Kentucky Household Goods Carriers Association, Inc. and Intervenor Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (1.89 MB)

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South Carolina State Board of Dentistry, In the Matter of (timeline item) - July 30, 2004

Date

July 30, 2004

Opinion of the Commission by Commissioner Mozelle W. Thompson (76.54 KB)

Order Denying Motion to Dismiss on State Action Grounds, Holding In Abeyance Motion to Dismiss on Mootness Grounds, Retaining Jurisdiction, and Referring Mootness Issues to An Administrative Law Judge (8.92 KB)

Case Timeline Item

Lewis, Robert, James Sowder, Gerald Wear, and Joel R. Yoseph, individually., In the Matter of (timeline item) - July 30, 2004

Date

July 30, 2004

Complaint (13.59 KB)

Decision and Order (16.64 KB)

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Kentucky Household Goods Carriers Association, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - July 30, 2004

Date

July 30, 2004

Appeal Brief of Respondent Kentucky Household Goods Carriers Association, Inc. and Intervenor Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (1.89 MB)

July 29, 2004

Press Release

FTC Sues Florida Man for Illegal Spam and False Human Growth Hormone Product Claims

Date

July 29, 2004

A federal court in Chicago has issued a court order halting illegal spamming and deceptive product claims, and has also frozen the assets of Creaghan A. Harry, a resident of Boca Raton, Florida. Harry...

Press Release

FTC Targets Major Do Not Call Registry Violator Peddling Bogus Debt Management Services

Date

July 29, 2004

The Federal Trade Commission has charged five Florida corporations and the three individuals that control them with violating the National Do Not Call Registry and falsely representing they provide...

Press Release

FTC Crackdown on Illegal Canadian Lottery Sellers

Date

July 29, 2004

A federal judge has ordered Canadian telemarketers running an illegal foreign lottery scam that targeted senior citizens in the United States to pay $19 million in consumer redress and has ordered a...

Case Timeline Item

Debt Management Foundation Services, Inc., et al. (timeline item) - July 29, 2004

Date

July 29, 2004

Complaint for Permanent Injunction and Other Equitable Relief (818.34 KB)

Ex Parte Temporary Restraining Order with Asset Freeze, Appointment of Receiver and Other Equitable Relief and Order to Show Cause Why Preliminary Injunction Should Not Issue (2.21 MB)

Case Timeline Item

Barash, Jonathan, et al. (timeline item) - July 29, 2004

Date

July 29, 2004

Complaint (20.55 KB)

Exhibits A-F (949.59 KB)

Decision and Order (16.16 KB)

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