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May 1, 2003
April 30, 2003
Internet Auction Fraud Targeted by Law Enforcers
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The Federal Trade Commission and 29 state Attorneys General have launched a law enforcement crackdown targeting Internet auction scams that bilked thousands of consumers out of their money and...
Proposed Optometry Legislation Would Likely Increase Costs Without Increasing Quality of Care
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Optometry legislation proposed in Tennessee could increase consumer costs while doing nothing to increase the quality of eye care, according to comments submitted by the Federal Trade Commission to...
Apr30
FTC Spam Forum
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The FTC hosted a public forum to explore the issues regarding the proliferation of and potential solutions to unsolicited commercial email ("UCE" or "spam"). The forum also looked at how the unique...
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Union Oil Company of California, In the Matter of (timeline item) - April 30, 2003
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April 29, 2003
Announced Actions for April 29, 2003
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Commission authorization to file comments with Georgia Public Service Commission: The Commission has authorized the staff of the Bureau of Economics and the Office of General Counsel to file comments...
FTC Measures False Claims Inherent in Random Spam
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In a random sample of 1,000 pieces of unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE) from three Federal Trade Commission (FTC) data sets, 66 percent contained false "From" lines, "Subject" lines, or message text...
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Indiana Household Movers and Warehousemen, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - April 29, 2003
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April 28, 2003
Public Statement
Combating Deceptive Advertising - The Role of Advertisers, the Media, and the FTC
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Introduction It is a pleasure to be here today to discuss one aspect of "Aggressive Advertising and the Law" - combating deceptive advertising. Let me start by mentioning that my remarks this...
FTC To Host Spam Report Discussion
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The Federal Trade Commission will host a media roundtable on Tuesday, April 29, 2003, at 10:30 a.m. EST to discuss a new report, "False Claims in Spam." The report describes a staff review of a random...
April 25, 2003
Greeting Card Business Opportunities Fraudulently Marketed by Florida Companies
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Greeting Cards of America (GCA), and its officers, and American Eagle Placements, and its owner, have been charged by the Federal Trade Commission with using deceptive tactics in selling their...
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