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December 12, 2002
Court Halts Illegal Canadian Lottery Scheme
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A U.S. district court has granted a preliminary injunction halting the operation of Canadian telemarketers who illegally marketed lottery tickets to senior citizens in the United States in violation...
December 11, 2002
FTC Settles with Remaining "Triad" Defendant
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Bruce Turiansky, an officer of Triad Discount Buying Service, Inc. and numerous related companies (Triad), has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that he played an integral role in...
FTC Competition Director Announces Best Practices for Merger Investigations
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Presenting keynote remarks at an annual conference on "Current Topics in Merger and Antitrust Enforcement" in Washington, DC, today Federal Trade Commission Competition Director Joe Simons announced...
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Smolev, Ira; Bruce Turiansky, Triad Discount Buying Service, Inc., et al. (timeline item) - December 11, 2002
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December 10, 2002
Public Statement
Looking Forward: The Federal Trade Commission and the Future Development of U.S. Competition Policy
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This speech reflects the views of Chairman Muris and not necessarily those of the Commission or of any other Commissioner. Introduction Roughly two years ago, toward the end of December 2000, it...
Federal Court Cites Funeral Home with Civil Contempt, Levies Fine of $500 per Day
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A U.S. district court in New York on October 25, 2002 cited Morehead McKim Gallaher Funeral Directors, Inc., and its director, Michael Bannon, with civil contempt for failing to comply with its June...
FTC Chairman Muris Outlines Agency's Positive Agenda
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In a speech today in New York City to the Milton Handler Antitrust Review, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris discussed his philosophy about the appropriate content of the FTC's...
Announced Actions for December 10, 2002
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On November 13, the Federal Trade Commission and 12 federal, state, and local law enforcement and consumer protection agencies announced a four-part initiative to fight deceptive spam and Internet...
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Rambus Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - December 10, 2002
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December 9, 2002
Public Statement
Understanding Mergers: Strategy and Planning, Implementation, and Outcomes
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Welcome to the Federal Trade Commission's Roundtable on "Understanding Mergers: Strategy and Planning, Implementation, and Outcomes," sponsored by the Bureau of Economics. Throughout my career, both...
FTC Halts Texas-Based Advance-fee Loan Scheme
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A Houston-based defendant that defrauded thousands of consumers nationwide through an advance-fee loan scheme has settled charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC announced today a...
FTC Charges South Carolina Resident with Operating Phony Envelope Stuffing Work-at-Home Business Opportunity
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The Federal Trade Commission charged a South Carolina resident using various company names with deceptively marketing his purported envelope stuffing employment opportunities to consumers over the...
Cross-Border Credit Card Fraud Halted
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A federal district court has temporarily halted the business practices of a Toronto-based company charged by the Federal Trade Commission with promising consumers a major credit card, and charging an...
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Rambus Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - December 9, 2002
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