Commission Actions

Probably no single issue currently is receiving as much attention as the topic of relief in merger cases. The question of whether there is a remedy to an anticompetitive merger and what that remedy...

Press Release

Day Trading Advisors Targeted by Federal Law Enforcers

Date

May 1, 2000

In a coordinated crackdown on deceptive day trading promotions, the Federal Trade Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and Securities and Exchange Commission have halted the claims of 14...

Press Release

Marketers of "Vitamin O" Settles FTC Charges of Making False Health Claims; Will Pay $375,000 for Consumer Redress

Date

May 1, 2000

Two Washington-based companies and the individual who controls them have agreed to pay $375,000 in redress to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made false and unsubstantiated health...

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Rose Creek Health Products, Inc. et al. (timeline item) - May 1, 2000

Date

May 1, 2000

Consent Decree (1.28 MB)

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CompuTrade LLC and Bernard Lewis (timeline item) - May 1, 2000

Date

May 1, 2000

Exhibit A (635.91 KB)

Agreement Containing Consent Order (18.88 KB)

Complaint (7.05 KB)

Analysis of Proposed Consent Order to Aid Public Comment (5.62 KB)

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Chrisman, Michael G. and Michelle R. Chrisman, individually and d/b/a DayTrading International, In the Matter of (timeline item) - May 1, 2000

Date

May 1, 2000

Exhibits A-B (317.58 KB)

Agreement Containing Consent Order (17.04 KB)

Complaint (9.31 KB)

Analysis of Proposed Consent Order to Aid Public Comment (6.1 KB)

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Coleman, Ellery, individually and d/b/a Granite Investments (timeline item) - May 1, 2000

Date

May 1, 2000

Agreement Containing Consent Order (19.02 KB)

Complaint (15.12 KB)

Exhibits A-G (1.51 MB)

Analysis of Proposed Consent Order to Aid Public Comment (6.36 KB)

Advocacy Filings

FTC Staff Comment Before the Public Service Commission of West Virginia Concerning Restructuring the Electric Utility Industry in West Virginia

Date

May 1, 2000

Matter Number

V000008

FTC Staff Comment Before the Public Service Commission of West Virginia Concerning Restructuring the Electric Utility Industry in West Virginia (103.7 KB)

April 28, 2000

Public Statement

The Two Faces of Electronic Commerce

Date

April 28, 2000

Introduction Electronic commerce on the Internet, or "e-commerce," is a subject of compelling public interest. Billions are invested in reliance on its growth potential, the media are blanketed with...

Press Release

Announced Actions for April 28, 2000

Date

April 28, 2000

The FTC has approved several agreements in the following matter: BP-Amoco p.l.c./Atlantic Richfield Company. The Commission has approved certain agreements required by Paragraph II.C. of the proposed...

Federal Register Notice

Children's Online Privacy Protection Safe Harbor Proposed Self-Regulatory Guidelines; Children's Advertising Review Unit of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc.

Date

April 28, 2000

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BP Amoco p.l.c., and Atlantic Richfield Company (timeline item) - April 28, 2000

Date

April 28, 2000

Letter approving Intellectual Property License Agreement, Intellectual Property Assignment and Patent License Grantback Agreement, and Transition Services Agreement (63.19 KB)

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Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc., Carderm Capital L.P., and Andrx Corporation, In the Matter of (timeline item) - April 28, 2000

Date

April 28, 2000

Complaint Counsels' Memorandum In Support of their Motion To Strike Certain Affirmative Defenses Set Forth In Respondents' Answers (703.18 KB)

Complaint Counsels' Motion To Strike Certain Affirmative Defenses Set Forth In Respondents' Answers (67.88 KB)

Protective Order Governing Discovery Material (1.3 MB)

April 27, 2000

Press Release

FTC Accepts Settlements of Charges that "Alternative" Cigarette Ads Are Deceptive

Date

April 27, 2000

Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc., based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Alternative Cigarettes, Inc., based in Buffalo, New York, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that ads for...

Press Release

Auto Dealers Settle FTC Charges that Internet Ads Hid True Costs of Leasing

Date

April 27, 2000

Auto dealerships in Colorado, New York and Pennsylvania and their individual owners have signed agreements with the Federal Trade Commission to settle charges that they ran deceptive lease...

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