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Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (timeline item) - October 24, 1997
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October 24, 1997
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Automatic Data Processing, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - October 24, 1997
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Decision & Order
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October 23, 1997
Magazine, Prize Telemarketer Settles FTC Charges; Lifetime Ban on Magazine Sales and Prize Promotions
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The owner of a telemarketing company whose employees conned consumers by telling them they had won a valuable prize, and then convinced them to "redeem" their prize by sending money, has agreed to...
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Mag-Topia, Inc. ("MTI") and Robert Flarid (timeline item) - October 23, 1997
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October 21, 1997
Atlanta Telemarketers Offering "Guaranteed" Credit Cards for a Fee Deceived Consumers, FTC Said
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A federal district court in Atlanta has temporarily halted what the Federal Trade Commission has alleged to be a deceptive telemarketing scheme offering "guaranteed" unsecured credit cards for an...
October 20, 1997
Chicago Finance Company Agrees To Pay $40,000 Civil Penalty to Settle Charges That it Violated Equal Credit Opportunity And Fair Credit Reporting Acts
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Bonlar Loan Co., Inc., a Chicago-based finance company that makes small loans to low income consumers who often have poor credit histories, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that...
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Bonlar Loan Co., Inc. and Larry Metnick., U.S. (timeline item) - October 20, 1997
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Consent Decree
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October 17, 1997
Announced Actions for October 17, 1997
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Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the following entities. The Commission action makes the consent order...
Federal Register Notice
Alternative Fuel Rule Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request - 16 CFR Part 309
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Case Timeline Item
Global World Media Corporation and Sean Shayan, In the Matter of (timeline item) - October 17, 1997
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Complaint
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Decision & Order
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October 16, 1997
Public Statement
Vertical Restraints and Vertical Aspects of Mergers--A U.S. Perspective
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I. Introduction. The history of the U.S. approach to vertical nonprice antitrust issues can safely be called checkered. All three branches of our government have struggled over the years, not always...
Oct16
Commerical Weight-Loss Products and Programs
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The FTC, the American Society of Clinical Nutrition, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hosted a public conference...
October 15, 1997
Federal Register Notice
Volkswagen of America, Inc., and Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.; Analysis To Aid Public Comment
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October 14, 1997
Veronica Kayne Appointed Deputy Assistant Director of FTC's Competition Bureau
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William J. Baer, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition has appointed Veronica Kayne, Deputy Assistant Director of the Bureau's NonMerger II Division. NonMergers II is one of two divisions at the...
Mandatory "Do Not Call" Lists for Direct Marketing Association Members Would Not Violate Antitrust Laws, FTC Staff Says
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The Direct Marketing Association's new policy of requiring its members to honor consumers' requests to be taken off mail and phone solicitation lists would not violate federal antitrust laws, staff of...
October 11, 1997
FTC Conference Explores How Government, Industry and Consumer Groups can Work Together to Provide Consumers the Information They Need to Evaluate Weight Loss Products and Programs
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The Federal Trade Commission, the American Society of Clinical Nutrition, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will...
October 10, 1997
Public Statement
Building a Cooperative Framework for Oversight in Mergers--The Answer to Extraterritorial Issues in Merger Review
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"The issue of extraterritoriality, you know, that's a little bit like modern art." (1) Joe has argued that US assertions of extraterritorial jurisdiction are often problematic and that our courts tend...
October 8, 1997
Valvoline Settles Charges
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Ashland, Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that ads for the Valvoline Company's Teflon-containing TM8 Engine Treatment product were false and unsubstantiated. Valvoline is an...
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