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February 5, 1998
February 4, 1998
Glittering Gifts: Getting What You Bargained For
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Jewelry sales often rise in February because of Valentine's Day, and to help ensure that Cupid's gifts don't lose their luster, the Federal Trade Commission recently released a new consumer education...
February 3, 1998
Defendants in "Operation False Alarm" Agree To Settle
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The Dean Thomas Corporation, along with its president, Dean R. Thomas, and other affiliated companies, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges stemming from their role in "OPERATION...
Defendants in "Project $cholar$cam" Case Agree To Settle Charge
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The two remaining defendants in a case brought by the Federal Trade Commission under "Project $cholar$cam" have agreed to settle charges they misrepresented their ability to obtain college...
Federal Register Notice
Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules
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February 2, 1998
Public Statement
The Emerging Electronic Marketplace
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* The views expressed are those of Chairman Pitofsky, and do not necessarily reflect those of the Commission or other Commissioners. Over one hundred years ago, Louis Brandeis and Samuel Warren wrote...
February 1, 1998
Nynex Corporation, et al., Petitioners v. Discon, Incorporated
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Citation Number
96-1570
Amicus brief for the United States and the Federal Trade Commission, urging denial of Supreme Court review in a case raising issue whether seller can maintain antitrust action based on a conspiracy...
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January 30, 1998
Announced Action for January 30, 1998
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Commission action: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the following entity and also approved an application for divestiture required by the order...
FTC Charges D.C. Mortgage Lender with Deception and Unfairness Against Borrowers
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The Federal Trade Commission yesterday filed a 23-page complaint in U.S. District Court against Capital City Mortgage Corporation, a Washington, D.C.-area mortgage lender, and its owner, Thomas K...
Case Timeline Item
Insilco Corporation, In the Matter of (timeline item) - January 30, 1998
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Case Timeline Item
Jitney-Jungle Stores of America, Inc.; Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co., L.P.; et al., In the Matter of (timeline item) - January 30, 1998
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Decision & Order
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January 28, 1998
Tippecanoe Mining Defendants Named in "Project Field of Schemes" Agree to Pay Monetary Judgment to Settle FTC Charges
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Tippecanoe Mining Inc., a Sherman Oaks, California-based telemarketing company, and its principals, have agreed to pay monetary judgments totalling $2,409,759 to settle Federal Trade Commission...
FTC, States Continue Crackdown on Telemarketers and Net 37 Companies and Individuals Offering Loans that Never Arrive
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In a continuing effort to target corporations and individuals that guarantee loans for an advance fee and never deliver, the Federal Trade Commission, the state Attorneys General of Illinois and...
Illinois Telemarketers Subject to Preliminary Order Obtained by FTC and Illinois Attorney General Ryan Following Crack Down on South Suburban Credit Card Scam
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A federal district court judge has ordered four individuals who allegedly engaged in a nationwide advance fee loan scam to stop misrepresenting that they could get credit cards for consumers in...
Bogus Business Opportunity Scams Targeted by FTC
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Advertisers who promised fabulous earnings to consumers who invested in home-based medical billing businesses are the target of a federal/state crackdown on this new trend in business opportunity...
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