FTC Updates the "Green Guides"
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced a “new and improved” version of one of its most popular products, its Environmental Marketing Guides. The updated guides reflect changing consumer...
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October 4, 1996
October 3, 1996
FTC Announces Streamlined Guidelines for the Marketer of Leather, Imitation Leather Goods
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If it looks like leather, is it really leather? Under revised guidelines issued by the Federal Trade Commission today, the answer is "yes," unless the manufacturer specifically discloses that the...
Magazine Telemarketer to Settle Charges Sales Pitches and Collection Practices were Deceptive, FTC Says
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A national telemarketer of magazine subscriptions, Budget Marketing, Inc.(BMI), and 11 of its dealers have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their sales and collection practices...
Federal Register Notice
Guides for Select Leather and Imitation Leather Products - 16 CFR Part 24
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Oct03
Public Forum on Vehicle Buyback Disclosures
On November 8, 1995, a number of consumer groups filed a petition asking the Commission to look into whether vehicles bought back under state lemon laws are being resold without disclosing to...
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Budget Marketing, Inc., et al., In the Matter of (timeline item) - October 3, 1996
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Consent Agreement Package
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North Mississippi Health Services
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re: Sales of pharmaceuticals by non-profit medical center to retired employees
October 2, 1996
FTC gives testimony before the Senate Special Committee on Aging
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The Federal Trade Commission has told the Senate Special Committee on Aging that a new industry-sponsored education and certification program in the funeral industry may signal a "new attitude of...
FTC Settlement in Advance-Fee Loan Scheme Includes $10,000 for Redress, $250,000 Bond Requirement
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Patricia Esme Popp has agreed to pay $10,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that she enticed consumers to call her nationally-advertised 800 number with promises of "guaranteed" loans. In...
David Del Dotto Agrees to Settle FTC Charges He Misrepresented "Money-Making" Real Estate Program; Will Pay $200,000 Judgment
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Del Dotto Enterprises, Inc., NFN Inc., and David P. Del Dotto have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that Del Dotto and his companies made allegedly deceptive claims in marketing a set...
October 1, 1996
Report
Price Check: A Report on the Accuracy of Checkout Scanners
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File
Text of the Report
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Announced Actions for October 1, 1996
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Commission action regarding petitions to reopen and modify FTC orders: Following a comment period, the FTC has ruled on a petition from the following: The FTC has granted in part the petition of...
Another "Project Telesweep" Defendant To Pay Civil Penalty in FTC Business Opportunity Case
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National Marketing, Inc., and its officer, Paul Woodward, have agreed to pay a $15,000 civil penalty to settle federal charges that they failed to give potential investors pre-sale disclosures about...
FTC Settlements with Marketers of 900-Number Business Opportunities include Injunctions, $25,000 in Redress
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it has reached settlements in three of the seven cases it filed in March 1996 against firms selling business opportunities consisting of various 900...
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Home Shopping Network, Inc., Home Shopping Club, Inc., and HSN Lifeway Health Products, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - October 1, 1996
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Decision and Order
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Pendleton Woolen Mills, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - October 1, 1996
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Koninklijke Ahold NV, and Ahold USA, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - October 1, 1996
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Complaint
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Decision and Order
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September 30, 1996
Seller of Distributorship Program for Snack Foods Agrees To Settle FTC Charges
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All Snax, Inc., based in Colorado Spring, Colorado, and its president Harvey Waters, have agreed to pay a $20,000 civil penalty to settle federal charges that they failed to give potential investors a...
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