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April 25, 1989

FTC Charges National Business Consultants Inc. Deceived Purchasers; Asks Court to Order Halt to Violations

Date

April 25, 1989

The Federal Trade Commission has charged National Business Consultants Inc. with making false and misleading claims in the sale of business opportunities for business consulting services. At the FTC's...

Case Timeline Item

National Business Consultants (timeline item) - April 25, 1989

Date

April 25, 1989

April 1, 1989

Report

Terminal Railroad Revisited: Foreclosure of an Essential Facility or Simple Horizontal Monopoly

Date

April 1, 1989

St. Louis Terminal Railroad (1912) has been cited by a number of authors as a case of vertical foreclosure by competitive rivals. The alleged foreclosure has been used as a basis for the "Essential...

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Terminal Railroad Revisited: Foreclosure of an Essential Facility or Simple Horizontal Monopoly (396.37 KB)

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Economics of Sham Litigation: Theory, Cases, and Policy

Date

April 1, 1989

Report examines court records on public and private Sherman Act "countersuits" entailing allegations of sham litigation, between 1972 and 1985. Using an empirical approach, the report seeks to answer...

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Copy of Report (4.64 MB)

Advocacy Filings

FTC Staff Comment to the Hon. Hugh D. Shine Concerning Texas H.B. 675 to Partially Deregulate the Tow Truck Industry

Date

April 1, 1989

Matter Number

V890049

File

FTC Staff Comment to the Hon. Hugh D. Shine Concerning Texas H.B. 675 to Partially Deregulate the Tow Truck Industry (7.41 MB)

Advocacy Filings

FTC Staff Comment to the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, Transportation Division Concerning the Issuance of Additional Taxicab Medallions in Boston

Date

April 1, 1989

Matter Number

V890038

File

FTC Staff Comment to the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, Transportation Division Concerning the Issuance of Additional Taxicab Medallions in Boston (7.46 MB)

Advocacy Filings

FTC Staff Comment to the Hon. Rodney T. Berry Concerning Proposed Revisions to Chapter 24-A of the West Virginia Code to Partially Deregulate the Tow Truck Industry

Date

April 1, 1989

Matter Number

V880059

File

FTC Staff Comment to the Hon. Rodney T. Berry Concerning Proposed Revisions to Chapter 24-A of the West Virginia Code to Partially Deregulate the Tow Truck Industry (5.17 MB)

Advocacy Filings

FTC Staff Comment Before the Texas Senate Economic Development Committee Concerning S.B. 1269 to Restrict Competition Among Accountants

Date

April 1, 1989

Matter Number

V890044

File

FTC Staff Comment Before the Texas Senate Economic Development Committee Concerning S.B. 1269 to Restrict Competition Among Accountants (8.14 MB)

Advocacy Filings

FTC Staff Comment to the Hon. Elaine Gordon Concerning Florida H.B. 770 to Limit the Methods Auto Rental Companies May Use to Calculate and Advertise Base Rental Charges

Date

April 1, 1989

Matter Number

V890054

File

FTC Staff Comment to the Hon. Elaine Gordon Concerning Florida H.B. 770 to Limit the Methods Auto Rental Companies May Use to Calculate and Advertise Base Rental Charges (4.26 MB)

Advocacy Filings

FTC Staff Comment Before the Postal Commission Concerning Documentation of Statistical Analyses

Date

April 1, 1989

Matter Number

V890055

File

FTC Staff Comment Before the Postal Commission Concerning Documentation of Statistical Analyses (6.95 MB)

Advocacy Filings

FTC Staff Comment Before the Pennsylvania Independent Regulatory Review Commission Concerning Board of Dentistry Regulations on Advertising

Date

April 1, 1989

Matter Number

V890033

File

FTC Staff Comment Before the Pennsylvania Independent Regulatory Review Commission Concerning Board of Dentistry Regulations on Advertising (2.91 MB)

Advocacy Filings

FTC Staff Comment Before the Department of Treasury, Customs Service Concerning Proposed Regulations on Country-of-Origin Marking of Jewelry

Date

April 1, 1989

Matter Number

V890048

File

FTC Staff Comment Before the Department of Treasury, Customs Service Concerning Proposed Regulations on Country-of-Origin Marking of Jewelry (6.4 MB)

Advocacy Filings

FTC Staff Comment to the Hon. Rodney T. Berry Concerning West Virginia H.B. 2297 to Prohibit Auto Brokering

Date

April 1, 1989

Matter Number

V890047

File

FTC Staff Comment to the Hon. Rodney T. Berry Concerning West Virginia H.B. 2297 to Prohibit Auto Brokering (3.47 MB)

Advocacy Filings

FTC Staff Comment to the Hon. Marshall A. Rauch Concerning North Carolina S.B. 378 to Prohibit Distributors of Household Furniture From Using Certain Restraints and to Establish Retailing Standards and Wholesale Prices

Date

April 1, 1989

Matter Number

V890058

File

FTC Staff Comment to the Hon. Marshall A. Rauch Concerning North Carolina S.B. 378 to Prohibit Distributors of Household Furniture From Using Certain Restraints and to Establish Retailing Standards and Wholesale Prices (22.58 MB)

March 1, 1989

Advocacy Filings

FTC Staff Comment to the Hon. Glen Repp Concerning Texas H.B. 252 to Establish a System to Voluntarily License Electricians and Electrical Contractors

Date

March 1, 1989

Matter Number

V890034

File

FTC Staff Comment to the Hon. Glen Repp Concerning Texas H.B. 252 to Establish a System to Voluntarily License Electricians and Electrical Contractors (3.01 MB)

Advocacy Filings

FTC Staff Comment to the Hon. Aldo A. DeAngelis Concerning Illinois S.B. 1978 to Prohibit Auto Brokering

Date

March 1, 1989

Matter Number

V890040

File

FTC Staff Comment to the Hon. Aldo A. DeAngelis Concerning Illinois S.B. 1978 to Prohibit Auto Brokering (4.93 MB)

Advocacy Filings

FTC Staff Comment to the Hon. Peter von Reichbauer Concerning Washington H.B. 1068 to Modify Current Methods of Allocating Costs and Risks of Damage to a Rental Car

Date

March 1, 1989

Matter Number

V890053

File

FTC Staff Comment to the Hon. Peter von Reichbauer Concerning Washington H.B. 1068 to Modify Current Methods of Allocating Costs and Risks of Damage to a Rental Car (3.46 MB)

Advocacy Filings

FTC Staff Comment to the Hon. Gwyn Shea Concerning Texas H.B. 476 to Alter Current Methods of Allocating the Costs and Risks of Damage or Theft of a Rental Vehicle

Date

March 1, 1989

Matter Number

V890041

File

FTC Staff Comment to the Hon. Gwyn Shea Concerning Texas H.B. 476 to Alter Current Methods of Allocating the Costs and Risks of Damage or Theft of a Rental Vehicle (3.71 MB)

Advocacy Filings

FTC Staff Comment to the Hon. Gene Thayer Concerning Montana H.B. 464 to Regulate Gas Prices

Date

March 1, 1989

Matter Number

V890043

File

FTC Staff Comment to the Hon. Gene Thayer Concerning Montana H.B. 464 to Regulate Gas Prices (4.14 MB)

Advocacy Filings

FTC Pre-Hearing Brief Before the U.S. International Trade Commission In the Matter of Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) and Parts Thereof

Date

March 1, 1989

Matter Number

V880050

File

FTC Pre-Hearing Brief Before the U.S. International Trade Commission In the Matter of Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) and Parts Thereof (13.66 MB)

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