Commission Actions

The Federal Trade Commission will require bleach producer and seller Oltrin Solutions, LLC to release its competitor, JCI Jones Chemicals, Inc. from an agreement not to sell bleach in North Carolina...

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Oltrin Solutions, LLC, a company; JCI Jones Chemicals, Inc. (timeline item) - January 18, 2013

Date

January 18, 2013

Agreement Containing Consent Order (53.38 KB)

Decision and Order (219.32 KB)

Complaint (49.06 KB)

Analysis of Agreement Containing Consent Order To Aid Public Comment (18.23 KB)

January 17, 2013

Press Release

FTC Study: In FY 2012, Branded Drug Firms Significantly Increased theUse of Potential Pay-for-Delay Settlements to Keep Generic Competitors off the Market

Date

January 17, 2013

In Fiscal Year (FY) 2012, the number of potentially anticompetitive patent dispute settlements between branded and generic drug companies increased significantly compared with FY 2011, jumping from 28...

Press Release

Marketer of 9/11 Commemoratives to Settle FTC Charges

Date

January 17, 2013

National Collector’s Mint Inc., which sold 9/11-related coins and collectibles, including an “exclusively authorized” commemorative honoring the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, has...

Press Release

Business 'Coaching' Marketers Agree to Settle FTC Charges

Date

January 17, 2013

Most of the defendants in a massive business “coaching” scheme that allegedly took more than $100 million from consumers have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they misrepresented...

Press Release

FTC and New York and Florida Attorneys General Charge The Tax Club's Telemarketing Scheme with Bilking Consumers Who Were Trying to Launch Home-Based Businesses

Date

January 17, 2013

The Federal Trade Commission and the New York and Florida Attorneys General charged The Tax Club’s telemarketing operation with deceiving consumers who mistakenly believed its services would help...

Press Release

FTC Settlement Obtains Permanent Ban Against Abusive Debt Collection Operation

Date

January 17, 2013

The remaining defendants in the Federal Trade Commission’s case against Rumson, Bolling & Associates have agreed to a settlement that permanently bans them from the debt collection business. Part of...

Federal Register Notice

Rule Concerning Cooling-Off Period For Sales Made At Homes Or At Certain Other Locations: Request for Public Comment On A Proposed Increase In the $25 Exclusionary Limit Identified In the Rule To Account For Inflation; 16 C.F.R. Part 429

Date

January 17, 2013

Federal Register Notice

Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule: Final Rule Amendments To Clarify the Scope of the Rule and Strengthen Its Protections For Children's Personal Information; 16 C.F.R. Part 312

Date

January 17, 2013

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Tax Club, The, Inc., et al. (timeline item) - January 17, 2013

Date

January 17, 2013

Complaint for Permanent Injunction and Other Equitable Relief (853.08 KB)

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Ivy Capital, Inc., et al. (timeline item) - January 17, 2013

Date

January 17, 2013

Stipulated Final Judgment and Order for Permanent Injunction and Monetary Relief (Kyle G. Kirschbaum) (1.39 MB)

Stipulated Final Judgment and Order for Permanent Injunction and Monetary Relief (John H. Harrison) (1.38 MB)

Stipulated Final Judgment and Order for Permanent Injunction and Monetary Relief (Steven E. Lyman) (1.33 MB)

Stipulated Final Judgment and Order for Permanent Injunction and Monetary Relief (Christopher M. Zelig, Zyzac Commerce Solutions, Inc., and Curva, LLC) (1.41 MB)

Stipulated Final Judgment and Order for Permanent Injunction and Monetary Relief (Steven J. Sonnenberg, James G. Hanchett, Fortune Learning, LLC and The Shipper, LLC) (2 MB)

Stipulated Final Judgment and Order for Permanent Injunction and Monetary Relief (Joshua F. Wickman and Enrich Wealth Group LLC) (2.16 MB)

Stipulated Final Judgment and Order for Permanent Injunction and Monetary Relief (Ivy Corporate Defendants) (1.63 MB)

Stipulated Final Judgment and Order for Monetary Relief (Tracy Lyman and S&T Time, LLC) (1.23 MB)

Stipulated Final Judgment and Order for Monetary Relief (Kierston Kirschbaum and Cherrytree Holdings, LLC) (1.28 MB)

Stipulated Final Judgment and Order for Monetary Relief (Melyna Harrison and Virtucon, LLC) (1.25 MB)

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National Collectors Mint, Inc., and Avram C. Freedberg (timeline item) - January 17, 2013

Date

January 17, 2013

Complaint for Permanent Injunction and Other Equitable Relief (458.98 KB)

Stipulated Permanent Injunction and Final Order (1.69 MB)

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Forensic Case Management Services, Inc. d/b/a Rumson, Bolling & Associates (timeline item) - January 17, 2013

Date

January 17, 2013

Final Judgment and Order for Monetary Relief as to Relief Defendants Vesper Collins, LLC, Ramillies, LLC, and Innsbruck, LLC (47.75 KB)

Final Judgment and Order for Permanent Injunction and Monetary Relief as to Defendants Forensic Case Management Services, Inc., Specialized Recovery, Inc., Commercial Receivables Acquisition, Inc., David M. Hynes II, Lorena Quiroz-Hynes, James S. Hynes, and Heather True (96.48 KB)

January 16, 2013

Cases and Proceedings

Commissioner Statements

Opinion of the Commission, By Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen - In the Matter of POM Wonderful

Date

January 16, 2013

Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Former Commissioner

Matter Number

082 3122

Docket Number

9344

Opinion of the Commission, By Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen - In the Matter of POM Wonderful (243.38 KB)

Cases and Proceedings

Commissioner Statements

Concurring Statement of Commissioner Rosch - In the Matter of POM Wonderful

Date

January 16, 2013

J. Thomas Rosch, Former Commissioner

Matter Number

082 3122

Docket Number

9344

Concurring Statement of Commissioner Rosch - In the Matter of POM Wonderful (52.63 KB)

Press Release

FTC Commissioners Uphold Trial Judge Decision that POM Wonderful, LLC; Stewart and Lynda Resnick; Others Deceptively Advertised Pomegranate Products by Making Unsupported Health Claims

Date

January 16, 2013

The Federal Trade Commission upheld an Administrative Law Judge’s decision that the marketers of POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice and POMx supplements deceptively advertised their products and did...

Federal Register Notice

Filiquarian Publishing, LLC; Choice Level, LLC; and Joshua Linsk; Analysis of Proposed Consent Order to Aid Public Comment; Proposed Consent Agreement

Date

January 16, 2013

Jan16

Event

North Carolina Consumer Protection Workshop

January 16, 2013 | 8:30AM

Join the Federal Trade Commission, the North Carolina Attorney General’s office, legal services attorneys and other consumer advocates, and state and federal consumer protection officials at this free...

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