Announced Actions for January 14, 2005
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The Commission has approved a petition for proposed divestiture received from General Electric Company (GE) and related to the FTC decision and order regarding GE’s acquisition of InVision...
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California Company Settles FTC Charges of Deceptive Fundraising
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To settle Federal Trade Commission charges, West Coast Advertising & Marketing and its principals have agreed to pay $90,000 and verify the accuracy of claims they make on behalf of nonprofits for...
FTC to Host Conference on Oil Industry Merger Effects
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The Federal Trade Commission will host a public conference in Washington, DC, on January 14, 2005, to examine two recent studies focusing on the price effects of mergers and concentration in the...
FTC Seeks Comment on Proposed COPPA Rule Amendment
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The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on a proposal to amend the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule to make permanent a temporary provision in the Rule allowing operators...
FTC Postpones Effective Date of Can-Spam Rule Establishing Criteria for Determining Primary Purpose of E-Mail Messages
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The Federal Trade Commission has postponed the effective date of rule provisions it adopted December 16, 2004, establishing criteria for determining whether the primary purpose of an e-mail message is...
Defendants Operating a College Financial Aid Scam to Pay $1,433,000 in Consumer Redress to Settle FTC Charges
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Four defendants operating a college financial aid scam have agreed to a multimillion dollar judgment with the Federal Trade Commission. The Commission filed its action as part of the Southwest...
Court Stops Spammers from Circulating Unwanted Sexually-Explicit E-mails
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged a network of corporations and individuals with using spam to sell access to online pornography. The FTC alleges that the defendants, acting as a single...
Announced Action for January 11, 2005
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Commission appointment of interim monitor: The Commission has approved the appointment of Quantic Regulatory Services, LLC (Quantic) as interim monitor in the matter concerning Cephalon, Inc.’s...
FTC Seeks to Shut Down Bogus “Automotive Fuel Saver” Operation
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What: Media Availability to detail the FTC’s first law enforcement actions targeting companies that spam consumers with sexually-explicit e-mails in violation of the Adult Labeling Rule, the CAN-SPAM...
FTCs Bureau of Competition Issues Summary of Pharmaceutical Company Settlement Agreements
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The Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition today issued a summary of agreements filed with the Commission in fiscal year 2004 (ending September 30, 2004) by generic and branded drug...
Announced Actions for January 7, 2005
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Commission approval of Federal Register notice: The Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice announcing the regulatory review of two rules scheduled for 2005, as well as...
FTC Rules That Chicago Bridge & Iron Company Acquisition Is Anticompetitive
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In an administrative opinion announced today, the Federal Trade Commission ruled that Chicago Bridge & Iron Company (CB&I) illegally acquired certain Pitt-Des Moines, Inc. (PDM) assets. CB&I completed...
Marketers of Herbal Dietary Supplement Promoted in Chinese-Language Community Settle FTC Charges
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A company that heavily advertised an herbal dietary supplement called “Sagee” to the Chinese-language and Vietnamese-language communities has settled Federal Trade Commission charges of making false...
FTC Alerts Consumers to Potential Charity Scams
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In the aftermath of the tsunami, the Federal Trade Commission is urging consumers to be cautious of potential charity scams. Fraudsters may take advantage of the tragedy by creating bogus fundraising...
Announced Action for January 4, 2005
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Commission approval of proposed divestiture: The FTC has granted approval for Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (Enterprise) and Dan L. Duncan to divest the Enterprise Propane Storage Interest in...
Kovacic to Leave FTC General Counsel Post
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras announced today that William E. Kovacic, FTC General Counsel, will leave the Commission December 31 to return to academic life as the E. K...
Announced Action for December 28, 2004
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Commission approval of petition to reopen and modify final order: The Commission has approved a petition from Liberty Media Corporation (Liberty) requesting that the FTC reopen and modify the final...
Updated: FTC to Co-Sponsor Town Meetings on Patent System Reform
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In February and March 2005, the Federal Trade Commission, the National Academies’ Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP), and the American Intellectual Property Law Association...
FTC Warns Consumers about Check Overpayment Scams
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“Check overpayment” scams target consumers selling cars or other valuable items through classified ads or online auction sites. Unsuspecting sellers get stuck with a big loss when scammers pass off...
FTC to Host Conference on Oil Industry Merger Effects
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The Federal Trade Commission will host a public conference in Washington, DC, on January 14, 2005, to examine two recent studies focusing on the price effects of mergers and concentration in the...
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